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In a paper included among this collection of works from the Duke Law School's Conference on the Public Domain, James Boyle kindly credits an early essay of mine, Recognizing the [...]

Thailand's Trade Secret Act (TSA), which took effect in 2002, is the first law in that country specifically to protect trade secrets. As a member state of the WTO, Thailand [...]

On June 27, 2002, the Korean Trade Commission ruled against two parallel importers of StarCraft and Diablo computer games and granted a request for an injunction made by HanbitSoft, Inc. [...]

The WTO has extended the deadline for least-developed countries (LDCs) to ensure that their domestic legislation on the patent protection of pharmaceuticals complies with the TRIPs agreement. At a meeting [...]

The Polish Supreme Court recently dismissed toy manufacturer Lego's application regarding competing products that are designed to work with Lego's well-known plastic bricks. The Polish Supreme Court ruled that Polish [...]

The Taiwanese legislature passed an amendment to its patent laws that decriminalizes the infringement of invention patents in Taiwan. The amendment brings the country one step closer to membership in [...]

On January 2, 2002, the Netherlands revised the Dutch Code of Civil Procedure with the goal of simplifying procedural laws, reducing formality, increasing efficiency, and modernizing the relationship between courts [...]

The Group of Eight Digital Opportunities Task Force (the G-8 Task Force) has issued a report that outlines a series of initiatives on using information and communication technologies to promote [...]

The European Commission recently conducted an online survey, seeking the views of citizens and businesses prior to setting forth the new proposals for the Data Protection Directive. According to an [...]

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) recently issued a judgment deciding a long-running dispute between Philips Electronics NV and Remington Consumer Products Limited over Philips' shape trademark for its triple-blade [...]

Countries are waging an international battle over the issue of granting additional protection for geographical indications (GIs) to products other than wines and spirits. Seven WTO members oppose such additional [...]

In August 2002, Japan's Information and Communication Council recommended that the Japanese government revamp its telecommunications policy in order to promote high-speed Internet communications. The council's recommendations focused on a [...]

Pirated anti-impotence drugs advertised in an Irish newspaper and in Dublin sex shops as "Viagra Substitutes" have triggered an investigation by the Irish Medicines Board. The pills, called Camagra, reportedly [...]

Taiwan's Council of Indigenous Peoples (CIP) recently approved draft legislation to protect the intellectual property of Taiwan's original inhabitants. The draft law, entitled "Law for the Protection of Intellectual Creations [...]

European cheese makers outside of Greece cannot label their products as "feta" cheese according to a European Commission ruling handed down in October 2002. The ruling prohibited companies from Denmark, [...]

The Spanish Ministries of Defense, Science, and Technology and Health and Consumer Affairs jointly proposed Royal Decree 55.2002, which will help ensure that researchers receive at least a third of [...]

Estonia continues to broaden and strengthen protection for intellectual property. [See 13 Intell. Prop. O Tech. L.J., No. 7 (July 2001); No. 2 (Feb. 2001); 12 J. Proprietary Rts., No. [...]

Three years ago, China adopted a more aggressive and high profile approach to enforcing intellectual property, the result of which has been a skyrocketing number of registered copyrights in the [...]

An amendment to Article 180 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation took effect on November 20, 2001. The amendment provides additional fines with respect to trademark violations and [...]

Red Bull Sweden AB brought suit in the Swedish Market Court against Energy Trading AB when the company discovered that Energy Trading was marketing a product called UR ABSO Bull [...]