Guest Editorial

IP law is an integral area of the law for any society and indeedhas been part of the legal landscape in some western nationsfor centuries. Many jurisdictions in the east however have relativelyyoung IP regimes. Does youth mean immaturity? Surely not. Ifanything, many Asian jurisdictions have the opportunity to leap-frogthe sometimes obfuscated jurisprudence of the west reachingmore sensible conclusions. The uniqueness and importance of the IP landscape in Asia     

Guest Editor's Introduction

Yesterday president of the Russian Federation (RF) Vladimir Putin signed the Edict "On Measures for the Development of Federative Relationships and of Local Self-Government in the Russian Federation." In accordance with the Edict the commission under the leadership of first deputy head of the president's administration Dmitry Kozak—who has long had the unofficial title of "father of the reform of local self government"—will continue its work in the Kremlin in a slightly changed composition.