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  • The tide of franchising regulation continues to sweep across Europe as Belgium brings its new franchise disclosure law into effect. Mark Abell argues that this latest initiative makes it more likely that other EU states will follow the same path
  • Rights owners used to face difficulties in obtaining evidence from non-public sources to prove infringement in Germany. But, as Reinhardt Schuster, Tilman Müller-Stoy and Birgit Strube explain, recent case law, in particular in Düsseldorf, is changing that practice
  • Helped along by the attention given to internationally popular events such as the World Cup and the Olympics, naming rights for sports stadiums has become a lucrative business, with increasing challenges for intellectual property lawyers. Robin Lightner Maisashvili and Nina Smith explain why
  • Companies working in the field of biotechnology could face limited protection for their inventions following the introduction of a revised patent law in Germany. Harald von Campenhausen outlines the pitfalls and how rights owners can best avoid them
  • The manner in which corporations develop and manage their IP software has changed considerably over the past few years. Long gone are the days when the focus was simply filing data and managing due dates. Today there is a more proactive approach to IP management, which, in turn, has set new standards and challenges for IP professionals.
  • The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has dealt a further blow to weak trade marks. In a ruling on September 15, the Court upheld the rejection of an application for a figurative mark comprising the word BioID. written in a bold Arial typeface for goods in classes 9, 38 and 42.
  • On the eve of the launch of .eu, Nick Wood examines the relationship between IP owners and ccTLD administrators in Europe and calls for greater harmonization. A table overleaf profiles the 32 ccTLD registries in Europe and provides information on registering domain names and resolving disputes in each one
  • Many companies have decided to become more open about the need to tackle counterfeiting and piracy, prompting international cooperation in the fight against the copiers. Introducing a series of articles looking at trends in counterfeiting, James Nurton reports from the MARQUES conference in Prague
  • Ignacio María Bereterbide and Erica Denise Lerner, of Bruchou, Fernández Madero, Lombardi & Mitrani in Buenos Aires, analyze and compare IP infringement proceedings in Argentina, Brazil and Chile
  • Mexico's Supreme Court has tried to clarify recent amendments to the law on copyright remuneration. But, argues Luis C Schmidt of Olivares & Cia in Mexico City, many questions still remain