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  • The signing of the US-Vietnam trade agreement on July 13 has been met with more than a little scepticism by industry observers and local IP practitioners.
  • On Sunday July 16, in Yokahama, Japan, the most significant event since the creation of the internet domain name system was played out. As a finale, the main protagonist, the International Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, agreed to extend the number of top-level domain names (TLDs).
  • Richard Taylor examines the European Commission's proposals for a Community patent, and offers predictions as to what the future holds for patenting and IP regulation in Europe
  • The Andean Pact Decision 344, applicable in the five countries of the Andean Community (Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Colombia and Venezuela) provides in article 1 that the member countries shall grant patents to inventions of either products and/or processes in all fields of technology, provided that they are new, have inventive level, and have an industrial use.
  • The jury trial is one of the most challenging aspects of the US patent system for overseas users. James W Gould reveals the key issues litigants need to address when choosing between jury and bench trials
  • The Polish Parliament has just finished its work on the Intellectual Property Law passed on March 17 2000. Nevertheless, the law can enter into force only after being signed by the President of Poland. But the President has doubts about the constitutionality of a rule added by Senate at the last stage of its work.
  • A recent Full Federal Court decision in Australia has held that the contributory infringement provisions found in the Patents Act 1990 are effective in relation to method claims.
  • The Finnish Patent Law was amended on 15 July 2000. The law specifies the principles of patentability, definition of the invention and the scope of the patent in accordance with the EU biotechnology directive. Principally the Finnish patent practice has been in accordance with the directive for some time.
  • The doctrine of contributory infringement was first introduced into Australian patent statute by the Patents Act 1990. Section 117 of the Act provides:
  • A string of high-profile cases has raised the question of where the boundaries of trade mark protection should be drawn. In the first article in a series, a team of correspondents compare trade mark registrability in eight countries from China to Chile