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China recently announced two measures to tackle the problem of counterfeiting. In a press conference on September 6, China's State Intellectual Property Office announced that the Supreme People's Court and Supreme People's Procuratorate have drafted a new Judicial Interpretation that will lower the thresholds for bringing criminal action against IP infringement in China. This is to be issued by the end of this year, once it has been approved. The threshold is presently set at Rmb 500,000 and Rmb 100,000 for corporate and individual offenders respectively. In addition, the Interpretation will include guidelines for punishing online copyright infringement and other infringing activities such as transporting, storing and distributing infringing goods.

Congress last year passed an amendment to the copyright law that has had a significant impact on some entertainment industries.

While eager to do business in China, many foreign investors remain concerned about the lack of protection and enforcement of IP rights. In a special roundtable debate organized by MIP, leading figures discuss how to succeed and what needs to change in the country

Asia is increasingly asserting itself as a place that can generate and exploit its own intellectual property. Governments across the region are becoming more and more aware that long term economic success depends on developing intellectual capital and stimulating ideas, rather than simply offering cheap manufacturing facilities for foreign inventors to turn their own designs into final products.

Malaysian intellectual property law is in a transitional phase. But recent legal developments show the government is serious about helping IP owners to protect their assets and spurring domestic innovation. Haslyna Hashim and AJ Surin explain what officials have been doing to make Malaysia more attractive to businesses that rely heavily on intellectual property

India presents an enormous opportunity, as well as a substantial challenge, to intellectual property owners. The past few years have seen major economic and legislative changes following accession to the WTO. Ranjan Narula, Rachna Bakhru and Rahul Sethi analyze some recent judicial and legislative changes and outline preventive measures that IP owners can take

Applications for patent and trade mark registrations can reveal much about a country's economy and its leading IP players as well as raising questions about how its intellectual property offices will cope with surges in demand. Emma Barraclough examines some trends across the region

Complainants in domain name dispute cases involving Korean registrants have traditionally preferred to take their cases to arbitration rather than the courts. But, as Donggyun Kim and John Sangho Park explain, new rule changes and a shift in attitude by the Korean courts could change all that

An infringement action in the US federal court system is not the only option available to rights holders. Russell E Levine outlines the benefits of taking an action to the International Trade Commission

The introduction of internationalized domain names (IDNs) has come a step closer, following the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) meeting in Kuala Lumpur on July 23.