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Sergio Silva of Silva and Associates discusses the reasons for offshoring pharmaceutical patent translation tasks to Mexico

Luis C Schmidt of Olivares & Cia dicusses the liability of intermediaries and other problems posed by digital technology

Víctor Garrido of Dumont Bergman Bider & Co discusses the convergence and divergence between Bilski and the Mexican patent system

Rosalía Bautista of Becerril Coca & Becerril SC discusses the new requirement for including biological and physical data when filing patent applications

Three major changes to Mexico’s IP system bode well for innovation and international investment. Eileen McDermott reports

A monthly column devoted to IP curiosities and controversies, named in honour of John of Utynam – who received the world’s first recorded patent in 1449 diary@managingip.com

Despite its scope, few companies have registered for a European Community design since its launch. Three advocates describe their experiences

This year has seen a number of important steps for IP rights in Vietnam, beginning with amendments to the Law on Intellectual Property, which became effective on January 1 2010, and ending with substantial developments in IP enforcement. Two of the most notable developments were the first-ever court ruling on patent infringement in Vietnam and the issuance of a new decree that revises and clarifies the sanctions for IP violations.

The Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) is intended to provide trade mark owners with a relatively quick and inexpensive way to resolve a dispute regarding a third party's registration and use of a domain name that is identical or confusingly similar to a trade mark in which the owner has rights. The UDRP provides a single mechanism for resolving the domain dispute and offers the potential for compelling the transfer of the domain name at issue to the trade mark owner. Since the UDRP is intentionally designed to be an expedited process without the costs associated with litigation, trade mark owners are often eager to use the UDRP as a means to get a domain name registration out of the hands of a perceived cyber-squatter.

In June this year, Taiwan and China signed a "Cross-strait agreement on intellectual property rights cooperation and protection". The agreement was approved by the Legislative Yuan of Taiwan in August, and will come into effect after both sides have completed the respective announcement procedures.