Trade mark offices are the gatekeepers between IP owners and a successful trade mark application. But which are doing the best job? John Olsen and Nicholas Bolter present the findings of a survey
USPTO Commissioner for Trademarks Lynne Beresford spoke with Eileen McDermott about the Office’s plans for improvement
PH Kurian, the controller general of patents, designs and trade marks in India, tells Peter Ollier about the challenges that India’s trade mark office faces
Outgoing OHIM president Wubbo de Boer tells Emma Barraclough what the Office is doing to get better and faster, and the lessons it can offer other trade mark registries
Is European trade mark law harmonised? A new database provides the answer
Indonesia’s government is trying to improve the country’s much-maligned IP system. Brett McGuire explains the challenges that it must overcome
Correspondents from five jurisdictions explain how you can maximise your IP revenues and minimise your tax liabilities
Jeffrey Shinder offers tips for avoiding rogue behaviour by participants in standard setting organisations
More than 140 guests attended dinner at the Four Seasons Georgetown in Washington DC last month for Managing IP’s third annual North America Awards Dinner
A recent court ruling suggests that IP owners may be able to protect their data with the so-called hot news doctrine. Steven Pokotilow, Ian DiBernardo and Richard Eskew explain the implications
Managing IP sat down with lawyers from Finnegan, trade mark survey specialists and TTAB representatives to find out more about the latest rules for litigating trade mark disputes in the US
A meeting of the world’s five biggest patent offices in China last month saw little progress on work sharing. Peter Ollier outlines the barriers to greater cooperation and explains why the issue is so important to IP owners
Managing IP presents its guide to the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement
The 18th annual Fordham IP Conference took place on April 8 and 9 at Fordham University School of Law in New York and featured speakers including US Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator Victoria Espinel, WIPO deputy director-general for patents, James Pooley, US Register of Copyrights Marybeth Peters, Jamie Love of Knowledge Ecology and USPTO director David Kappos. Managing IP’s James Nurton moderated a session on developments in EU trade mark and design law.
A US district court has invalidated seven patents on human genes, in part based on the Federal Circuit's ruling in In re Bilski
Canon explains why it has become the first large business brand to announce its intention to apply for a gTLD
My company is considering selling a patent portfolio at an auction. Is this a good idea and what do I need to know about commercialising our technology this way?
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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?