On 2-3 May 2007, the World Intellectual Property Organization organised, in cooperation with the Industrial Property Office of the Slovak Republic, an international seminar on "Current challenges in intellectual property rights and biotechnology" in Banska Bystrica, Slovakia. Presentations from the seminar are now available on the web. See http://www.wipo.int/meetings/en/2007/ipr_bsk/ or contact publicinf@wipo.int for more information.