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Johannes Lang, Jörk Zwicker and Reinhardt Schuster of Bardehle Pagenberg Dost Altenburg Geissler Isenbruck in Munich analyze recent patent developments in the German courts

Among the former USSR countries only Latvia and Lithuania provide for the extension of European patents. Vladimir Anohin and Voldemars Osmans of Agency Tria Robit in Riga analyze the benefits of such protection

The year 2000 saw some important amendments to Czech IP protection. Zdenka Prádná of Patentservis Praha, Ltd in Prague, reveals the most important changes

Oscar M Becerril, of Becerril, Coca & Becerril, SC in Mexico City, examines the protection of confidential data in registration files, pharmaceutical generics and look-alikes in Mexico

Paraguay’s new patent law is effective as of January this year. Cristóbal González, an attorney at the Patent Department of BERKEMEYER Attorneys & Counselors in Asunción, examines some contentious aspects of the new legislation

As the first patent decisions under the 1994 Patent Act are made, Ella Cheong & G Mirandah in Singapore review the approaches the Courts are taking

A global campaign to overturn a US patent on basmati rice has scored a major victory with the announcement that the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has thrown out 13 of 16 remaining claims from US-based RiceTec's controversial patent. John J Doll, the director of biotechnology examination at the USPTO, himself examined and rejected 13 claims from the patent. He judged that the rice lines, plants and grains that the company claimed in the application were prior art or substantially identical to basmati varieties grown in India and Pakistan, and hence could not be patented.

Pictured are some of the guests at the MIP and Questel Orbit four elements reception at the San Francisco Design Centre during the INTA Conference on May 6. The photos show members of MIP and Questel Orbit as well as representatives of firms receiving awards

Trade marks are particularly vulnerable to becoming non-distinctive in Russia. Vitaly Kaliatin discusses four scenarios where this risk occurs and looks at how it can be avoided

Franchisors who try to stop franchisees from selling outside their allocated territories in the EU may fall foul of competition legislation. Mark Abell analyzes how EU law is developing to cope with the internet