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CentralNic is the latest registry to try and entice brands to register to its new extension with enticements, which might have knock-on effect on new gTLD registries

Lawyers in Australia and New Zealand have strongly criticised a leaked US draft of the IP chapter of a multilateral free-trade agreement called the Trans-Pacific Partnership

IP practitioners in the Philippines have welcomed a Bill that aims to update the country’s copyright system, but have spotted a number of flaws that need correction

The patent attorney profession is still in its infancy in the Philippines. This may be gleaned from the relatively low number of patent applications being filed in the name of local inventors or companies. From information given by the Bureau of Patents (BOP), the number of patent applications, which include inventions, utility models and designs, filed in the Philippines increased by more than 100% compared to 2002. This is, however, due to the increase in patent applications received from foreigners entering the Philippines thru the PCT. The Philippine joined the PCT on August 21 2001, and since 2002, PCT applications received by the BOP have increased steadily. Applications, however, from local companies have remained more or less constant at an average of about 1,200 applications a year. The ratio of foreign patent applications to local has averaged at 70:30, as shown in the table below.

In order to avoid the hijack of its own vintage variety of rice, basmati, by private companies, India is attempting to obtain geographical indication (GI) protection for basmati. GI status would identify it globally as unique for qualities exclusively attributed to the place of its origin and confer legal protection against unauthorized use of the name by other rice producers.

In Innovention Toys v MGA Entertainment, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed the district court’s grant of summary judgment of literal infringement, and vacated and remanded its grant of summary judgment of non-obviousness

Friends of the court have filed 48 briefs with the US Supreme Court in i4i v Microsoft, which is set to be argued on April 18

Part of India’s Traditional Knowledge Digital Library will be opened up to help scientists develop drugs for diseases that particularly affect the developing world

The Japan Patent Office and the Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand will soon enter into access agreements with India’s Traditional Knowledge Digital Library

In Europe, Google is likely to adopt an opt-in approach to digitisation, as indicated in its deal with French publisher Hachette Livre last year