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The use of the Internet in Romania is still in its infancy. So is the legal structure for registering domain names. Daniel Plosca and Lucien Enescu, of Rominvent in Bucharest, look at existing structures and explains what action businesses should take.

Brazil, Canada, Mexico, United States

What have a waxworks museum, a plastic cartoon character and telephone processing technology all got in common?

Should the pharmaceutical industry be a special case when it comes to branding?

ECJ to examine torpedoes

Trovan case breaks damages record

A guide to registration practice across Europe

Enzo Biochem Inc v Calgene Inc, 52 USPQ2d 1129 (Fed Cir September 24 1999), is a case which illustrates that the patent practitioner´ s well-nigh intuitive impetus to obtain the broadest possible patent claims should at times be checked. The Court found invalid for non-compliance of the accompanying disclosure with 35 USC §112, ¶1 broad claims covering the application of so-called antisense process technology to both prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells and the resulting modified cells. (Eukaryotic cells are those from complex life forms, including plants, animals and fungi; prokaryotic cells are from simple, including unicellular, life forms, eg the common bacterium, E.coli, is a prokaryotic.)

According to the agreement between the Romanian government and the EPO, extensions of the European patent application to Romania can be requested for all European patent applications filed on or after October 15 1996. The extension is also available for European patent applications derived from an international application provided that both Romania and EP are designated, and the international filing date is on or after October 15 1996.

It is a requirement of Australian patent law that patent claims be fairly based on matter described in the specification. Therefore, claims that are wider in scope than the invention described in the specification, or claims that do not include a feature described as being essential in the specification are considered to lack fair basis.