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Daniel Sanchez and Victor Ramirez of Olivares report on new guidelines in Mexico that change the criteria for pharmaceutical trade marks during the prosecution of market authorisations

Chew Kherk Ying of Wong & Partners (a member firm of Baker & McKenzie International), outlines new legislative changes and case law decisions that affect the protection of IP rights in Malaysia

With the number of Chinese standard-essential patent cases set to increase, Guanyang Yao of Liu Shen & Associates analyses two judgments that are expected to be used as precedents in royalty rate-setting lawsuits

The government's Productivity Commission announced today that it is opening a public inquiry about the IP laws, including how these laws interact with the country's trade obligations

Daniel Bond of Kirkland & Ellis, in a session on demand letters yesterday, gave some advice on "avoiding the Meep Meep effect." This turned out to be a reference to Wile E. Coyote's attempts to catch The Road Runner.

Last month we discussed the EU's position on what they would like to achieve from the Brexit negotiations. This month we focus on the practical implications of trade mark protection in the UK with a simple Q&A.

Mexico’s industrial property law has been amended to include more types of trade marks. It also introduces some small changes that bring Mexico’s trade mark system more in line with the US and beyond

The risk of trade secrets theft from companies is growing. But there are steps you can take to keep sensitive information secure

Just before the 2010 New Year some of the big Russian banks received a notification from their colleague, the Eastern Express bank, to the effect that the words Christmas, New Year, Vacation can be used only after signing a licence agreement. Eastern Express registered the words as trade marks and decided to improve its business by collecting royalties from the other banks using those words. The marks were registered in relation to bank and insurance services, and also services connected with evaluation of real estate and works of art.

IP owners need to rethink the way that they exploit and enforce their IP rights if they want to meet the challenges of a technology that could revolutionise manufacturing