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  • Europe's fund of trade mark case law keeps on growing. Jeremy Phillips says that, while some interesting cases have been decided in the past year, there is much more excitement still to come
  • The INTA recognizes that trade mark owners require a truly global organization to represent them, and is taking steps to increase its international profile. Ingrid Hering speaks to Kathryn Barrett Park about the challenges ahead for the Association
  • David Balto, White & Case, Washington DC
  • Given the time that intellectual property proceedings usually take, and the insufficient expertise among the judges hearing the cases, in Colombia the parties to IP conflicts are increasingly resorting to alternative methods such as arbitration and conciliation.
  • Recent figures show IP rights holders are making more use of UK Customs "watch notice" procedures (152 watch notices in force for the year ended 2001, and 127 for 2000 according to HM Customs & Excise). Watch notices offer a useful tool for policing IP rights and could be used more.
  • While counterfeiting is still a scourge of international business, many governments have made progress in improving protection in the past year. James Nurton, Ingrid Hering and Ralph Cunningham reveal the leading firms in trade mark/copyright work in 30 markets across the world
  • Venezuela’s Congress is debating fundamental IP reforms. But, warns Gabriela Nuñez, there are a lot of obstacles which must be overcome before protection can improve
  • When it comes to using patents to provide more brand and shareholder value, some companies may be getting in the way of their own success. In the following excerpt from their chapter in the book From Ideas to Assets – Investing Wisely in Intellectual Property (John Wiley & Sons), Bruce Berman and James D Woods show how the importance of these patents may be overlooked and under-communicated
  • Owners of design rights have any number of laws to rely on when protecting their products in China. But too much uncertainty surrounds the best legal option to take. The authorities must make protection easier, argues Jan De Visser
  • The Tokyo High Court has upheld the Japanese Patent Office ban on obtaining trade marks for retail services. The internationalization of the country’s trade mark system could persuade the authorities to change their stance, say Shusaku Yamamoto and John Tessensohn