Multinational companies are increasingly finding themselves litigating in multiple jurisdictions. Michael Elmer and Stacy Lewis reveal findings from Finnegan's Global IP Project to help IP counsel choose the best first-strike forum
Sisvel is an Italian-based administrator of patent pools with a reputation for enforcing its rights through the courts. Founder Roberto Dini tells Managing IP’s Simon Crompton how the company chooses where to sue
While win rate is important, the role of appeals decisions and the quality of the courts also need to be considered when planning litigation, as Iain Campbell of WL Gore tells Simon Crompton
Rules of thumb permeate all areas of IP. But failure to understand which are true and which are myths can cost IP owners and users dear. Roland Mallinson, Timothy Pinto and Mark Dennis reveal some common errors
Sylvan Browne suggests a way to deal with the problem of hindsight bias when assessing the obviousness of a patent application
Clean energy innovation has taken centre stage for the US and China. Rodger Sadler, Chi Cheung, Xiang Wang and Yali Hu provide tips for companies seeking to enter the market in this increasingly essential sector
If patents are to stand the test of litigation, they need to be of high quality. But how is that defined, and how can it be achieved? Cheryl Milone explains
Companies involved in disputes over patents that may be essential to a standard need to rethink their usual litigation strategies. Nicola Dagg and Eibhlin Murray explain why
As patent holding company NPT sues a group of software and mobile companies and Oracle attacks Google, James Nurton and Eileen McDermott explain the context to these latest battles in the smartphone wars
My CEO saw that Diageo has added whisky to its pension fund. He is keen to explore ways of plugging our own pension funding hole with non-traditional assets such as IP. What advice do you have?
February 2012
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Will the new post grant and inter partes review proceedings result in more litigators practising pro hac vice before the USPTO?