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Singapore’s IP protection regime has undergone many important changes over the past three years, in an attempt to keep pace with technological developments. Morris John and Rama S Tiwari of Drew & Napier examine some of the most important issues

Germán Marín Prior to Decision 486 of 2000, industrial property was protected in each of the member countries of the Andean Community (Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia) according to their internal laws. One of the main novelties of the new provision is the creation of a special juridical action for attacking infringement of patents, utility models, layout designs for integrated circuits, industrial designs, trade marks and trade names, which has been designated as Action for Infringement of Rights of Industrial Property.

To obtain secure trade mark rights in Japan you must prepare properly, writes Paul Smith of Ryuka IP Law Firm

James Nurton investigates how .info’s sunrise registration period is shaping up after its first month and, overleaf, examines how much registrars are charging for registrations in the two new top level domains

August 22 2001 is the date of implementation in Poland of a new law - The Industrial Property Law. The main aim of this Law is to adapt the Polish legal system to European Union standards.

Mr Justice Laddie's judgment in Arsenal Football Plc v Matthew Reed could deal a serious blow to those engaged in the business of merchandising in the UK.

Michiel Rijskijk Will the international exhaustion rule be applicable in Europe in the near future, just as The Netherlands, Denmark and Sweden knew it a long time ago in their respective trade mark laws? What could the consequences thereof be for industry, specifically the pharmaceutical industry? Case law in The Netherlands at the end of the 1950s provides that when goods protected by a trade mark have been brought on the market with the consent of the proprietor, the trade mark right in respect of that product is exhausted. This international exhaustion rule is also included in the Benelux Trade Mark Act of 1971. Under the influence of industry lobbying inter alia more voices were raised in the 1960s and 1970s demanding that the European market should be protected against parallel imports. The European Court of Justice on October 31 1971 in the Centrafarm Winthrop case (C-16/74) for the first time ruled that the proprietor of a trade mark is not permitted to prohibit a product being brought onto the market in one EEC member state if it was brought on the market in another EEC member state with the consent of the proprietor.

Canada: WIPO has transferred 31 domain names to the Canadian government, including CanadaCouncil.com and CanadianCustoms.com, after it found that they were registered in bad faith with the intention to resell them. The panel also heard that the sites were used to redirect internet users seeking Canadian government web sites to sites owned by the registrant.

A WIPO panel has rejected a complaint from fashion label Giorgio Armani that its domain name was stolen by a Canadian man.

Pharmaceutical companies are increasingly relying on their brands to sustain sales on drugs that come off patent. Ingrid Hering examines how to build up brand recognition and prevent infringements