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Too many uncertainties still exist about the patentability of certain biotech inventions in Vietnam to convince inventors that they can make money from their investment, argue Duong Tu Giang and Nguyen Nguyet Dzung of Pham & Associates

The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has cleared Rambus of allegations that it withheld patent information whilst a member of JEDEC, the standards-setting body for semiconductor technology.

Hector Chagoya and Sergio De Alva, of Becerril Coca & Becerril in Mexico City, review the development of patent protection for pharmaceuticals in Mexico, and recommend strategies for applicants

Korean courts have ruled against the introduction of specific pharmacological data after a patent application has been filed. But pharmaceutical companies have other ways of protecting their products in Korea, explains Jay Young-June Yang of Kim & Chang

Niall Tierney considers the impact of three recent rulings from the European Court of Justice on the registration of functional shapes and smells as trade marks

The Law on Industrial Property of June 30 2000 regulates legal aspects of trade mark protection in Poland (the Official Gazette of 2001, No 49, item 508, including amendments). As regards penal regulations concerning trade mark protection, they are contained in Title 10 of the aforementioned Law. The above quoted Title 10 specifies the crimes that are committed most frequently in respect of industrial property. Article 310 of the Law on Industrial Property provides for the existence of a general rule that perpetrators who commit the crimes specified in the said Title 10 can be prosecuted only on condition that victims file the motions for prosecution.

Due to the new criteria applied by the Supreme Court of Justice by means of the Thesis: P Lxxvii/99 International Treaties, international treaties are categorized above the federal laws, and placed immediately under the Constitution.

? Japan: The US Polo Association has appointed Mitsubishi as its official trade mark licensee in Japan. Mitsubishi will concentrate on selling sportswear bearing the Association's trade marks.

Lucien Enescu and Melania Radulescu, of Rominvent in Bucharest, analyze the latest amendments to the design law in Romania, which bring protection into line with international standards

Unlike its rival Arsenal, Tottenham Hotspur has won an important victory in defending its brand. Ingrid Hering examines the issues raised by the case