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Firm names and commercial emblems are included in the category of industrial property rights in Romania. Along with trade marks, they make up the main distinctive commercial signs.

Apple Computer has won world-wide injunctions stopping the manufacture and sale of iMac lookalike Windows systems.

The Benelux Trade Marks Office has been forced to change its policy on registering colour marks. It is now possible to register a colour as a trade mark and to restrain third parties from using the chosen colour.

Recently, as part of the national drive towards becoming a regional IT and e-learning hub, a research and education centre at the National University of Singapore known as the Institute of Systems Science (ISS) launched what it claims to be the world´ s first virtual institute. The ISS took about one and a half years to develop the necessary software. It is intended that the virtual institute will serve, among other things, to re-train graduates for the growing infocomm industry. Plans are also being made to offer courses to local students and to provide courses in languages other than English for students in other countries in the region.

Employment issues can have a big impact on IP ownership in the US. Sanford E Warren and Todd Landis examine what precautions employers should take to safeguard their rights

You may not put the European Patent Office top of the list when applying for e-commerce patents. Think again. Johannes Lang of BardehleoPagenberg reveals that protection is just as powerful as in the US, and in some cases even broader

As a survey reveals that IP enforcement in Russia is as big a problem as tax and customs, rights owners are turning to the courts for support. But Emily Downes finds that there is an urgent need for improved enforcement

Adam Szentpeteri Jr, of SBG&K in Budapest, examines Hungary’s rocky road to European harmonization in the area of pharmaceutical patent protection

Mexico has now substantially liberalized its anti-trust regime. Oscar M Becerril of Becerril, Coca & Becerril, SC in Mexico City, explains how the licensing laws affect patent owners

A recent Federal Circuit decision should make it easier for US trade mark owners to block the importation of grey goods. Mark S Sommers and Louis J Levy say it continues the trend of improved protection against parallel imports