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The US Supreme Court and the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit may be on a collision course after the higher forum reprimanded the lower and curtailed its powers in patent cases. James Nurton and Sam Mamudi report

A new Bill that will harmonize criminal offences for copyright and trade mark infringement has been introduced in the UK. Sara Elwyn Jones and Helen Cline look at its implications in the war against the pirates

China's new trade mark legislation does not address parallel imports. But pressure is building to deal with the issue. The interests of all competing parties need to be considered, not least those of the trade mark owners, writes Yuan Xiao-dong

EU Directive 98/71/EC requiring harmonization of the laws on design rights in the member states was transposed into the French Intellectual Property Code on July 25 2001, with a transition period which ended on October 1 2001.

I never thought we would have 24 member states in almost 30 years

The Delhi High Court has come to the aid of the owners of broadcasting rights to the football World Cup. Owners of other Indian IP rights with a limited shelf life should be satisfied with the result, argue Pravin Anand and Shamnad Basheer

The ECJ was called upon to clarify a trade mark’s role as a badge of allegiance or badge of origin. Lee Curtis examines the Advocate General’s opinion in the Arsenal case.

The Mexican Industrial Property Law (IPL) grants a patentee the right for the exclusive exploitation of the patented invention. Therefore, the patent gives the right to exclude others from making, using, offering for sale or importing the covered invention. Briefly, in a patent infringement action the plaintiff must prove the following:

What are your favourite brands of tea, coffee, soft drink and whisky? If your answers are Lipton, Nescafe, Coca-Cola and Johnny Walker then your answers are not far away from those given by consumers polled in Readers' Digest's annual survey conducted in six Asian markets namely Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines, Taiwan and Hong Kong. Respondents were asked to rate different brands of goods and services from a range of one to five. The score would reveal the respondent's preferred brand in 37 categories which included their preferred airline, shampoo and conditioner, instant noodles, mineral water, car, watch, cooking oil, air conditioner and hotel.

It has been a tough year for law firms in the US. In our first annual survey of the biggest IP practices, we reveal which firms have the most practitioners