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• 2018

  • December

    • Managing IP Rising Stars 2018

    • EPO ruling sows patenting doubts for seeds companies

    • UK pregabalin ruling “increases patent applicant burden”, say drug companies

    • In-house counsel reveal how they build internal IP awareness

    • European GMO ruling stems CRISPR patent pool efforts

  • November

    • Patent filing strategies to stay ahead in growing markets

    • Budget pressures pushing patent processes in house

    • Tech convergence drives autonomous car patent licensing tension

    • China patent improvements increasing foreign filers’ confidence

    • Biosimilar makers forgo “cut-and-thrust” launch tactics

    • Unwired Planet is “massive time and money saver”, say telecoms and car companies

  • October

    • Seed patent growth prompts litigation and licensing fears

    • Patent portfolio pressure – how counsel try to do more with less budget

    • SCOTUS to review Postal Service patent case

    • Life sciences firms reveal how AI could disrupt patent strategies

    • Patent advisers pressured by in-house strategy changes

    • Who are the most influential people in IP? Have your say!

    • The week in IP – SUCCESS Act passed, Koh denies FTC more time on Qualcomm, and more

    • Tools for advancing women in the legal profession

    • The week in IP – Microsoft joins Open Invention Network and LOT Network, Trump signs Marrakesh act and more

    • The week in IP – Groupon pays IBM $57m, Stairway to Heaven encore, new RPX CEO and more

  • September

    • The week in IP – Music Modernization Act passed in Congress

    • Read all our daily newsletters from the AIPPI Congress!

    • Highlights from MARQUES 2018

    • The week in IP – Qualcomm/Apple patent dispute news from the US and Germany

    • Our September issue is now online

    • The week in IP – blockchain patents, vulgar trade marks, RPX and Realtime licensing deal, tattoos and copyright, Mbappé’s China squatters

    • The week in IP – USPTO refund procedure, SIPO renamed, TTAB hashtag ruling, VirnetX v Apple latest, Spinal Tap case

    • IP STARS 2019 research has begun

  • August

    • Federal Circuit denies Oracle v Google en banc rehearing

    • The week in IP: Nokia’s 5G SEP licensing rates, In-N-Out Burger’s pun-filled C&D, tribe en banc rehearing request, EUIPO trade secrets report, Dylan trade mark suit

    • The week in IP: $315m antitrust award, Qualcomm settlement, Federal Circuit brief policy change, Bruce Lee trade mark ruling, cannabis patent case, and more

    • Half-year data reveals how far Eastern District of Texas has fallen

    • The week in IP: New Delaware judges, NantKwest’s circuit split, USPTO eligibility rejections, ITC domestic industry clarification, Aloha trade mark dispute

    • Data reveals pendulum is swinging back on Section 101

    • The week in IP – Google’s denied motion to transfer, EPO update, piracy in Europe, Eat More Kale FOIA case, Ericsson/LG patent licence agreement, Senate trade mark resolution

    • Get ready for IP Week in Singapore

  • July

    • The sources of IP strategy disruption

    • The week in IP – Clint Eastwood, plain packaging, Gilstrap’s Google criticism, Marilyn Monroe, Golden Knights

    • The week in IP – IBM’s $167m suit against Groupon, USPTO trade mark interferences rules, TROL Act, AbbVie/Mylan patent licence deal

    • The week in IP – Global Innovation Index 2018, European Commission SEP group, $43m award in patent case, Jägermeister appeal, blockchain-authenticated evidence in China

    • Our Mid-Year issue – SAS’s PTAB impact, SPC controversy, autonomous vehicles special report, and more!

    • Analysis: The Hungarian court’s decision on the UPC Agreement

    • The week in IP – Bill to abolish PTAB; $500m Oculus verdict halved; Music Modernization Act clears committee; another Ed Sheeran copyright suit; and more

  • June

    • Listen to a replay of our webinar “China IP Trends: the shift in patent filing”

    • The week in IP – Section 101 rehearing request, Chinese trade mark wave at USPTO, four years of Alice, UC Berkley CRISPR patent grants, dancing baby case finally ends

    • The week in IP – US patent number 10 million, German firms’ EPO criticism, $400m award against Samsung, Federal Circuit remand of TTAB ZERO case

    • Join us for our webinar on China IP Trends: the shift in patent filing

    • The week in IP – TTAB pirate ruling, EU Copyright Directive criticism, First PGR reversal, Uber’s AI patent application

    • The week in IP – Tribal immunity arguments, dancing baby and Big Pimpin’ copyright suits, CAFC Section 101 rehearing denials, Adidas/Skechers settlement, Vietnam/Korea PPH

  • May

    • The week in IP – Oracle v Google appeal, AppSung verdict, German bloopers case, US steps against China, Korea adoption of WIPO’s AI tool

    • INTA 2018 live blog – the latest updates from Seattle

    • The week in IP – AppSung retrial starts, Adidas/Skechers latest, China patent term extension, SCOTUS vacates Secure Axcess, US copyright suits spike

    • Meet IP STARS and Managing IP at the INTA annual meeting

    • Our May issue – counterfeiting, C&D letters, SEPs in Europe, Mexico’s opposition system, all our award winners

    • The week in IP – PTAB claim construction change, Burberry sues Target, ITC on course for record, Broadcom/Toyota patent dispute, Dr Dre at the TTAB

    • The week in IP – CRISPR, IACC, Amazon, unclean hands, Federal Circuit, Messi, Tesla, Nikola Motor

  • April

    • Celebrating UK industry at IPAN World IP Day

    • UK government sets out ambition for IP industry

    • Hear reaction to the Oil States and SAS rulings at our PTAB Forums

    • Celebrating women inventors on World IP Day

    • The week in IP – Huawei’s blocked injunction, Iancu Section 101 comments, blockbuster China FRAND decision, Google v Equustek, TTAB, trade secrets, monkey selfie

    • US patent litigation remains depressed

    • A roadmap to improving diversity in IP

    • The week in IP – VirnetX v Apple, Music Modernization Act, Beano’s C&D letter, trade secrets whistleblower protection, Levi’s trade mark suit, New Zealand patent bill

    • Join us for our PTAB Forums in New York and Palo Alto in May!

    • Our April issue – blockchain, top copyright firms, CRISPR patents, Russian parallel imports, marijuana marks

    • Join us at the European Life Sciences Forum in London

    • The week in IP – GSK, Teva, Brexit, Blackberry, Snap, Lindsay Lohan, WestenGeco v Ion, false advertising, digital assistant patents

  • March

    • The week in IP – President Trump, Federal Circuit, PTAB, Vatican, CRISPR, Nike, Unilin, USPTO

    • The week in IP – Marrakesh Treaty, STRONGER Patents Act, Blurred Lines, Mexico IP amendments, Fujifilm, PTAB

    • Make your nominations for the Global Anti-Counterfeiting Awards 2018

    • The week in IP – USPTO, UPC, Broadcom, Qualcomm, trade mark trolls, PTAB, Section 101, female inventors, China

    • Our March issue – IP STARS patent rankings, trade secrets, Argentina rule changes, pharma repurposing

    • The week in IP – blockchain, Fox News, on sale bar, sovereign immunity, patent licensing, Alice, Blackberry, Qualcomm

    • Tell us how IP law firm issues are changing – take our survey!

    • The week in IP – Andrei Iancu, trade marks, Kung Fu Panda, UPC, Octane Fitness, CRISPR, SEPs

  • February

    • Share your views on IP and autonomous vehicles

    • The week in IP – NPEs in Europe, artificial intelligence, sovereign immunity, Section 101, UK trade secrets, USPTO

    • US falls to 12th in US Chamber patent ranking

    • All of our 2018 Awards shortlists are now out!

    • Andrei Iancu is your new USPTO director – now what?

    • Highlights from our International Women’s Leadership Forum

    • The week in IP – EUIPO, CJEU, Blue Ivy, firms with most patent attorneys, Waymo v Uber, Federal Circuit, “Lost Einsteins” study

    • Our February issue – trade mark rankings, SEPs special report and more

    • Behind the Trial podcast series reveals insights on the art of jury trials

    • The week in IP – UPC, Qualcomm, We Shall Overcome, RPX, EPO and more

  • January

    • Redskins, J&J, Allergan, USPTO, Argentina, Eagles, Google, LG, TPP, Australia SEP case – the week in IP

    • Starbucks, Apple, PTAB, Golden Knights, Finjan, Blue Coat Systems, KodakOne, TiVo, Comcast, manuka honey – the week in IP

    • Read our Year-End issue online

    • US Supreme Court takes on WesternGeco v Ion Geophysical

    • PTAB, Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe, Radiohead, Lana Del Rey, EPO, Michael Kors, Wi-LAN, Panasonic, copyright legislation – the week in IP

    • Top five Brexit priorities – critiquing the UK IP profession’s view

    • Mexico IP focus is now online

    • Nokia, Huawei, Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe, Spotify, Champagne, CJEU, Uptown Funk – IP news round-up

• 2017

  • December

    • SiriusXM, Technicolor, IP Australia, USPTO, Facebook, RPX, Lego, Andrei Iancu, DOJ – the week in IP

    • How Managing IP’s awards are changing

    • Leading PCT firms, tribal sovereign immunity, AI, trade dress litigation – our latest issue

    • Ericsson, EPO, Apple, SPCs, Comic-Con, Oracle v Google – the week in IP

    • BlackBerry, Nokia, Apple, Andrei Iancu, Eastern District of Texas, Federal Circuit, cannabis trade marks – the week in IP

    • China drove growth in IP filings in 2016, reveals WIPO report

  • November

    • Uber, Waymo, Apple, Qualcomm, International Trade Commission, Michelangelo's David, trade secrets – the week in IP

    • Finjan, Blue Coat, Fox Television, design patents, Polaroid, Fujifilm, CASE Act, Comic-Con – the week in IP

    • Apple, ITC, Bob Goodlatte, Fish IP, Fish & Richardson, Blackberry, PTAB – the week in IP

    • Qualcomm, PTAB, Allergan, Samsung, Apple, Google, USTR, USPTO – the week in IP

    • Flo & Eddie, USPTO, Booking.com, Oil States, Federal Circuit, trade secrets – the week in IP

  • October

    • Apple, Samsung, Oil States, Federal Circuit, Uniloc, Eminem, Judge Paul Michel – the week in IP

    • Read the IP STARS directories digital editions

    • Highlights from AIPLA’s annual meeting

    • Read the September and October digital editions online

    • Qualcomm, Apple, Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe, Amazon, Microsoft, PTAB, Oil States, SAS, Rule 36 – the week in IP

    • Read all the news from this year's AIPPI Congress in Sydney

    • Allergan, Waymo, Uber, Aqua Products, Marrakesh Treaty, EPO, INPI – the week in IP

    • Doctrine of equivalents, CRISPR and Cuba feature in our latest issue

    • USPTO, AbbVie, Amgen, ITC, design patents – the week in IP

    • Canada and Americas supplements now online

    • 2017 edition of Asia-Pacific Focus published

  • September

    • Allergan, Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe, Apple, Uber, Waymo, Inside Out, Netflix, FTC endorsement guidance – the week in IP

    • Latest patent and trade mark developments in China

    • Google, HTC, TTAB, PTAB, Judge Michel, Apple, Acacia, Microsoft – the week in IP

    • Doctrine of equivalents after Actavis v Eli Lilly

    • Monkey selfie, Octane, Halo, Garmin, Navico, Qualcomm, Apple, PTAB, Amazon – the week in IP

    • Know your enemy: Fighting IP crime in the UK

    • In Re Brunetti, Nintendo, hashtag trade marks, Blackbird Technologies, patent application references, CBS, Dr Phil – the week in IP

    • Assessing Trump’s USPTO director nominee, Andrei Iancu

  • August

    • News round-up – recent IP stories of interest

    • Surviving Brexit: highlights from our September issue

    • Get your conference news here!

    • Which are the most significant patents?

    • Attorneys’ fees, Federal Circuit, will.i.am, EFF, Erich Spangenberg, CRISPR, Prism, Philips, ITC, Qualcomm, Apple, Aqua IP Investor Pool – the week in IP

    • CRISPR, Apple, Nokia, Blockchain patents, Dominion Harbor, Quincy Jones, TC Heartland – the week in IP

  • July

    • Copycat car makers and the role of design rights

    • Apple, WARF, Qualcomm, Google, Richard Prince, CLASSICS Act, STRONGER Patents Act, Tam – the week in IP

    • Brexit and EU registered rights - a fantasy

    • News and photos from IP Out event in London

    • Monkey selfie, Teva, Apotex, CRISPR patent pool, Eli Lilly, Jawbone, Shipping and Transit – the week in IP

    • Qualcomm, Apple, TTAB, High Tech Inventors Alliance, Waymo, Uber, Shipping & Transit, Federal Circuit, PTAB, Humira, Intellectual Ventures – the week in IP

    • Why PTAB’s double threat is not causing panic yet

    • Canada’s big week for patent news

    • Sir Paul McCartney, Washington Redskins, Federal Circuit, Newegg, Xiaomi, Nokia, Nike, Rob Gronkowski, USPTO, Kyle Bass – the week in IP

  • June

    • Report reveals growing importance of trade secrets

    • Qualcomm, Section 2(a), Federal Circuit, TC Heartland, ZoomEssence, USPTO director rumours – the week in IP

    • Read our bumper mid-year issue online now!

    • Your guide to a busy SCOTUS term for IP cases

    • Jersey Boys, GSK, Teva, Gene Simmons, Imagine, top universities for patents, Texas trade secrets – the week in IP

    • TC Heartland, House Judiciary Committee, Uber, Waymo, monkey selfie, patent news coverage – the week in IP

    • Read the May issue online

    • Michelle Lee, IPO 2016 US patent owners list, Sanofi, Amgen, Puma, Forever 21, TC Heartland and 101 rulings, Apple, WARF – the week in IP

    • The week in IP – Nokia, Apple, Spotify, PTAB, Abbvie, BlackBerry, Qualcomm, IP Czar, Trump budget, Uber, District of Delaware

    • Good things come to those who wait at INTA

  • May

    • The corporate IP stars of 2017

    • Women in IP annual reception 2017, Barcelona

    • Procedural, not legal, issues will be key to UPC success

    • The growing disparity between NPE and practicing entity patent damages

    • Qualcomm, Waymo, Uber, Amgen, Conan O’Brien, Cloudflare, Blackbird Tech, PTAB – the week in IP

    • Eagles, Wi-Fi One, hashtag trade marks, emojis, Dancing Baby – the week in IP

    • US patent litigation springs up in April

    • All set for Barcelona?

    • Representation in the UPC

    • World IP Day, Google, Intertrust Technologies, USTR Special 301 Report, Qualcomm, Apple, PTAB – the week in IP

    • Read the Europe IP Focus 2017 for free

  • April

    • IP Strategy Forum held in London

    • The art of IP war

    • Abbott and Costello, top patent law firms, FTC, Snap, Richard Prince – the week in IP

    • Read our latest issues in digital format

    • Intellectual Ventures, WiLAN, CRISPR appeal, Apple, Unwired Planet, Trump trade marks, EFF – the week in IP

    • Ed Sheeran, Marathon Patent Group, Forever 21, Puma, Marijuanaville, Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator, LOT Network –the week in IP

    • Unwired Planet v Google, Q1 PTAB and district court filing, Hefty/Glad false advertising dispute, USPTO leadership, International AntiCounterfeiting Coalition – the week in IP

    • Global and North America awards – the winners have all been revealed

    • Section 101’s future and other highlights from the April 2017 issue

    • Spain's Culture Plan 2020 and the fight against piracy

  • March

    • Microsoft, Toyota, USPTO, LG, Marrakesh treaty, Kanye West, Beijing Intellectual Property Court, Crystal Head Vodka – the week in IP

    • Guest post: About the IEEE, but no longer without the IEEE

    • Ivanka Trump and protecting personal brands in China

    • PTAB issues last Coalition for Affordable Drugs written decision

    • FilmOn, Supreme Court, patent sales, Stairway to Heaven, Blockchain Intellectual Property Council, Adidas, Juicy Couture – the week in IP

    • New articles on patent and trade mark developments in China

    • Make your nominations for the Global Anti-Counterfeiting Awards 2017

    • IP Inclusive wins first corporate social responsibility award

    • Whirlpool, Acorda, Kyle Bass, Michelle Lee, Google, Uber, copyright lawsuits, IP Commission Report – the week in IP

    • New views on Brexit at CITMA meeting

    • A discussion on second medical use patents

    • Prenda Law, Perfect 10, USPTO, Niro, Forever 21, Adidas – the week in IP

    • A preview of this week's International Patent Forum

    • Highlights from the March 2017 issue

    • Google, Uber, Defend Trade Secrets Act, Kyle Bass, Alibaba, PTAB – the week in IP

  • February

    • Genentech, Amgen, SiriusXM, Eastern District of Texas, Donald Trump, BlackBerry, Nokia – the week in IP

    • CRISPR interference decision, Center for Intellectual Property Understanding, Alibaba, Section 101, Northern District of California – the week in IP

    • Apple, Samsung, Oculus, Facebook, US Chamber of Commerce IP Index, Amazon – the week in IP

    • SCOTUS nominee Neil Gorsuch, Teva, Apple, Qualcomm, PTAB, NFL-related litigation – the week in IP

  • January

    • Guest post and infographic: Analysing the PTAB in 2016

    • Trump: the pro-patent president?

    • Apple, Qualcomm, Sir Paul McCartney, Merck, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Star Trek, TTAB, Niro Law – the week in IP

    • Can the UPC really be ready to launch in December?

    • Qualcomm, antitrust guidelines, AAP, motions to transfer venue, Biogen, TTAB, Samsung v Apple – the week in IP

    • Guest post: Corporate secrets in an age of innovation

    • USPTO director speculation, Amgen injunction win, software copyright litigation, top global innovators, 2016 reviews – the week in IP

    • Book now for upcoming events and awards dinners

    • Back by popular demand: MIP International Women’s Leadership Forum 2017

    • Some IP stories you may have missed over the holiday period

• 2016

  • December

    • ASIPI dances the tango

    • Sponsored post: Leveraging exclusion orders to block patent-infringing products from entering the US

    • Annual survey reveals top firms for PCT work

    • Kit Kat, Glee, UPC, Hong Kong and more - the week in IP

    • Read up to five articles on managingip.com for free!

    • Guest post: ARIPO proposes Harare Protocol amendments

    • 2016 US patent case filing update

    • Duran Duran, Iceland, USPTO, GIPC IP Champions, Canada copyright – the week in IP

    • Sponsored post: Copyright notices as prima facie evidence of public accessibility

  • November

    • The latest IP developments in Brazil and Mexico

    • SiriusXM, Jersey Boys, Apple v Samsung, TiVo, Netflix, PTAB, trade secrets at the ITC – the week in IP

    • ITMA becomes CITMA

    • Expert witnesses in patent litigation around the world

    • INTA Brussels marks 10th anniversary with Digital World conference

    • Federal Circuit, TTAB, Toronto Maple Leafs, Snoop Dogg, We Shall Overcome, PTAB, patent cited references – the week in IP

    • Flo & Eddie, SiriusXM, Usher, Justin Bieber, women inventors, Donald Trump, Amazon, Cuba trade marks – the week in IP

    • Meet Managing IP during November and December

    • Intellectual property under President Trump

    • Mastering relationships is the key to lasting success - guest post

    • USPTO, DMCA safe harbours, Shipping & Transit, Copyright Act exemptions, Samsung, TiVo – the week in IP

    • USPTO releases update to 101 guidance

    • Join us this month for webinars on trade secrets and Halo

  • October

    • USPTO, Uptown Funk, Kyle Bass, PTAB, Maria Pallante, Dancing Baby – the week in IP

    • Read all the latest news from the AIPLA Annual Meeting

    • Concern and confusion at the US Copyright Office

    • 101 rulings, FTC’s PAE report, Redskins, Cuba, Flanax, Apple, Amazon – the week in IP

    • Brexit and the Unitary Patent: where are we now?

    • Patent eligibility decisions, USPTO, Supreme Court, Lucasfilm, forum shopping, Qualcomm – the week in IP

    • PTAB most active forum for US patent disputes

    • Who’s on First?, Federal Circuit, global patent trends, PTAB, WIPO, Ghostface Killah, Kanye West – the week in IP

    • US patent litigation falls 13% in third quarter

    • Washington Redskins, USPTO fee increases, Patents for Humanity, Marrakesh Treaty, Eastern District of Texas – the week in IP

  • September

    • How to protect innovation under sharing economics

    • Special focus on PTAB in our October issue

    • Oracle, FCC, IP-intensive industries report, biosimilars, PTAB, Scotch whisky – the week in IP

    • Guest post: New thoughts on South Africa's IP policy

    • BMI, Redskins, The Slants, Judge Newman, UN medicines report, High Court of Delhi – the week in IP

    • Read the highlights from the AIPPI World Congress

    • Pondering four years of PTAB proceedings

    • Supporting IP education in Africa

    • PTAB, VirnetX, Teva, 101 invalidation data, software patents, blockchain technology – the week in IP

    • Managing IP webinars coming up soon

    • US patent litigation update: filing falls in August

    • Guest post: Improving patent analysis with big data

    • Slowly, a post-Brexit picture will emerge

    • USPTO, Lindsay Lohan, EFF, Mexico’s opposition system, Argentina’s INPI, Louis Vuitton, Warner Bros – the week in IP

  • August

    • Kenyon comes to end of road but IP boutique model not dead

    • Webinar: IP Stars 2017

    • Blurred Lines, Teva, Trader Joe’s, Eastern District of Texas, Intellectual Ventures, Cox – the week in IP

    • Sponsored post: Telematics patent landscape pre- and post-Alice

    • Share your views on IP strategy

    • Guest post: Is now the time for intangible assets to take the stage?

    • Oracle, Google, USPTO, Happy Birthday, Microsoft, Lenovo, Rovi, Dish Network, FTC – the week in IP

    • Managing IP out and about over the coming months

    • Ray Niro tributes, Marathon Patent Group, Ed Sheeran, Ghostface Killah, LOT Network, Alexander Wang – the week in IP

    • Join us for UPC, Unitary Patent and Brexit discussions in Munich and Paris

    • Sponsored post: Lowering the (on sale) bar

    • Guest post: Designs, Brexit and the fashion industry

    • Analysing the PTAB in the first half of 2016 – guest post

    • Blackberry, TD Ameritrade, Dell, Network-1, ASCAP, BMI, Whole Foods, Qualcomm, Led Zeppelin – the week in IP

    • The Olympics and IP

    • Sponsored post: Mandatory post-approval biosimilar notice implicates millions

    • Getty, top patent practitioner companies, Donald Trump, venue reform, Stephen Colbert – the week in IP

  • July

    • Patent litigation cools in the Eastern District of Texas

    • Yahoo, top patent practitioner firms, Fitbit, Jawbone, PTAB, Canada, Led Zeppelin, Eastern District of Texas – the week in IP

    • Guest post: Keeping the record straight

    • GAO releases two patent reports

    • Have you explored our topic pages recently?

    • Nokia, Samsung, patent venue reform, Adidas, Skechers, Guangzhou IP Court, Yahoo, Pokémon Go – the week in IP

    • Africa IP news round-up (July 2016)

    • Guest post: A smoother road thanks to TM5 harmonisation efforts

    • Has the PTAB peaked already?

    • Users of Madrid System warned about problems

    • ASEAN and more in our bumper mid-year issue

    • Craft beer disputes, Stairway to Heaven, Kim Dotcom, Nike, WWE, PTAB, Thomson Reuters – the week in IP

    • Pharma sales - obvious(ly) due to 'blocking' patents? (sponsored)

    • US patent litigation, Google, Oracle, Brexit, Led Zeppelin, McDonald’s, top patent filers – the week in IP

    • Guest post: Brexit and SEPs

  • June

    • Guest post: Why evidence and experts matter

    • Brexit, Hillary Clinton, Alibaba, Qualcomm, Happy Birthday, Federal Circuit, Converse – the week in IP

    • US Supreme Court to hear Life Technologies case but denies Sequenom

    • Brexit and IP: a primer

    • Ranking the IP rankings

    • Brexit, PCT, FC Barcelona, VOB and WIBL – our weekly IP roundup

    • Supreme Court’s Halo opinion, Oracle v Google, Ed Sheeran, Axl Rose, Eastern District of Texas, M&M’s – the week in IP

    • View our webinar on "PTAB Trials by the Numbers"

    • Latest IP developments in Asia

    • Is the PTAB too unfair on motions to amend?

    • Pre-1972 recordings, Canada plain packaging, Microsoft, top 10 US patent cases, TTAB fees, Federal Circuit – the week in IP

    • The week in IP – bumper edition!

    • Women in IP Network Annual Reception

  • May

    • Read the highlights from the INTA Annual Meeting

    • Managing IP at the INTA Annual Meeting

    • US patent grants fell last year for first time since 2008 – PwC report

    • Trade mark Stars and firm analyses published

    • Adidas, Under Armour, PTAB amendments, Facebook, patent trolls, .blog, limericks – the week in IP

    • Highlights from the May 2016 issue

    • Guest post: Five common mistakes of early-stage tech companies

    • Nvidia, Samsung, Oracle, Google, iPhone, Eastern District of Texas, TTAB – the week in IP

    • USPTO updates patent subject matter eligibility guidance

    • Is the PTAB more balanced than patent owners think?

    • US Supreme Court takes on two more IP cases

    • USTR special 301 report, Redskins, Klingon, Jawbone, Fitbit, copyright reform – the week in IP

  • April

    • Guest post: New Norwegian Copyright Act proposed

    • Celebrating World IP Day

    • The Slants, Supreme Court, Prince, Adidas, Ecco, Alice – the week in IP

    • Guest post: The economic impact of the global trade in counterfeit goods

    • Yahoo’s patent portfolio, pre-1972 sound recordings, Section 101, Alibaba, Facebook, USPTO – the week in IP

    • Guest post: Why the CJEU is learning on the job

    • What's inside our April issue

    • Google, Unwired Planet, Burberry, JC Penney, post-Form 18 patent complaints, Led Zeppelin – the week in IP

    • View our webinar on Magic IP Strategy Answers for IP Counsel

    • Now online: IP Stars 2016 Copyright Rankings

    • ITC, trade secrets, PTAB, Form 18 elimination, design patents – the takeaways from our US Patent Forum

    • Sponsored post: Belmora LLC v Bayer Consumer Care AG et al

    • ClearCorrect, GSK, DMCA reform, Pele, Samsung, EFF – the week in IP

  • March

    • Make your nominations for the Global Anti-Counterfeiting Awards 2016

    • Sequenom, Cuozzo, Marrakesh Treaty, John Cleese, Apple, Samsung, The Beatles – the week in IP

    • Join our first Africa Roadshow in NYC or via the web

    • Dancing Baby, RPX, Uniloc, Acacia, Adidas, Skechers, WIPO, Yosemite – the week in IP

    • Why we've signed up to IP Inclusive

    • Sponsored statement: Foreign patent filing guides released

    • All the news and photos from Awards season

    • PTAB, utility models and patent rankings - highlights from the March issue

    • Latest IP developments in Turkey

    • Guest post: Future double patent protection in Germany

    • Now online: IP STARS 2016 patent rankings

  • February

    • Judge Koh, WIPO, Dominion Harbor, WiLAN, Marathon, Uniloc, Copyright Royalty Board, Booking.com, Disney – the week in IP

    • Guest post: Tackling IP unknowns is fundamental to oil and gas tech expansion

    • Fox News, The Hurt Locker, Justice Scalia, Lenovo, Qualcomm, Novak Druce – the week in IP

    • Guest post: UNIFAB raises terrorism concerns in fight against counterfeits

    • Happy Birthday, Burberry, JC Penney, banking patents, Fox, Dish Network, US Senate, Authors Guild appeal – the week in IP

    • US Chamber of Commerce releases international IP index

    • Tattoo copyright, Bacardi, Havana Club, IKEA, Marrakesh Treaty, Nokia, Judge Lucy Koh, NewEgg, more animal selfies – the week in IP

    • How to enter Europe's new design awards

    • Now online: IP Stars 2016 trade mark rankings

  • January

    • Immoral marks, New York Times, Cuozzo, PTAB, Microsoft – the week in IP

    • A year of change in Europe

    • Last chance to take part in the Global IP Index

    • TTAB, Eastern District of Texas, Apple, Samsung, Batmobile, Marilyn Monroe – the week in IP

    • Guest post: Innovation and the case for confidence

    • Star Wars, Erich Spangenberg, The Trademark Company, IP licensing, Spotify, PTAB, David Bowie – the week in IP

    • US Supreme Court to hear Cuozzo and Kirtsaeng cases

    • Some practical questions about the UPC

    • Trade mark litigation, Apple, Samsung, monkey selfie, Richard Prince, Anne Frank, hoverboards – the week in IP

    • The final 2015 US patent litigation and PTAB filing figures

    • What Managing IP has in store in 2016

• 2015

  • December

    • Battistelli defiant in interview about EPO reforms

    • Kyle Bass’s success rate at the PTAB – an update

    • Gillette, Dollar Shave Club, Fitbit, Jawbone, Abbott and Costello, Happy Birthday, patent litigation – the week in IP

    • The calm after the US patent litigation storm

    • The A-Z of IP In 2015

    • What effect will the TPP have on your country?

    • Judges, more judges and IP in literature

    • Jeremy Phillips, design awards, IP Australia, IP Inclusive and a special offer – the week in IP

  • November

    • Join us for the European Patent Forum USA in New York and San Jose

    • Apple, ContentGuard, Samsung, The Medicines Company, Google, Lex Machina, Skechers, Converse – the week in IP

    • Legislative overhauls, injunctions and patent eligibility in Canada

    • Time to talk about Brexit

    • Celgene win leaves Bass even in PTAB institution game

    • Taylor Swift, Mark Cuban, Happy Birthday, Judge Gilstrap, In-N-Out Burger – the week in IP

    • Guest post: A European perspective on the CAD

    • Why China watchers need to pay attention to IP

    • Washington Redskins, GoPro, DraftKings, FanDuel, patent litigation spike, Alice stats, monkey selfie – the week in IP

    • The latest around the Asia-Pacific

    • Guest post: China’s patent revolution - from imitation to innovation

    • View our webinar on obviousness in US district courts and PTAB

    • Could a computer do your job?

  • October

    • EFF, TXED, DMCA exceptions, TPP, SAP, Google, 1984 – the week in IP

    • Takeaways from the AIPLA Annual Meeting

    • Apple, patent trolls, Jay Z, Pandora, Kyle Bass, cheerleading uniforms – the week in IP

    • Signs of our times: introducing universal sign marks

    • DSM, patent box, WIPO and EPO: European news roundup

    • Guest post: UK and China join forces to strengthen IP protection

    • Eight highlights from the AIPPI Congress in Rio de Janeiro

    • Apple, Best Global Brands, Steve Jobs movie, USPTO Silicon Valley office, Marrakesh Treaty – the week in IP

    • Africa and the Middle East IP news round-up, October 2015

    • TPP, Cuozzo, Bikram Yoga, hedge fund IPRs, Samsung, Nvidia – the week in IP

    • Looking ahead to the AIPPI Congress

    • IP Stars surveys now underway

    • Apple, Samsung, Erich Spangenberg, Depomed, Alibaba, Jay-Z, Kanye West, more monkey selfie – the week in IP

  • September

    • Seven takeaways from the Luxury Brands & Retail Forum

    • Monkey selfie, Batmobile, Mark Cuban, Inventist, Lindt, Haribo, All About That Bass – the week in IP

    • The pros and cons of the Madrid Protocol

    • Annual Patent & IP Trends Report Released (Sponsored Statement)

    • Join our next webinar on the Madrid Protocol

    • Kim Dotcom, Rick Ross, Segway, Adidas, Skechers – the week in IP

    • MARQUES Annual Conference, Vienna 2015: Day 1 round-up

    • Fitbit, Jawbone, US Copyright Office, BMI, TiVo, Samsung, Toyota – the week in IP

    • Kyle Bass vows to keep returning to the PTAB “kangaroo court”

    • Show us the evidence!

    • Your IP Stars research questions answered

    • Trade mark cluttering, Olympic logo, EMI amnesty, Crestor and Ariosa – the week in brief

  • August

    • How IP practice is changing

    • Sequenom, Ariosa, Eastern District of Texas, Ashley Madison, Washington Redskins, Led Zeppelin – the week in IP

    • MARQUES Annual Conference, Vienna 2015: Day 1 round-up

    • Patents, innovation and The Economist

    • Samsung, Apple, Google, BMW, Pom Wonderful, Pur Beverages, UK’s Intellectual Property Crime Unit, Uber – the week in IP

    • Find out about the research for the 2016 IP Stars

    • US copyright litigation report reveals file sharing cases now outnumber all others

    • Google, The Economist, Airbus, The Simpsons, Cecil the Lion – the week in IP

    • IP news summer roundup: Asia and Africa

    • IP news summer round up: Europe

    • USPTO teleworking, Happy Birthday, TTAB, Michael Jordan, Qualcomm, ParkerVision – the week in IP

  • July

    • Celgene files motion for sanctions against Kyle Bass

    • Meet our most diverse MIP 50 ever

    • Why Twitter is not seeing the funny side to copying tweets

    • Google, customer stays, Apple, Samsung, Oracle, TTAB – the week in IP

    • Tell MARQUES about yourself and win a bottle of Cremant

    • Join Managing IP's upcoming Asia events

    • Patent reform, Blurred Lines, USPTO, Newegg, trade mark filing, RPX – the week in IP

    • US patent litigation back with a bang in May and June

    • Learn about the latest luxury goods law

    • SiriusXM, Facebook, Fox, Zorro, orphan works – the week in IP

    • IPO releases lists of top organisations and universities granted US patents

    • IP in Asia (2) – four takeaways

    • Battle of the IP bands, Google v Oracle, Taylor Swift, Section 101 judgments, Eli Lilly – the week in IP

    • IP Stars listings and analysis now fully available

  • June

    • Arnold and Birss reversed, Swiss polyglots and Kozinski’s lecture – the week in IP

    • Sponsored statement: Prepare for post-AIA filings this fall

    • What’s holding back China’s movie industry?

    • The way forward for India’s IP system

    • Should Congress amend Section 101?

    • How to make open innovation work

    • Bio/pharma IPRs by the numbers

    • In-house patent counsel: we want your views on the UPC!

    • IP in Asia (1) – takeaways from London forum

    • SPCs demystified in our next webinar

    • Fitbit, Jawbone, Kyle Bass, PTAB, iWatch – the week in IP

    • Bass files 16th IPR petition as opposition continues to build

    • IPRs and Section 101 to take centre stage at BIO convention

    • PTAB moves squarely into US lawmakers’ sights in rewritten PATENT Act

    • Making sense of the UPC fee proposals

    • Sponsored post: June 11 New York event taps top creative minds to explore the secret to innovation

    • Is there life in Ultramercial yet?

    • Patent litigation, .sucks, Vice Media, TTAB, Blackberry, Typo – the week in IP

    • Anti-counterfeiting: handle with care

    • Confidential information and cybersecurity

    • Share your views on the Unitary Patent and UPC

    • Guest blog: China and the first-to-file exception

  • May

    • Ford, Google, Oracle, patent grants, Led Zeppelin, Supreme Court – the week in IP

    • Are more changes needed to IPR proceedings?

    • What are the IP industry disrupters?

    • Moving towards some FRAND and SEP answers

    • Guest blog: Will UPC lead to a rise in arbitration?

    • Rihanna, DC Comics, Lycos, Rockstar Games, Happy Birthday to You, Alibaba – the week in IP

    • Join us in London and Munich for the IP in Asia Forum

    • Turning a corner on the new gTLDs

    • Garcia v Google reversal warmly received (except by Judge Kozinski)

    • Grey market strategy wall map

    • Google, Oracle, Uber, Amazon, Twitter hashtags, stays pending IPR – the week in IP

    • Photos from our Women in IP Network drinks reception

    • Guest blog: How high will UPC fees be?

    • Free webinar: Avoiding pitfalls in PTAB post-grant trials during the Second Phase

    • Highlights from INTA’s biggest ever meeting

    • Unitary Patent: Stop talking, start planning

    • Special 301 report, Grooveshark, MPAA, Louis Vuitton, Eclipse IP – the week in IP

  • April

    • Download the new Managing IP app!

    • Should the EU courts have an IP tribunal?

    • Google’s patent purchase experiment leaves unanswered questions

    • Managing IP at the INTA Annual Meeting

    • Federal Circuit, Canada copyright, Katy Perry, Twitter, John Oliver – the week in IP

    • EU trade mark deal struck, so what happens now?

    • Patent reform, USPTO, Adidas, Marc Jacobs, .sucks, Federal Circuit – the week in IP

    • Two trade mark questions to be clarified in Europe

    • Free webinar: Avoiding the pitfalls in post-grant trials at the PTAB

    • Hedge fund IPRs, Apple Watch, Juno, Novartis, Google, USPTO – the week in IP

    • IP Finance conference will reveal how best to tap IP’s potential

    • Spotlight on Zynga

    • 101 opinions, Robin Williams, PTAB, Jay-Z, Perfect 10 – the week in IP

    • A focus on China

  • March

    • Guest post: ASIPI debates IP in agriculture

    • Twitter Q&A with Professor Hugh Hansen - the highlights

    • Panasonic, Taylor Swift, Motorola, Intellectual Ventures, AT&T – the week in IP

    • Guest blog: The lessons from France’s fight against online fakes

    • Takeaways from the US Patent Forum in Silicon Valley

    • Why the Commission is rattled over the Unitary Patent

    • Guest blog: The five principles of IP licensing

    • Twitter Q&A on March 25 with Professor Hugh Hansen

    • Free webinar: using data to reinvent IP management

    • International Patent Forum: Day 2 highlights

    • Blurred Lines, plain packaging, Hewlett-Packard, Kraftwerk, Disney – the week in IP

    • Global Awards Dinner 2015: your tweets and pictures

    • Guest post: How the Digital Single Market will affect brand owners

    • International Patent Forum: five highlights from day 1

    • US patent litigation makes a comeback in 2015

    • Apple, Samsung, Hall & Oates, USPTO, Under Armour, patent reform – the week in IP

    • Senator Coons throws “legislative grenade” at PTAB proceedings

    • How China is changing

  • February

    • Amazon, Bob Marley, Seattle Seahawks, Washington Redskins, Supreme Court, Blurred Lines – the week in IP

    • Blog readers promotion – last chance

    • Check out the recently-launched Managing IP US

    • Join the Managing IP readership!

    • Some proposed fixes to the US patent system, but is it even broken?

    • A trip to Beijing

    • Managing IP testimonial - Gordon Harris, Wragge Lawrence Graham

    • Managing IP testimonials – David Kappos (Cravath) and Francisco Bernardo (ABG Patentes)

    • Managing IP testimonials – Ted Chwu, Bird & Bird and Catherine Zheng, Deacons

    • Meet the Managing IP team: Emma Barraclough

    • Meet the Managing IP team: James Nurton

    • Meet the Managing IP team: Michael Loney

    • Meet the Managing IP team: Nick Heath

    • Meet the Managing IP team: Peter Leung

    • The US Patent Forum is coming soon to DC and Silicon Valley

    • Managing IP – a week of special offers

    • Managing IP’s first 25 years – a timeline

    • Unitary Patent and UPC – the story so far

    • Oscars, Tesla, BlackBerry, Typo, Myriad, Tumblr – the week in IP

    • Managing IP research timetable 2015

    • In-house counsel: take our Unitary Patent survey

    • Special awards to celebrate a decade of IP excellence

    • IBM, Priceline, Red Bull, Life360, Fox, Katy Perry – the week in IP

    • Join us for the fifth annual International Patent Forum

    • Latest IP updates from around the world

    • The petitioners, patent owners and law firms topping the PTAB rankings

    • Guest blog: Why Europe must reform its trade secrets rules

    • Has China’s “skin in the game moment” arrived?

    • Copyright Office, Katy Perry, Alice motions, in-house survey, TTAB – the week in IP

    • Concerns over Europeanisation of IP law

  • January

    • Alibaba's counterfeits spat may signal e-commerce shift

    • Bifurcation and the UPC – comments welcome!

    • Taylor Swift, patent reform, Hershey’s, Cadbury’s, Sam Smith, Tom Petty, stupid patent of the month – the week in IP

    • Meet the new model patent litigator

    • An insight into IP in Turkey

    • Ultramercial, Seattle Seahawks, Beastie Boys, US Supreme Court, Copyright Week, USPTO’s Michelle Lee – the week in IP

    • Why IP needs events aimed at women

    • Je Suis Charlie, Samsung, Blackberry, Apple, GoPro, India, gTLDs – the week in IP

    • Protecting nation brands and country names

    • Google enters top 10 in US patent recipient rankings

    • Toyota, China, Intellectual Ventures, Google, Apple, Coca-Cola – the week in IP

    • Guest post: ASIPI’s anniversary marked in style

    • Now is the time to prepare for the Unitary Patent and UPC

    • Unhappy new year for the US patent market?

• 2014

  • December

    • IP highlights of 2014 - on Twitter

    • The year in damages in the US

    • Garcia v Google, Verizon, Uber, Eat More Kale, Federal Circuit – the week in IP

    • Work in London and want to enhance your IP library?

    • How goes the trade mark filing race?

    • The IP highlights of 2014

    • The wait for the new USPTO 101 guidance is over

    • SCOTUS sanction threat, Comfyballs, Jay-Z, Google News, Pirate Bay, monkey selfie – the week in IP

    • Don’t miss our webinar on IP strategy

    • SCOTUS takes new patent case, Cisco sues Arista, pushback on reform, Canadian applications fall – the week in IP

    • Business method patent issuance has plummeted since Alice

    • Don't miss our US IP events next week

  • November

    • Guest post: Has UK copyright reform gone far enough?

    • Progress on UPC Rules highlights inertia on fees

    • Time for US companies to get to know the UPC

    • Teleworking, Apple, Aereo, Canadian trade marks, patent reform latest – the week in IP

    • The reasons for the drop in US patent litigation

    • Latest developments in IP in Mexico

    • Happy 20th birthday to OHIM

    • IPR appeal hearing, Facebook, MPHJ, Eiffel Tower, Federal Circuit – the week in IP

    • Guest blog: Why EU lawmakers must balance trade mark rights with fundamental freedoms

    • Did the APEC summit lay the groundwork for future IP developments?

    • Fordham symposium to discuss USPTO, trade mark and copyright

    • The number one issue for IP owners

    • What has been agreed on Patent Box reforms?

    • Country updates in our November issue

    • Pending patent cases, Sherlock Holmes, Kim Kardashian, LG, Google – the week in IP

    • Patent reform is more likely, but less needed

    • Play Interflora Snakes & Ladders

    • Avoid the antitrust trap in Asia

    • Online now – IP Clinic on hashtag rights

    • Fast-track patents, Lucasfilm, Manuel Noriega, Activision, Marvin Gaye, Zorro – the week in IP

  • October

    • Highlights from the AIPLA annual meeting

    • Shout if you want a grace period

    • Copyright reform: it’s not about what or how, but who

    • Alice, Converse, patent reform, Donuts, Rod Stewart – the week in IP

    • The value of an open source dividend

    • Managing IP Survey 2015 FAQ

    • Two pharma patent questions that warrant further discussion

    • Is Weatherley's world too black and white?

    • Apple, Nobel Prize, Kim Dotcom, Bose, Beats, Chobani, Rader bobbleheads – the week in IP

    • Time to rethink the limits to trade mark rights?

    • Are utility models a key part of India’s economic strategy?

    • Is Alice deterring US patent case filings?

    • Who will be the UPC winners and losers?

    • Are patent boxes more than an IP-shifting exercise?

    • The worldwide problem of commercialisation

    • Grooveshark, Michelle Lee, USPTO, Marvel, Boston Scientific – the week in IP

    • Do your business colleagues understand trade marks?

    • UPC questions centre on judges and costs – video interviews

  • September

    • Highlights from Twitter Q&A with the UK IPO’s Rosa Wilkinson

    • Guest post: Catriona Hammer on the CIPA Congress

    • Sirius, ukulele feud, YODA bill, Monster Energy, most-cited IP articles, Ecuador’s licences – the week in IP

    • MARQUES Conference Day 2 report

    • PTAB proceedings – the most stay-friendly district courts

    • Five notes from MARQUES Day 1

    • Is Alibaba China’s biggest brand?

    • Google, Jay-Z, McDonald’s, Blurred Lines, Innocence of Muslims, House of Cards – the week in IP

    • Join the debate about IP and innovation in our first Twitter Q&A

    • Is the B word now less of a curse?

    • Guest blog: Gwilym Roberts on the IPO’s mission to China

    • The Alice effect, USPTO defended, Led Zeppelin copyright dispute, Microsoft-Samsung latest – the week in IP

    • Can the Indian government jump-start its innovation-driven industries?

    • Disney, Deadmau5, nude photo leak, Twitpic, Twitter, Getty, Microsoft, Ultramercial, Personal Audio – the week in IP

    • Advice on early resolution of IP disputes

    • How much of a job creator is IP?

  • August

    • ALS Association, Oracle, plain packaging, Deep Throat, Google, Illinois patent troll bill – this week’s round-up

    • The biggest PTAB milestones so far. Is a rule tweak next?

    • Five IP trends we’ll be tracking this year

    • Edinburgh Fringe, Fast & Furious 6, Irish referendum, IP Week – this week’s round-up

    • Guest post: The lessons from Apple and Samsung's smartphone stalemate

    • Where do you stand on plain packaging?

    • Premier League, Vringo, Google, USPTO, Washington Redskins, North Carolina troll bill – the week in IP

    • Trade secrets get sexy

    • What do in-house counsel think about the Unitary Patent & UPC?

    • Monkey selfie, CETA, Jay-Z, Tesla, Arthur Conan Doyle estate – the week in IP

    • Guest post by Baroness Neville-Rolfe: The lure of intellectual property

    • GlaxoSmithKline's China bribery case may have serious consequences for IP enforcement

    • Ronaldo, Bose, Beats, Skywalker, Greek yoghurt, USPTO, South Africa – the week in IP

  • July

    • The overstated effect of patent trolls on litigation

    • What’s in the July-August issue of Managing IP

    • How would you streamline your IP system?

    • Guest blog: Patents in the biopesticide industry revealed

    • A tale of sports stars, rappers and lawyers

    • FedEx, LVMH/eBay, TM surveys, universities and Chubby Checker – the week in IP

    • Guest blog: Brüstle debunked

    • Guest blog: Real life lessons in open innovation and IP

    • Not so influential now - UK replaces IP minister

    • Seth MacFarlane, Eli Lilly, Sherlock Holmes, Aereo, IP spending – the week in IP

    • What is innovation and how do you measure it?

    • Guest post: The Supreme Court shows unprecedented interest in IP issues

    • What role do governments play in innovation?

    • Aereo, USPTO, Thomas Pink, Victoria’s Secret, Tesla, TPP – the week in IP

    • The sweet smell of success - or failure

    • Rader’s good-bye, Microsoft and Canon deal, Lindsay Lohan lawsuit, BP denied – the week in IP

  • June

    • Can intellectual property ever be non-political?

    • Aereo, Marvel, .wine, Jones Day, Pitbull, damages report – the week in IP

    • Reactions to US Supreme Court ruling 6-3 against Aereo

    • In the debate about IP enforcement, words matter

    • Alice v CLS reaction from around the internet

    • Half of the human race

    • Sherlock Holmes, Redskins, IKEA, Philip Morris, Smokey Robinson – the week in IP

    • iFone win, Lego image dispute, Hitler copyright controversy, new patent troll study – the week in IP

    • IP Summit needs to reach out beyond Westminster

    • Football World Cup quiz

    • Outstanding achievement award – Tian Lipu, former commissioner of SIPO

    • Who are the most influential people in IP this year?

    • Beastie Boys’ copyright win, Hatch calls for USPTO director, Hershey’s sues pot co-op, dispute over “Mormon”, Harper Lee kills lawsuit – the week in IP

    • Are TPP supporters talking to themselves?

    • Things are not as bad as they seem at the Federal Circuit

    • Mediation – the question no one dares to ask

  • May

    • Spherix shares rise then fall, .club takes number one gTLD slot, Apple requests retrial, Marines go on trade mark offensive – the week in IP

    • The bottom line benefits of gender diversity

    • Learn to optimise your IP supply chain

    • Looking forward to the International IP Enforcement Summit, London, June 11-12

    • Amazon loses domain bid, Medtronic settles with Edwards Lifesciences, Nintendo scores patent victory, Led Zeppelin in copyright fight - the week in IP

    • Are big changes coming in India?

    • How to develop a talent pipeline

    • Apple and Google drop litigation, top US copyright suit filer revealed, Samsung/Rockstar dispute continues – the week in IP

    • The internet can be a ridiculous place

    • Time to widen the debate

    • US patent litigation up 12.4%, with trolls the top 10 plaintiffs

    • What’s different about INTA this year?

    • Did SCOTUS clear the way for patent reform? Don’t hold your breath

    • Is the next big Chinese brand coming?

    • Fifth US patent reform delay, Alibaba’s pre-IPO patent spree, UK Patent Box attracts Pfizer, MPHJ Vermont setback, at home with Kim Dotcom – the week in IP

    • Why brands will win from new gTLDs

  • April

    • World IP Day movie quiz: the answers

    • Learn, network and share best practices at the 2014 Women’s Leadership Forum

    • Patent lawsuit spike, Maltesers dispute, Google/Foxconn patent deal, Pfizer’s India criticism – the week in IP

    • Fordham IP Conference 2014: Day 1 highlights

    • Guest post: An open letter to Abraham Lincoln from David Kappos

    • IP courts: the next step in China’s IP evolution?

    • Download your copy of our Europe IP Focus

    • World IP Day 2014 quiz

    • World IP Day interview part 1: WIPO Director General Francis Gurry

    • Score sheet: Aereo and FilmOn X versus the broadcasters

    • Canada IP criticism, Megaupload lawsuits, Tennessee troll reform, Scotch trade mark, Jay-Z ruling – the week in IP

    • The people from the IPO want to help you

    • What 52% tells us about the Unitary Patent discussions

    • Apple opts out of new IV fund, four governments protest .wine, USPTO has record week, Google fights to get Glass trade mark – the week in IP

    • Guest post: What would Scottish independence mean for patents?

    • In defence of the USPTO’s Myriad guidelines

    • Trade mark publication trends: Boom and BUSTT

    • From FRAND to the IP crisis, Fordham hits the hot topics

    • Keeping up with China

    • SCOTUS takes another patent case, Marvell verdict increased, UK progressing on plain packaging, Lenovo buys NEC patents – the week in IP

    • India, UPC and copyright rankings: latest issue of Managing IP

  • March

    • Microsoft/Dell licensing deal, Leahy bill hearing delayed, USPTO issues 700,000th design patent – the week in IP

    • The ideal IP Office

    • Managing IP North America Awards 2014: the winners

    • The limits of US states’ action against patent trolls

    • New Zealand and Australia: Bypassing the PPH

    • State AGs call for fee shifting, EC rule change to “dismay licensors”, Beastie Boys settle with GoldieBlox, Google ordered to pay $85 million – the week in IP

    • Managing IP Global Awards 2014: the winners

    • Google demands Garcia rehearing, Pfizer patent invalidated, EU kicks up stink over cheese, US patent litigation plummets - the week in IP

    • DeGeneres “selfie” is a golden opportunity to improve IP education

    • Michelle Lee to open Managing IP's US Patent Forum on March 25

    • Oscars selfie debate, top patent troll targets, Batmobile copyright fight – the week in IP

    • Less than two weeks until International Patent Forum 2014

    • Why Europe needs more reliable IP valuations

    • What would the ideal patent system look like?

  • February

    • Are debates on the role of IP in disseminating green technology about to heat up again?

    • Revealed: university patent transaction trends 2013

    • Senate troll bill introduced, Betty Boop back in court, $2bn lawsuit against Apple rejected– the week in IP

    • Why everyone's talking about Finnegan

    • Failure in Apple/Samsung talks shows limits of mediation

    • Should judges promote settlement?

    • USPTO’s “staggering incompetence”, NSA parody settlement, Nicki Minaj wig dispute – the week in IP

    • Will brands flock to non-Latin alphabet gTLDs?

    • Apple/Samsung mediation fails, EU rules on unregistered design rights, IV cuts staff by 5% – the week in IP

    • Commercial suicide or good business sense?

    • IP in India: beyond the headlines

    • “Dumb Starbucks” - dumb fair use defence

    • When social media can be a brand owner's friend

    • How to improve trade mark registration procedures

    • Why hasn’t the US brought its TRIPS case against India?

    • Do you need an international firm in China?

    • IV and Google mistrial, Cisco/IBM patent licensing deal, Red Bull locks horns over trade mark - the week in IP

    • Time for a rethink: why the pharmaceutical R&D system needs to change

    • How to be a successful IP firm

    • USPTO’s Michelle Lee comes bearing good news, leaves mixed response

    • What’s behind the UK trade mark litigation boom?

  • January

    • Prince, Google, Victoria’s Secret, boxing and flexing your muscles – the week in IP

    • Is the US IP system really the world’s best?

    • The sad status of trade mark surveys

    • The week in IP - Qualcomm buys HP patents, Candy trade mark leaves bad taste, Rockstar drops suit against Huawei

    • Do plain packs actually help counterfeiters?

    • Was the InterDigital arrest controversy just a misunderstanding?

    • The week in IP – Record EPO applications, Cronut gets trade mark, Marvin Gaye’s estate in Blurred Lines settlement

    • 2014 looking like a bad year to be a patent troll

    • SCOTUS justices must step up on software patents

    • Qualcomm, Apple and Google soar up patent assignee rankings

    • A big day at the Supreme Court for patent case watchers

    • The week in IP - Coinye West, USPTO rejects R-word, Samsung and Apple CEOs to discuss patent dispute

    • Where does the Inventor Trail end?

    • Is SIPO taking a different tack?

    • 2013: how was it for you?

    • FRAND looms large in the Year of the Horse

• 2013

  • December

    • Free content in our latest issue

    • Lee's USPTO appointment causes a stir

    • Don’t miss our webinar on trolls and damages

    • Who gains from the relentless rise in IP applications?

    • Rockstar gives us a lesson in accounting

    • Guest post: Is a Duck Dynasty IP shoot-out brewing?

    • What is a good measure of IP progress?

    • The patent party won’t last forever

    • Charbucks proves that context is everything in trade mark dilution claims

    • IP litigation is a big deal in Asia

    • WTO meeting in Bali shows how IP has turned bilateral

  • November

    • What are IP journalists doing wrong?

    • USPTO now a “crisis situation” after Rea leaves

    • The pace of patent litigation reform is speeding up

    • Branding and innovation - strange bedfellows

    • Superman and The King live on; five around the web

    • Brand owners are still not ready for gTLDs. Why?

    • How China is bucking the trend on R&D spending

    • Do IP practitioners have a sense of humour?

    • Trade mark attorneys coming to the High Court

    • Five FRAND questions - but what are the answers?

    • The TPP and the ghosts of treaties past

    • Guest post: Branding for development

    • The IP world is getting smaller

    • Will trade deals stymie IP progress?

    • Is the reputation of London's IP rulings under threat?

    • Sponsored statement: Choosing a Patent Litigation Venue

    • India rejects another compulsory licence

  • October

    • Concerns raised over litigation speed in Brazil

    • How can the Federal Circuit resolve its “failure” to define Section 101?

    • The importance of getting unitary patent fees right

    • Who’s really shaping the troll debate?

    • Speakers confirmed for webinar on Brazil

    • Europe’s new sport: fighting to host UPC divisions

    • Guest blog: Why the UK warrants more local divisions in the UPC

    • Munich, the EPC, and the wider world

    • Webinars on Myanmar and Brazil

    • Text me maybe: the new sales channels used by counterfeiters

    • The UK’s IP Tsar must do more than represent IP owners

    • Do we even need IP marketplaces?

    • Guest blog: OHIM’s chief economist on the role of IP in Europe’s economy

    • Why attorney fees may not be the key to reducing patent trolling

    • Who wants to be an IP leader?

    • AIPLA President's blog: A year in IP

    • Questions about the European IP value report

  • September

    • The B word provokes UPC angst in Munich

    • Hong Kong pushes forward with IP hub strategy

    • Managing IP annual survey research

    • Five-minute guide to day two of MARQUES

    • MARQUES in Monte Carlo: a five-minute update

    • Sponsored statement: Full Text of Asian Patents in English

    • Weekly roundup: music-and-IP edition

    • The further adventures of Alice

    • Cops to crack down on IP crime

    • What’s on this week

    • Injunctions under review in China

    • To fight trolls, do we need more than good patents?

    • Good advice on a career in IP

    • Mixed fortunes for pharma in China

  • August

    • Dreams, trolls and investigators – weekly web round-up

    • Patent trolls and barking dogs

    • Performers provide two perspectives on copyright

    • AIPLA President’s blog: Privilege in Paris

    • IP disputes in focus as TPP talks resume

    • The new PatentOptimizer™ Patent Thesaurus

    • Storm in a tankard

    • BlackBerry and the patent trolls

    • Topshop, ear printing, Nigerian music and IP heroes – weekly web round up

    • What's the difference between public interest and protectionism?

    • From EPC to UPC in 40 years

    • Who needs image rights when you have passing off?

    • Weekly web round-up: US IP investment, Customs team-up and the joys of radio station ownership

    • Five trends in US patent litigation

    • Parallel imports – good for printers, bad for medicine?

  • July

    • Lords debate UK IP Bill today

    • How to build an IP marketplace

    • Think big when assessing IP influence

    • Most influential people in IP: who’s missing?

    • The truth about lookalikes

    • New internet, old trade mark lessons

    • "Indefinite" hold on new USPTO offices is unlikely to last long

    • China’s IP reforms are picking up steam

    • Twitter, a Royal baby and the parody exception

    • What new revenue sources do you see?

    • The patent box backlash begins

    • Final countdown in copyright exception battle

    • Supreme Court judges take the long view

    • IP funding gets creative

  • June

    • Would you risk settling a pharma patent case today?

    • EU trade mark proposals sound wrong, in any language

    • Introducing Managing IP 3.0

    • Will we see globe-trotting patent trolls any time soon?

    • The trade marks that are famous but nameless

    • Chinese IP owners are not always what you expect

    • Word from our sponsor: Stake your claim: LexisNexis® IP Portfolio

    • Expert evidence divergence raises questions for UPC

    • AIPLA President’s blog: When sequestration hits the genetic fan …

    • How nine judges could eclipse Obama

    • Intellectual property and political rights

    • What next for the Madrid Protocol?

    • Defeating trolls requires tackling patent inflation

    • AIPLA President’s blog: A lack of judicial guidance

  • May

    • Guest post: Is the first-inventor-to-file system constitutional?

    • Intellectual property with Chinese characteristics

    • Wanted: electrical engineers

    • Yahoo acquisition of Tumblr creates copyright concerns

    • AIPLA President’s blog: Angelina Jolie, breast cancer and Myriad

    • Unitary patent figures don’t add up

    • AIPLA President’s blog: Women and IP in Japan

    • Does Africa need more lawyers?

    • How would you improve the Madrid System?

    • Patent pools under pressure

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    • AIPLA President’s blog: Promoting diversity in IP

    • Three challenges for new INTA chief executive

    • Dualit case is a warning to UK litigators

    • Adjusting patent term is not the answer

    • Unitary patent: we need to see some numbers

    • Why Aereo encourages the wrong kind of innovation

    • Jeremy Phillips wins outstanding achievement award

    • Find out more about opportunities in China

    • Video interview: Judge Paul Michel on USPTO and Congress - part 2

    • Where is Asia’s IP hub?

    • Design infringement: the case for juries

    • Watch your language, warns Rakoff

    • Which firm will become the biggest for PCC work?

    • Big pharma faces an incendiary mix of distrust and austerity

    • Video interview: Paul Michel on the Shield Act, AIA and US Supreme Court

    • Goods-in-transit: be careful what you wish for

    • Will the Glivec decision slow innovation?

  • March

    • China’s innovation plans – and other news

    • Floyd and Vos promoted to Court of Appeal

    • How can you keep up with changes in China?

    • Beyond Pallante’s copyright testimony

    • Economists and IP owners should not be at war

    • Clearing houses, Indian smartphones and football copyright

    • AIPLA President’s blog: Keeping secrets, well, secret

    • Crestor, Google AdWords, Twitter patent and EU Action Plan

    • Intellectual Discovery, non-racist trade marks, Huawei vs ZTE, and costly Aussie medicines

    • Five tales from the North America Awards

    • Copyright law overhaul; first-to-file latest; and what are patents good for?

    • The Times, Cyprus, Apple suit, gTLD dispute and TMclass

    • On virtual disasters and consumer expectations

    • Trolls, JPO comments, EQE, movie piracy and looking ahead to INTA

    • Pope Francis, 3DS video, Indian patents, human rights v copyright and Schütz v Werit

    • Rader joins US Patent Forum

    • Should you fear supreme courts?

    • EPO, AIPLA, 3D piracy and twitter settlement

    • Bud, top patent cases, Redskins, copyright in the Lords and MARQUES

    • New trade mark rankings show moves and (de)mergers

    • AIPLA President’s blog: The Supreme Biotech

    • Megaupload, UAE rebate, seed controversy, trade mark liability and Sherlock Holmes

    • Complusory licence requests, Samsung's appeal, online reputations and the UK's plain packaging plans

    • CJEU figures; patent box; USPTO Denver; foreign IP and India forum

    • EPO trends, TRIPs, iPhone cases, Twitter’s patents and the TPP

    • The paradox in US patent filing

    • AIPLA President’s blog: Why can't we all get along?

    • Cell phones, arbitration, patent damages, German cake and Medellín

    • The examiners examined

    • Apple damages, patent box surge and Chinese IP wars

    • Dow's tax affairs, WW2 reparations and cases against Icann

  • February

    • AIPLA President’s blog: When the generic settlement pays

    • AIPLA President’s blog: When the generic settlement pays

    • Jesus jeans, Dilbert, Crocs, SHIELD and Game of Thrones

    • 5-a-day: music downloads, a taste of tobacco and the Bolar exemption

    • 5-a-day: USPTO lessons, six strikes and new gTLD progress

    • What the awards shortlists tell us about IP practice

    • 5-a-day: Microsoft on patents, Oscar statues and CTM reforms

    • The utility of utility models

    • 5-a-day: Cyber attacks, 3D printing and Batman v Batsman

    • 5-a-day: The Harlem Shake, cab drivers fight fakes and Tolkien controversy

    • 5-a-day: Monsanto's patent; China's resale right plans; and WIPO negotiations

    • 5-a-day: Religious trade marks, Bowman v Monsanto and brand rankings

    • How to make the unitary patent and UPC succeed

    • 5-a-day: Copyright in China, Apple store trade marked and patents in Pakistan

    • Pressure builds for US software patent reform

    • 5-a-day: Fake fashion, Raising the Bar and Chubby Checker

    • 5-a-day: thought leaders, software patents and Obama

    • How do you solve the second medical use problem?

    • 5-a-day: PCT, WIPO on YouTube, Tetris and Facebook Like

    • 5-a-day: CTM changes; CLS v Alice and the return of Kim Dotcom

  • January

    • AIPLA President’s blog: FICPI, ACPC and ABA meetings

    • AIPLA President's blog: A submarine attack on submarines

    • AIPLA President's blog: Cuba...a world away

    • AIPLA President's blog: Uruguay, vegetable mistakes and the Paris Convention

• 2012

  • November

    • Havana Nocturne: greetings from Cuba… and Uruguay

    • Amicus briefs and AIPLA: an inside look

    • Reflections on a path to the Presidency

    • From the AIPLA President

  • October

    • What will attract rights holders to IP marketplaces?

  • June

    • Word from our sponsor: Stake your claim: LexisNexis® IP Portfolio

  • January

    • Guest blog: Why the UK warrants more local divisions in the UPC

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