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The USPTO has sent one of its advisers to the US Embassy in Beijing to persuade the Chinese government to take tougher action on IP infringement.

Stéphanie Bodoni, London

Jang Won Park and Seong Taik Kim of Park, Kim & Partner in Seoul examine the options available to trade mark owners who suspect that someone else has registered their mark

Korean conglomerate Samsung is one of the country's biggest export successes. Kab-tae Han, senior intellectual property manager in the company’s digital media business, explains how its IP strategy has helped the company grow

The Korean Intellectual Property Office got a new Commissioner in September. Jong-kap Kim talked to Emma Barraclough about his priorities for the coming year, IP harmonization and relations with Korea's neighbours

Sam Mamudi, New York

The Singapore Network Information Centre (SGNIC) will offer second level domain names (SLDs) from January 3 2005. Until now, Singapore has only allowed registration of third level domain names (TLDs) such as name.com.sg. SLDs are shorter domain names (name.sg) and their introduction gives the public greater choice and more avenues to register .sg domain names. The move mirrors that of Hong Kong, the US, China and Japan, which saw strong uptake for SLDs following their introduction.

Nobel-prize winning economist Joseph Stiglitz has served in both the White House and at the World Bank. His time in government helped to convince him that too much IP protection is bad for the economy. He explains why to Sam Mamudi

From October 1 trade mark owners around the world can designate an additional 25 countries in one go on their Madrid application. Stéphanie Bodoni looks at what the change will mean for trade mark applicants and agents, as well the offices administering the system

China recently announced two measures to tackle the problem of counterfeiting. In a press conference on September 6, China's State Intellectual Property Office announced that the Supreme People's Court and Supreme People's Procuratorate have drafted a new Judicial Interpretation that will lower the thresholds for bringing criminal action against IP infringement in China. This is to be issued by the end of this year, once it has been approved. The threshold is presently set at Rmb 500,000 and Rmb 100,000 for corporate and individual offenders respectively. In addition, the Interpretation will include guidelines for punishing online copyright infringement and other infringing activities such as transporting, storing and distributing infringing goods.