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  • The 1995 US Federal Trademark Dilution Act was meant to give brand owners greater powers to defend themselves, but a Supreme Court ruling has highlighted the law's shortcomings. Sam Mamudi investigates whether legislative change is now needed
  • Legislators and enforcers of IP rights worldwide have struggled with one eternal question of where to draw the line between the overlapping areas of protection afforded by copyright law and design law to two/three-dimensional industrial products with external, eye-appealing features of shape, configuration, pattern or ornament applied to them.
  • On March 3 2003, the Competitiveness Council of Ministers of the European Communities reached agreement on a "common political approach" concerning the proposed Community patent. This "common political approach" includes the main outlines of the system of jurisdiction whereby a centralized Community Court would rule on disputes, the language regimes, costs, the role of national patent offices and the distribution of fees.
  • For the last three months applicants have been able to apply for quick and cheap protection across the EU, using the new Community design. But filings have so far been below expectations. Stéphanie Bodoni investigates
  • The ECJ has examined trade mark dilution law directly for only the second time. The Court's view has been hailed as surprising and even revolutionary, giving brand owners rights for which the legislation did not expressly provide. Alastair Shaw examines whether the case signals a radical change in European trade mark protection
  • The International Trade Commission can be an attractive forum for plaintiffs in patent infringement disputes in the US. Bruce Barker and Stewart Brown explain how the Commission works, and examine how it compares to litigation in district courts
  • Under the Court's decision, Victoria's Secret has to wait until the damage is done to obtain relief. That does not seem fair
  • Sam Mamudi, New York
  • The Indian IP system has undergone dramatic changes for the better at all levels in the last few years. The government and IP community must continue the improvement if the potential of IP to create investment and revenue for India is not to be lost, argues Pravin Anand