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Software pirates have undermined the security features of Microsoft's latest brainchild and have peddled counterfeit versions of the Windows XP operating system even before its official launch.

An independent report has recommended fundamental changes to the organization of the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (OHIM), including an overhaul of the Board of Appeals.

INTA, Trade Mark Enforcement, December 3-4, Forum Hotel, Munich, Germany. Details at www.inta.org.

Interview: James Nurton meets Chief Judge Lu Guoqiang of the Shanghai Intermediate People’s Court

As a bilingual country, Canada presents special opportunities and hazards to trade mark owners. Monique Couture explains how a new test has been developed by the courts to judge confusion

?The issue is how effective the central government will be in enforcing regulations in the local municipalities where there are a lot of vested interests who want to keep infringement going?

In SmithKline Beecham v Generics (UK) Ltd (Jacob J Patents Court; October 23 2001), the Court injuncted Generics (UK) Ltd until trial (now fixed for March 2002) from launching its paroxetine pharmaceutical in the UK. Paroxetine is an active ingredient in some pharmaceuticals for treating depression. SmithKline Beecham's UK patent 2 297 550 covered only particular forms of paroxetine hydrochloride anyhdrate. Generics denied that its form of paroxetine fell within the patent and attacked validity too, but was nevertheless injuncted, pending trial.

The rights of authors and artists over works, including unpublished manuscripts, under EU copyright harmonization legislation has been clarified following a UK High Court decision involving the estate of author James Joyce and Macmillan Publishers.

One of the main reasons for which trade mark registrations in Mexico are denied is descriptiveness, as a trade mark shall not represent an unjustified benefit for a merchant or a service provider against his or her competitors.

The Madrid Protocol is a threat or opportunity depending on where you are standing. Ralph Cunningham reports from Hong Kong about how firms in Asia are dealing with their countries’ membership of the international trade mark agreement