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Pre-trial injunctions offer an alternative to administrative actions and the Civil Procedure Law in IP litigation in China. To benefit properly from them, however, you should follow procedures carefully, warns Matthew Murphy

Asia-Pacific governments have formally committed themselves to the effective regulation of optical disc production in a bid to minimize piracy.

For the very first time, a Spanish court has entered a decision ordering the provisional shutdown of the website for using the so-called people-to-people (P2P) file-exchange network.

The full, unedited, interview with Marshall Phelps, covering his role at IBM, software patenting and many other topics.

Two trade mark registrations belonging to a renowned designer goods company were recently revoked in the Singapore High Court.

Applicants not familiar with all the particularities of the European patent system are often surprised by the repeated requests of their European representatives to indicate support for the wording of every new or amended claim to be submitted to the European Patent Office (EPO). At the same time, strong feelings often overwhelm European patent attorneys when, during examination, they receive a pile of brand new claims from overseas colleagues with the cheerful remark that the claims have already been issued by their national patent office in a parallel application, together with instructions to file those claims at the EPO. This mutual "misunderstanding" has its roots in the provisions of the notorious Article 123 of the European Patent Convention (EPC), whose second paragraph requires that the subject matter is supported by the content of the original application, whereas the third paragraph prohibits the scope of protection of an issued patent being extended during opposition proceedings.

Ingrid Hering, London

Ralph Cunningham, Hong Kong

With the US joining on November 2, and the EU committing to membership within the next year, the Madrid Protocol has taken a big leap towards becoming a truly global system. Sam Mamudi and James Nurton examine how the Protocol works now, and how it will develop in the future

Egypt's first comprehensive IP legislation signalled a desire to cultivate an environment to promote research and innovation and build trust in the country's ability to protect IP rights. However, as Karim El Helaly explains, the protection regime is being undermined by lack of IP awareness