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To strengthen IP rights enforcement in Singapore, new border enforcement measures were introduced in the Copyright Act and the recent Trade Marks Act 1998 to prevent infringing goods from entering Singapore. The border enforcement measures under the Trade Marks Act 1998 in particular took effect on January 15 1999 and enable a trade mark owner suspicious of any incoming shipment of infringing goods to enlist the assistance of the Customs and Excise Department. Subject to certain safeguards, the Department may seize these goods when they enter Singapore.

The Belgian torpedo has become a popular riposte to Dutch cross-border injunctions. But Remco de Ranitz and Marc van Wijngaarden, of Arnold & Siedsma in The Hague, reveal two recent developments which may blunt its impact

Companies from Reebok to Pfizer have succeeded in enforcing their rights in Latin America over the past year. Emily Downes reports on the lawyers who go undercover to tackle the pirates

A federal judge has blocked a Canadian-based web site from broadcasting US TV shows. The case is the first test of how effectively copyright law can be applied to Internet transmissions.

After six years of deadlock, the US and the European Union have reached an understanding on the voting arrangement within the Assembly of the Madrid Union, paving the way for the US to join in 2001.

The European Patent Office has admitted that a patent for altering cells and human embryos was granted to Edinburgh University “by mistake”.

The new Trade Mark Law which came into force on July 23 1998 includes the provision to introduce oppositions within three months from the date of a trade mark´ s publication in the Official Bulletin.

New Zealand’s Court of Appeal has given the green light to second uses of pharmaceuticals, transforming patent practice in the country. Tom Syddall examines the decision

It is significant and valuable for foreign IP owners to know where to litigate in China when an IP dispute happens. Shaojie Chi explains how trials by different courts may lead to varied results

With the number and scale of disputes over trade secrets increasing rapidly in the US, David Warden, Walter Bratic and Carmen Eggleston examine whether you can apply the same standards used in assessing patent damages to trade secrets cases