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  • Jeremy Phillips looks again at the function of trade marks in the light of three cases which are heading towards the ECJ
  • Two of Asia's biggest names in IP have joined together to form a new specialized practice in Singapore. IP law firm Ella Cheong & G Mirandah and patent and trade mark attorneys Spruson & Ferguson Pte Ltd, the Singapore branch of Australia's Spruson & Ferguson, will be launched formally on June 6. But the new firm, Ella Cheong Mirandah & Sprusons, is already open for business. The link between the two Singapore firms was announced during the AIPPI congress in Melbourne in the last week of March. It is expected that all staff from Sprusons's Singapore office and from Ella Cheong & G Mirandah will join the new set-up. Cheong is retiring as a partner of Wilkinson & Grist, the Hong Kong law firm, and will chair Ella Cheong Mirandah & Sprusons.
  • Has the European Court of Justice given the green light to parallel imports into Europe? Tesco says yes; Levi’s says no. Many lawyers say it is a bit more complicated than that. Tabitha Parker reports
  • Recent changes to patent law and PTO prosecution in the US make prosecution a much more complex matter. Gregory J Maier and Philippe Signore take a close look at the reforms
  • US membership of the Madrid Protocol may be only a few months away according to Bruce MacPherson, director of external affairs of the International Trademark Association. Thanks to pressure from US companies and the INTA, the legislation to implement membership, first considered in 1989, is nearing the end of its journey through Congress. Attempts to implement the Protocol have not been easy. It has been dogged by conflict with the EU, and lately by complications over Cuba's role.
  • A federal judge has ruled that Mylan Laboratories must be allowed to sell its generic copy of Bristol-Myers Squibb's highly profitable drug BuSpar.
  • Time, patience and sympathy ran out for the Ukraine on March 13 when, nine months after the central Asian country committed itself to implementing anti-counterfeiting measures, the US Trade Representative (USTR) designated it a Priority Foreign Country (PFC).
  • ICANN is to set up a working group to make policy recommendations concerning the controversial multilingual domain (MLD) names.
  • Australian copyright law has been overhauled with amendments covering moral rights and digital protection. Kristin Stammer provides a guide for copyright owners and users of copyright material
  • A long-awaited and far-reaching new Civil Procedure Act came into force in Spain on January 8 2001, which will have a profound effect on all civil proceedings, including IP actions. Gonzalo Ulloa and Ralph Smith reveal the main changes