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May 22, 2012
David Makman considers what a decision by Nippon Steel to sue a Korean business for ¥100 billion ($1.2 billion) in a trade secrets case says about the way Japanese companies deal with IP
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May 03, 2012
President Myung-bak Lee has appointed a new Commissioner, Ho-won Kim, to head the Korea Intellectual Property Office. Kim’s term began on May 1
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April 30, 2012
Managing IP lists the IP decisions, conferences and events to watch out for this week
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April 26, 2012
The Asia-Pacific region is the first to celebrate World IP Day. Peter Leung in Hong Kong rounds up some of the activities
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April 19, 2012
A proposed change to the law in Taiwan calls for up to five years imprisonment or fines of up to NT$10 million ($338,724) – more where there is intent to use the trade secrets abroad
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April 13, 2012
A US court’s summary judgment for DuPont against Kolon could inspire more use of trade secrets at a time when US patent law is in transition
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April 02, 2012
Apple to protect a rectangle and EU agrees patent court venue? It must be April 1
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March 16, 2012
Test your knowledge of IP news with our five quick questions on the past week’s developments
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March 15, 2012
Korea’s legal market is opening up to US firms, with eight so far planning to practise there. How will IP work be affected?
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January 31, 2012
The European Commission has opened a formal investigation into whether Samsung Electronics breached EU competition law by enforcing standard-essential patents for 3G technology
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December 20, 2011
HTC is likely to have to adapt its smartphones for sale in the US, after the US International Trade Commission found that it infringed two claims of a patent owned by rival Apple
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November 17, 2011
Samsung has abandoned attempts to win preliminary injunctions blocking the sale of Apple’s new iPhone 4S models in Asia and is now pushing for early trials
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November 09, 2011
The EU, Japanese and US patent offices are aiming to issue first office actions within six months, the head of the EPO said at the meeting of the Trilateral offices
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October 20, 2011
A California judge has indicated that Apple’s design patent for the iPad may be found invalid due to a 1994 tablet prototype
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September 22, 2011
Samsung and Apple have deepened their long-running in litigation over smartphone technology in Australia and Germany
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August 24, 2011
Samsung will be barred from distributing three models of its Galaxy smartphone after rival Apple won a preliminary injunction in The Netherlands - and scrutiny over its tablet continues in Germany
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June 30, 2011
Switzerland, Sweden and Singapore have been rated the most innovative in an index of 125 economies
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April 29, 2011
In Taiwan, there is a saying that you have not entered the room if you have not been sued
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April 20, 2011
The latest programme by the Korean Intellectual Property Office will not be enough to develop a more active technology transfer market, licensing specialists have said
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April 07, 2011
Managing IP presented more than 60 awards to the leading firms in Europe, Africa, Asia and Latin America at the annual global awards dinner in London last night. Here are the winners: