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The High Court considers patentability issues and distinctiveness of foreign words, while the federal court considers unique preliminary discovery application. Chris Jordan and Jessica Sapountsis of Davies Collison Cave offer an overview

Rupin Chopra and Ritika Mogha of SS Rana & Co set out how India has ramped up its approach to IP enforcement, and suggest areas for further improvement

Yuheng Jiao and Jun Qiu of Liu Shen & Associates discuss the determination of functional features in recent litigation cases, and ask what applicants can do to avoid such a limitation

Ignacio Sapalo of Sapalo Velez Bundang and Bulilan describes how the Philippines has strengthened its IP enforcement enough over the recent year to be released from the grips of the USTR Watch List

The Federal Circuit has reversed a grant of summary judgment for induced infringement against a defendant who provided the active pharmaceutical ingredient to an ANDA defendant seeking to bring a generic onto the market

Changes to the Spanish criminal code, related to online piracy, copyright infringement and anti-counterfeiting activities, together with big operations conducted by the authorities will change the way the country tackles IP crime

So-called well-known trade marks enjoy a privileged level of protection, which is basically evidenced by two aspects. First, the legal system provides protection even in cases where a trade mark in such a condition – being well known – has not been registered. Second, the specialty principle whereby a trade mark is only legally protected in relation to those products or services for which its registration was requested and granted is not applicable to these types of trade marks.

Depending on your patent strategy, you might have decided to protect your invention by first filing a priority founding national patent application. The aim of this strategy might be to get a quick grant in the desired jurisdiction. The national application can then be followed by a European patent application designating the state in which the national application was filed and claiming the priority or having the same effective date as the national patent application. If both the European and the national patents are granted, you might wonder whether your invention can be simultaneously protected by both the national and the European patent in the state in which the national application was filed.

On August 29 2015, the Standing Committee of National People's Congress passed certain amendments to the Law on Promoting the Transformation of Scientific and Technological Achievements. With the change, the Law now provides a general framework for the exploitation of scientific and technological achievements, and for the remuneration of inventors and those who made great contributions to the achievements.

Back in 2012, we reported that the EPO procedure up to grant had been amended, with the amendment of Rule 71(3) EPC and the introduction of new Rule 71a EPC.