Peter Ollier explains the avoidable errors that brand owners keep on making when using China's trade mark system
Managing IP presents the results of its annual trade mark survey, listing the leading firms in prosecution and contentious work in more than 70 jurisdictions
More and more companies are offering commitments about their IP practices to resolve European antitrust concerns. Suzanne Rab and Daphne Monnoyeur explain why
Cheah Yew Kuin considers the copyright liability of online digital video recording services in Singapore and the US
A growing number of IP offices are offering to speed up the granting of patents over so-called green, clean technology. This is what the rules mean in practice in five key markets
Until recently, IP owners had to sue trade secret thieves. Now the government can prosecute them. Michael Songer and Traci Rodriguez explain how
US judges have recently set higher standards for calculating royalties in patent infringement cases. Elizabeth Bailey, Alan Cox and Gregory Leonard explain what the decisions mean
James Nurton reports on a controversial ruling in Benelux that could affect the value and popularity of Community trade marks
Chinese companies filed more patent applications in China and overseas last year than ever before, despite a slump in global patenting activity
Recent rulings demonstrate range of views on the liability of ISPs for copyright infringement
New Implementing Regulations include rules on filing patents outside China and rewarding employees for inventions
Antitrust regulator voices concerns over copyright deal
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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?