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News focus: Culture clash

Established ideas about IP protection do not find room for traditional knowledge. Now some communities are agitating to protect their culture. Ingrid Hering reports

Managing IP Correspondent, September 30 2001

The road to harmonization

Following the signing of a trade agreement with the EU, Mexico has become one of the most open economies in the world. Luis C Schmidt explains how the country has updated its IP protection to meet the challenge

Managing IP Correspondent, September 30 2001

Sweet domain name victory for M&M’s

Mars has successfully fought off a local company’s attempt to register a domain name similar to its M&M’s trade mark. This case, the first decision of Taiwan’s newly-established domain dispute resolution panel, will give hope to famous trade mark owners, argues Sylvia Shiue

Managing IP Correspondent, September 30 2001

Survey: Latin America: On the cusp of new technologies

Patent practitioners in Argentina, Brazil and Mexico are grappling with the boom in new technologies. Ingrid Hering investigates how attorneys, patent offices and courts are coping with the new challenges

Managing IP Correspondent, September 30 2001

Survey: Asia: Hold the front page

Intellectual property has jumped from the technology page to the front page, as big stories have captured the public imagination throughout the Asia-Pacific region. Ralph Cunningham reports from Hong Kong

Managing IP Correspondent, September 30 2001

Joint venture is a first for Japan

Simmons & Simmons and TMI Associates, which was formed from the IP group of Nishimura & Partners in 1990, have formed a qualified joint venture (tokutei kyodo jigyo tai) with effect from September 12. Intellectual property will be one of the joint venture's six core practice groups along with corporate, M&A, finance, commercial and anti-trust law. Simmons & Simmons claims the alliance is the first joint venture between a major Japanese firm and a UK-based international law firm.

Managing IP Correspondent, September 30 2001

Survey: Western Europe: Patent reform prompts fundamental change

Many European patent attorneys are facing the biggest changes of their careers as the Community Patent and Community IP Court loom on the horizon. While some will flourish, others will not survive, says James Nurton

Managing IP Correspondent, September 30 2001

Protecting industrial designs

The protection of designs in Romania is regulated by Law 129/1992 concerning industrial designs protection. According to this law, the title of protection for designs shall be the certificate of registration of the industrial design which shall confer on its owner an exclusive right of exploitation in the territory of Romania for a period of five years starting on the date on which a regular deposit was effected and it may be renewed for two successive five-year periods of time.

Managing IP Correspondent, September 30 2001

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The month in words

Managing IP Correspondent, September 30 2001

Supreme Court backs Polo trade mark

The Japanese Supreme Court has demonstrated its willingness to give broader protection for famous marks like Polo. John Tessensohn and Shusaku Yamamoto examine the decision

Managing IP Correspondent, September 30 2001

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