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As IP litigation increases, Nandana Indananda and Suebsiri Taweepon of Tilleke & Gibbins discuss enforcement in Thailand’s IP&IT Court, focusing on preliminary injunctions and Anton Piller orders

On January 1 2011 Switzerland will for the first time in its history put into force unified civil procedure rules applying to the whole country. To date, each of the 26 cantons apply different procedural statutes.

After receiving notice of an allegation of infringement from a trade mark owner, the receiving party is often put in the unenviable position of having to make a unilateral determination to either cease the activity at issue or continue with conduct that potentially violates a third party's rights while it waits to see if formal legal action is initiated.

On April 30 2010, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) published its 2010 Special 301 Report examining the application and effectiveness of intellectual property rights enforcement (IPR) by countries around the world. The USTR bases its opinion on submissions received from different groups, including lobbies such as the Pharmaceutical Researchers and Manufacturers of America and the International Intellectual Property Alliance, as well as non-governmental organisations (NGOs) like Doctors without Borders.

On May 9 2010, Law 66/2010 for the modification and completion of Law 84/1998 regarding trade marks and geographical indications (Law 66/2010 or the Law) entered into force. The Law brings major changes to the trade mark registration and protection system in Romania. Thus, certain steps have been excluded from the registration procedure, while others have been simplified. Also, the period of time for the examination and registration of a trade mark, as well as for challenging the decisions issued in this respect, have been shortened.

The recent case of Health World Ltd v Shin-Sun Australia Pty Ltd [2010] HCA 13 has expanded who can remove trade marks under the Australian system.

Patent applications that become provisionally abandoned, for example due to failure to pay a maintenance fee or respond to a requisition, can be reinstated in Canada. However, as a recent decision illustrates, all of the requirements for reinstatement must be carefully observed; otherwise, the patent applications can become irrevocably abandoned.

Although lacking the formal clout of a court of law, the Advertising Standards Authority of South Africa (the ASA) provides one of the most commercially-effective weapons within FIFA's anti-ambush marketing arsenal, at a fraction of the cost and time spent in pursuing the traditional legal route.

The food and crafts of south-east Asia are famous across the world. Peter Ollier spoke with Stephane Passeri of the ASEAN Project on the Protection of Intellectual Property Rights (ECAP III) about how these products are being registered as geographical indications

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.