Cover Story

• The 50 most influential people in IP

  

  For the past 10 years Managing IP has listed what it considers to be the most influential people in the world of intellectual property. This year we have ranked the top 10 in order for the first time.

Features

• Competition law poses new threat to pharma

  Hiding prior art or data could increasingly lead to legal action under EU competition law. Peter Crowther and Gareth Morgan explain why the threat is so broad

• How to draft terms of service online

  

  What do Facebook, Microsoft and Pinterest get right, and wrong? Michael Kasdan and Charles R Macedo explain

• Prepare for strict rules against pharmaceutical patents

  Martín Bensadon and Iván Alfredo Poli examine Argentina’s recent regulation restricting patentability of many types of pharmaceutical inventions, and provide an overview of the rest of Latin America

• Inequitable conduct claims one year after Therasense

  Frederick Frei and Sean Wooden analyse case law around inequitable conduct one year after the landmark decision in Therasense v Becton Dickinson, and find that the defence remains viable

• Seven tips for technology transfer in China

  Technology transfer in China is growing, but many uncertainties remain. Wenhui Zhang, Guanyu Wang and Fangtao Sun suggest solutions to seven common problems

• How to score your anti-counterfeiting efforts

  

  Measuring the effectiveness of actions taken is a vital part of a successful anti-counterfeiting campaign. Mark Mutterperl explains how to do it, and provides examples of enforcement scorecards

• Can I ask an ISP to block a website?

  

  With rulings against Pirate Bay and legislative reform in various jurisdictions, the role of ISPs is evolving fast. Five local lawyers explain current practice and make predictions for the future

• Crocodiles and counterfeits

  

  James Nurton spoke to Michel Lacoste of the eponymous clothing company during the INTA Annual Meeting in Washington, DC in May this year, about branding, counterfeits and the internet

News Analysis

• London, Paris and Munich to share patent court

  

  A landmark agreement between EU countries will split the proposed unitary patent court. But, as Emma Barraclough explains, one more hurdle suddenly has to be cleared for the system to go ahead

• Strategy and dealing as gTLDs revealed

• EU software licences can be resold

• Beijing Forum: ZTE and IBM on their portfolios

IP Clinic

• How can I make the most of the potential new gTLDs?

  

  With hundreds of new strings applied for, how should I approach them?

News in Brief

• Patents: USPTO heads west to Texas, California and Colorado

• Trade marks: OHIM overhauls rules on CTM classification

• Copyright: Oracle loses infringement claim to Google

• Internet IP: Google and Amazon lead gTLD applications

• Moves: Robin Evans to lead USPTO in Detroit

Diary

• Utynam's Heirs

  The Black IPs rock out at CIPA, aliens ask for copyright rights to the Earth's music, and some eyebrow issues

Country Updates

• South Africa - New labelling rules confuse food producers

• Argentina - Domain name cases analysed

• Australia - Innovation patent: litigation weapon

• Austria - Trade marks possible for non-fancy packaging

• Belgium - Remarkable.eu domain transferred

• China - New patent marking measures introduced

• European Patent Office - New referral in tomatoes case

• Germany - Supreme Court rules on recusal of expert witness

• Greece - First design case under IP Enforcement Directive

• India - Copyright Amendment Bill passed

• Malaysia - Voluntary copyright registration introduced

• Mexico - Supreme Court: individuals can register marks

• The Netherlands - Supreme Court again reviews article 69 EPC

• New Zealand - Le Cordon Bleu wins trade mark appeal

• Norway - Pediatric extension of an SPC expected

• The Philippines - Rules implementing Madrid Protocol

• Poland - Columbus wins appeal against Columbia trade mark

• Portugal - Fees increase from June 10

• Romania - Heineken wins milestone case over Regun beer

• Russia - Jaguar wins appeal against beastly mark

• Singapore - WIPO mediation for trade mark proceedings

• Switzerland - Ruling makes pre-trial evidence easier to obtain

• Taiwan - Injunction refused for restraint of infringement

• Thailand - Smell and sound marks to be introduced

• US: trade marks - How to petition for special treatment