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The article reports on the partnership program for World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) proposal by the United States. It hopes to further strengthen the contribution of WIPO in intellectual property promotion. The proposal for WIPO was outlined in a meeting on a Development Agenda in Geneva, Switzerland.

The article reports that eight countries, including the U.S., Australia and Canada, have committed to the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA).

The article reports on the number one ranking of the European Patent Office (EPO) in terms of patent quality, according to the findings of a 2011 survey of corporate and private intellectual property (IP) professionals conducted jointly by Thomson Reuters and the journal "Intellectual Asset Management" (IAM). Japan Patent Office and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office ranked second and third, respectively. It notes the improvement in the quality of patents granted by the EPO.

Information on the article "Who is my partner and how do we dance? Technological collaboration and patenting speed in US biotechnology," by Andreas Al-Laham, Terry L. Amburgey and Charles Baden-Fuller which appeared in volume 21, issue 3 of the "British Journal of Management" is presented.

Information on the article "Business method patents and US financial services," by Robert M. Hunt which appeared in volume 28, issue 3 of "Contemporary Economic Policy" is presented.

A review of the article "A Super Fast Track to the Grant of Patents in Singapore and the USA," by Aaradhana Sadasivam, which appeared in the volume 5, issue 6 of the "Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice" is presented.

The article presents a reprint of the article "Vasomedical awarded new patent," which appeared in the ag-ip-news.com web site on February 5, 2008. A patent was secured by Vasomedical Inc. for its new therapeutic system that controls and maintains inflation and deflation pressures during enhanced external counterpulsation (EECP) treatment in the U.S.

The article highlights the report "Walking the Line: Why the Presumption Against Extraterritorial Application of US Patent Law Should Limit the Reach of 35 USC ? 271(f)," by Jennifer Giordano-Coltart, published in "Duke Law and Technology Review." The report critiqued the lower court decisions in AT&T Corp. v Microsoft Corp. in light of the presumption against extraterritoriality.

The article highlights the report "Intellectual Property Rights in Making: The Evolution of Intellectual Property Provisions in US Free Trade Agreements and Access to Medicine," by Gaëlle P. Krikorian and Dorota M. Szymkowiak, published in "The Journal of World Intellectual Property." The report presented a text analysis of the intellectual property provisions of 14 U.S. free trade agreements with reference to patents and data protection.

The article reports that China is to make it easier to fight intellectual property right crimes. The country promulgated and enforced a judicial interpretation wherein a minor intellectual property infringement may become a crime. China's move may ease U.S. concerns over the rampant copying of movies, software and other goods.