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A new "simplified procedure" for the seizure and destruction by Customs of goods infringing intellectual property rights at the request of the rights holder and without a court order, is set out in the Goods Infringing Intellectual Property Rights Customs (Amendment) Regulations 2010 which come into force tomorrow (10 March 2010
It was revealed this month that the government has decided not to change the existing regulatory regime for importing books, notwithstanding the Productivity Commission’s recommendation in June this year that the parallel importation restrictions (PIR) on books be repealed
The ECJ has given judgment in Wellcome v Paranova (C-27605), the latest decision in the litigation saga regarding the repackaging of pharmaceutical product imports, holding: Once a parallel importer has demonstrated that it is necessary to repackage the product, there is no additional requirement of "minimum intervention" with the trade mark owner's rights
On 1 October 2007, following a request from the US, the WTO’s Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) set up a panel to hear the US case against China over its record on the protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights (IPR
On 30 August 2003, WTO Members agreed on a procedure for poor countries to import generic versions of patented medicines that they are unable to produce themselves
