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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.

Following controversies such as the Basmati patent case, IP has achieved a high profile in India. Pravin Anand, of Anand and Anand in Delhi, examines some of the positive developments which have arisen from the new awareness

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

Ingrid Hering, London

The WTO has ruled that section 211 of the US Omnibus Appropriations Act violates TRIPs by denying trade mark owners recourse to US courts to enforce their rights.

Copyright and contractual issues pose serious challenges to internet companies and their suppliers. David Sternbach of A&E Television Networks Interactive identifies three problems that recur, and suggests practical solutions to them

As many technology-rich companies face economic problems, they are looking to their intellectual property to raise money. Zack Clement, Johnathan Bolton and Carmen R Eggleston analyze the role of IP rights and licences in financial restructuring

Flairis Technology (Flairis), a local contract manufacturer, has obtained a court injunction to stop four of its ex-staff from using the company's trade secrets after quitting to join a competitor.

According to the Romanian Trade Mark Law no 84, art 23 and the Regulation for implementing the Law, rule 19, within three months of the date of publication of a trade mark, the owner of an earlier mark or of a well-known mark, the holder of an earlier right in a likeness or surname, a protected geographical indication or a protected industrial design or any other concerned person, may file an opposition to a published mark with the State Office for Inventions and Trade Marks.

Business methods. What is or isn’t patentable? As countries turn to the EPO for direction Tom Ekeberg of Onsagers in Oslo decribes the efforts underway to make the distinction clear