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Hong Kong used to be a counterfeit buyer's paradise. But over the past 10 years Customs officials have upped their efforts to drive the sellers from the streets and smash the syndicates that control the trade. Peter Ollier followed a team of officers over three days to find out how successful they have been

After six years of deadlock, the US and the European Union have reached an understanding on the voting arrangement within the Assembly of the Madrid Union, paving the way for the US to join in 2001.

The Icann Board last week brought the .xxx domain closer, approved four Chinese-language internationalised domains and raised the possibility of approving the new gTLD programme in December

Peter Ollier, Hong Kong

Are factory raids the answer to dealing with counterfeiting in China? Ray Tai, assistant general counsel for intellectual property at adidas, thinks not. Here he offers some practical advice for keeping your key markets counterfeit-free

Draft regulations that will allow stem cell research in South Africa have recently been published for public comment In addition to research on stem cells, the draft regulations also regulate research on human DNA, RNA, cultured cells, fibroblasts, blastomeres, polar bodies, embryos, embryonic tissue and small tissue biopsies.

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

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

Europe's national IP offices. Old, tired and desperate for cash, struggling to find a future in a globalized world used to the efficiencies of one-stop shops? Or streamlined, nimble, consumer-focused operations, providing locally relevant advice at the IP coalface, rather than in far away Munich and Alicante? Emma Barraclough looks at the evidence

The Intellectual Property Office (IPOPhil) and the EC-ASEAN Cooperation Programme (ECAP II) held a five-day Patent Application Drafting and Prosecution seminar from October 10 to 15, which was conducted by Karl Rackette, a European and German patent attorney. At the seminar, IPOPhil distributed a draft regulation aimed at introducing a qualifying examination for patent agents. At the moment, there is no formal patent attorney or patent agent profession in the Philippines. Patent applications are handled by lawyers with assistance from people with technical knowledge, many of whom are former IPOPhil patent examiners. The objective of the proposed regulation is to develop a patent agent profession in the country. The main points of the proposal are as follows: