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In a record year for the UK Patent Office, Korean conglomerate Samsung secured the most UK patents, ahead of Motorola and NEC.

A new legally binding international treaty will ensure better access to plant genetic resources and related knowledge in an effort to tackle growing world hunger, according to the UN Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO).

The discussion of this topic has been revived in the Andean Community by a new discovery on the uses of the drug known as Viagra: relief of psychological depression.

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.

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

?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.

Owning the IP you create may not be as straightforward as it seems. Stephen Bennett analyzes how to ensure you keep control of your rights in three different scenarios

On December 9, the European Designs Directive comes into force in the UK, marking the biggest ever overhaul of design protection in the country. Sarah Whalley Coombes discusses the new regime and its implications for IP owners

The rights of authors and artists over works, including unpublished manuscripts, under EU copyright harmonization legislation has been clarified following a UK High Court decision involving the estate of author James Joyce and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