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  • The IP implications of the US-EU trade deal

    June 18, 2013

    It’s a byword for getting down to business: shots of some of the most powerful leaders in the world, ties off, shirt sleeves rolled up, leaning across the table. This week, leaders from the US and Europe began talks on an ambitious EU-US trade deal. But what will it mean for IP?

  • CJEU rules that legal advice cannot protect companies from antitrust fines

    June 18, 2013

    IP owners who have sought assurances from law firms that their conduct does not breach antitrust rules can still be hit by fines if the European Commission decides they have infringed the law

  • Battistelli sets out unitary patent fee priorities

    May 30, 2013

    Renewal fees for unitary patents must be set a level that makes the system attractive for users, EPO President Benoît Battistelli told Managing IP this week

  • EPO ceremony honours great inventors

    May 29, 2013

    Inventors of LCDs, USB, nanotechnology, pyrosequencing, furniture doors and train wheels were recognised at the EPO European Inventor Award 2013 held in Amsterdam, the Netherlands this week.

  • EU and US pursue trade deal

    May 08, 2013

    Nothing highlights the varying attitudes to IP around the world like trade negotiations. In an interview with the INTA Daily News yesterday, Anders Jessen of the European Commission talked through the multiple trade deals Europe is in the process of negotiating, and explained how cultural and intellectual differences drive such agreements.

  • Commission explains its position on injunctions for standard-essential patents

    May 07, 2013

    EU antitrust officials have told Motorola Mobility they believe it abused a dominant position by seeking an injunction using its standards-essential patents

  • Global Awards Winners 2013

    April 18, 2013

    Managing IP presented trophies to the outstanding firms in 70 categories last night, as well as in-house and individual achievement awards. Here are all the winners

  • EU Court says no to Italy and Spain and yes to unitary patent plan

    April 16, 2013

    Italy and Spain have failed to persuade the Court of Justice of the EU to prevent other member states from going ahead with the unitary patent

  • EPO committee begins talks over unitary patent fees

    March 26, 2013

    A committee of representatives from the 25 countries that have signed up to the unitary patent has begun to discuss how much to charge IP owners for using the new system

  • What's on this week

    March 11, 2013

    Managing IP lists the IP-related meetings and trials taking place this week

  • What's on week beginning March 4

    March 01, 2013

    Managing IP lists the IP-related meetings and court cases taking place this week

  • Global Awards 2013: shortlists

    February 25, 2013

    Managing IP’s Global Awards Dinner recognising outstanding work in IP in the past year takes place in London on April 17. Winners will be selected from the following shortlists

  • EU states sign patent litigation agreement - photos

    February 19, 2013

    Twenty-four of the 27 EU member states today signed the Agreement on the Unified Patent Court

  • What's on this week

    February 19, 2013

    Managing IP lists the IP-related hearings, meetings and decisions taking place this week

  • The unitary patent: what should you be doing now?

    February 06, 2013

    This month representatives of 25 EU member states are set to sign an agreement establishing a Unified Patent Court. So how are IP owners likely to respond?

  • Largest ever MIP survey reveals the world’s leading patent firms

    February 06, 2013

    The patent rankings of the 2013 IP Survey have been released, with mergers, splits and hires leading to changes in the Europe and Asia tables

  • European Commission claims pharma competition success

    February 04, 2013

    The proportion of problematic patent settlements in the pharmaceutical industry has fallen, even though the number of settlements has grown, according to the European Commission

  • What's on this week

    February 04, 2013

    Managing IP lists the IP-related cases and events taking place this week

  • EPO and USPTO unveil new classification system

    January 04, 2013

    The EPO and USPTO have launched a new patent classification system, called the Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC), as part of efforts to harmonise patent procedures globally

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