Managing IP reveals its selection for the annual Top 50, with an emphasis this year on individuals rather than institutions: bloggers, artists, litigants and campaigners
The EU’s dialogue with China over IP issues has overcome many obstacles to achieve important results, says Thomas Pattloch. But a change in attitude among China’s leaders presents new challenges for both governments and businesses
The answer depends on how your customers will be using the internet in five years. And whether you can cope with the registration process, says Nick Wood
Douglas N Masters and Nerissa Coyle McGinn explain how to maximise the benefits of product placement through the increasingly complex technique of branded integration
The role of similarity in dilution cases has been clarified by the 2nd and 9th Circuits in the US. Katy Basile and Katie Winstanley explain what they mean for brand owners
Jae Hyuk Choi explains why, despite impressive government initiatives, more private sector involvement is needed to boost South Korea’s nascent technology transfer market
Open innovation could be the future of innovation in many industries, including pharmaceuticals. Paul England and Angus McLean walk you through the IP minefield that results
Brent Babcock and Jeff Johnson urge you to discover the potential benefits of conducting business database discovery
The UK, Russia and China have new laws on bribery and other countries are increasing enforcement. But when do they affect IP, or even a nice client lunch? Local lawyers give their views
Last month the US Supreme Court handed down three decisions in patent cases. In some cases they maintained the status quo, in others they created new precedent, but all are significant say Eileen McDermott and Karen Bolipata
Managing IP’s annual list of the 50 people shaping the future of intellectual property picks out some surprising and provocative individuals
Would encouraging consumers to report counterfeiting help solve the problem or be a bad PR move?
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Read this year's INTA Daily News - published daily by Managing IP direct from the 134th INTA Annual Meeting in Washington DC
May 2012
Do you want to be famous?
Famous, well-known, notorious, reputed: everyone wants enhanced protection for their trade marks. But should they, and what does it mean if it is? Emma Barraclough explains
Will the new post grant and inter partes review proceedings result in more litigators practising pro hac vice before the USPTO?