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Until recently, discovery was virtually unheard of in German litigation, but recent developments have opened possibilities. Reinhardt Schuster and Ikze Cho, attorneys-at-law with Bardehle Pagenberg in Düsseldorf and Munich, examine the latest trends

The High Court clarified important lack of inventive step and obviousness issues in two patent infringement cases last year. But the prior art information that can be used is still not clear, argue David Webber and Victor Tse of Davies Collison Cave

Trade mark owners could benefit from proposed changes contained in the Treaty of Nice that entered into force on February 1.

New regulations on the import and export of technology in China have been in force for about a year. To get the most from your inventions in China it is essential you have a detailed knowledge of them, explains Alan Adcock

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

Companies are increasingly acknowledging domain names as an essential element of their IP portfolio. Jonathan Robinson looks at the threats to digital IP from cybersquatting, and offers some strategies for protecting against and recovering from damaging infringements

Enforcement continues to be a challenge for trade mark owners in Asia. While some have all the legislative help they can use, others are still labouring with old laws. Protection is just not the priority it needs to be. Ralph Cunningham reports

With the grand aim of creating the world's largest free trade market internally linked by free-trade agreements (FTAs) across nations, the US administration has taken up the role of protecting and upholding the free trade environment, (free of anti-competitive, anti-dumping, anti-trust among other features). The FTA with Singapore (being the first FTA with an Asian country), when negotiations are completed and the fine print agreed upon, will be a precedent upon which future FTAs with other countries will be based on.

? Malaysia: Shopping mall owners have lobbied the government to give them more time to eliminate the sale of pirated goods from their premises. The commerce ministry had given the owners of 12 shopping malls until February 1 to ensure that no fake products were being sold in the malls.