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Singapore's government could soon consolidate the way that it regulates medicines and other health-related products. At the moment, the Health Sciences Authority (HSA), Singapore's equivalent of the US Food And Drug Administration (FDA), regulates medicines and other health-related products. The HSA's powers are contained in a wide variety of legislation, such as the Medicines Act, the Poisons Act, the Sale of Drugs Act and the Medicines (Advertisement and Sale) Act. Through these laws, the HSA controls the manufacture, import, distribution, promotion and sale of health-related products in Singapore.

Any truly international IP owner has to keep up-to-date with enforcement developments in the Americas, both North and South. In many areas, form patentability to copyright, the US courts have set standards that have been followed in the region and throughout the world. This year, the Supreme Court has produced two IP-related judgments, which MIP's Americas editor Sam Mamudi analyzes in the introduction. One focuses on the safe harbour for researchers who use patented compounds; the other on the topical issue of music downloads.

Sam Mamudi, New York

Emma Barraclough, Hong Kong

In the recent case of Industria De Diseno Textil SA v Edition Concept Sdn Bhd [2005 3 MLJ 347], the defendant filed a notice of motion to set aside and expunge the plaintiff's trade mark "Zara" on the grounds that it had used the Zara mark and made it well-known in Malaysia in respect of clothing well before the plaintiff's trade mark was approved.

On August 15 2005, the Beijing Second Intermediate People's Court granted a pre-action injunction in favour of a plaintiff whose name translates as Beijing Red Lion Paints Co Ltd. The injunction was granted against the defendant, whose name translates as Beijing Red Lion Jing Paints Trading Co Ltd. This is the first time a Beijing court has granted such an injunction since the revised Patents Law 2000, Trade Mark Law 2001 and Copyright Law 2001 were enacted.

Korea's high rates of internet use have helped drive a burgeoning industry in cybersquatting and internet-related trade mark infringement. Ik Hyun Seo explains what IP owners need to know to reclaim and protect their IP rights

Through regular inspections of trade, Argentine Customs often realized that counterfeit goods were circulating, but their hands were tied. Customs authorities were not empowered to detain goods infringing IP rights.

In June 2003, the US Supreme Court issued a ruling limiting the claims of ownership over a creative work. Joseph M Beck examines how that decision has shaped IP case law over the past two years

The growth of chief IP officers is the latest trend in the corporate world. But, says, Robert Greene Sterne, each company must tailor the position to achieve success