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A new law in the Philippines is designed to tackle optical piracy. Vicente B Amador and Michael Anthony C Dizon analyze why the law is needed and what difference it will make

Ten applicants have applied to run the new sponsored generic top level domains (sTLDs), according to ICANN.

Trade mark lawyers, attorneys, marketing specialists, advertising leaders and regulators were among the 150 delegates who attended the first MIP Brand Management Forum at the Berkeley Hotel on March 9 and 10.

Decision 486 of the Andean Community, which contains the industrial property law applicable in the Andean Community countries (Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela) forbids the registration of trade marks that consist of a sign or indication that designates or describes the quality, quantity, destination, value or place of origin, time of production or indicates other characteristics about the products or services for which the mark will be used. Descriptive expressions lack distinctiveness so they do not have the capacity to distinguish the goods in commerce from similar goods that come from a competitor.

Stéphanie Bodoni, London

The US-Australia free trade agreement, like the recent US-Singapore agreement, exports some key US patent concepts. Robert Cooper and Michael Swinson examine the extent to which it will change Australian domestic law

Following widespread concern that the proposed new Technology Transfer Block Exemption Regulation would stifle licensing and, ultimately, innovation in Europe, the European Commission has proposed last-minute amendments. Guy Heath examines their impact, and whether or not they adequately address those concerns

Co-existence agreements provide a useful tool for regulating co-existing trade marks and as a way of settling and avoiding trade mark conflicts. Yasmine Hashim provides a practical guide to drafting and reviewing such agreements

A recent case heard in the High Court of Singapore has shed some useful light on the issue of proving damage in a trade mark infringement suit.

The Argentine patent law has recently been amended, and the amendments largely concern preliminary injunctions. This amendment was born from an agreement between the American and Argentine governments, after a consultation round within the WTO framework, and was passed by our Congress on December 4 2003, coming into effect in January 2004.