Managing IP reveals the results of part one of the world's most detailed and authoritative survey of the IP market
After the confusion in Copenhagen, the EPO is injecting hard facts about the role of patents in fighting climate change. Emma Barraclough reports
Can fighting fakes can be justified financially? Hans Joachim Fuchs and Shuqin Zhou explain why anti-counterfeiting programmes pay
Canada's Federal Court has imposed higher standards of candour on the country's patent applicants. Shonagh McVean and Nathaniel Lipkus explain more
Franchising offers big benefits to brand owners considering international expansion. Mark Abell explains how to get it right
Here's how to ensure your adverts stay within the law in five of the world’s most important emerging markets
The countries of central and eastern Europe offer plenty of opportunities to IP owners. Lawyers from the region explain how to make the most of them
A new trend in US copyright cases could save litigants thousands of dollars in discovery costs. Simon Frankel, Shannon Nestor and John Freed explain how
A Federal Circuit decision last month will be a boon to patent holders affected by USPTO delays. Eileen McDermott considers who will benefit
US and EU antitrust regulators have toughened their stance against deals between generic and originator drugs companies
Technology companies call on the European Commission to propose a pan-EU system of copyright levies
The office in charge of the Community trade mark wants to refund most of its €300 million surplus to IP owners
The Supreme People's Court issues its latest IP Interpretation
London's Patents County Court is set to be transformed, following recommendations made in a wide-ranging review of litigation costs
I am starting a business and want to expand to only a few countries. The process for registering a trade mark in those countries looks simple. Should I do it myself?
A monthly column devoted to IP curiosities and controversies, named in honour of John of Utynam - who received the world's first recorded patent in 1449
February 2012
Patent survey 2012
Managing IP ranks the leading patent firms around the world
Will the new post grant and inter partes review proceedings result in more litigators practising pro hac vice before the USPTO?