This year 12 people from the Asia-Pacific region made it into Managing IP’s list of the 50 people shaping the future of IP. Peter Ollier introduces their profiles
Michael Kwan and Albert Ho explain to Peter Ollier how Hong Kong Customs is using technology to crack down on online IP crime
While popular , the PCT route in Asia is not as straightforward as it may seem. Gladys Mirandah and David Reed of Patrick Mirandah Co outline the main issues and possible pitfalls
Jakkrit Kuanpoth of Tilleke & Gibbins looks at the ins and outs of the Free Trade Agreement that will bring Australia and New Zealand closer to their developing neighbours
Nabila Ambadar of Am Badar & Partners explains the value of negotiating and recording a trade mark licence agreement. Even if you can’t make it official
Rosemary Wallis, Kate Duckworth, Chris Way and Penny Catley of Baldwins explain the legal issues keeping the industry talking in New Zealand
Michael Caine of Davies Collison Cave outlines the changes in assessing IP rights proposed in the Raising the Bar Bill
Dedar Singh Gill, Yvonne Tang and Gerald Koh of Drew & Napier explain recent developments in intellectual property law
Anuradha Salhotra and Sai Priya Chatterjee of Lall Lahiri & Salhotra explain how far back all aspects of Indian IP law go, and how they have influenced current legislation
Allen F Tao of Liu, Shen & Associates describes the most significant recent patent cases, and finds that time is always of the essence
Diana Matthias of Diageo and Landy Jiang of Rouse tell the story of a counterfeiter in Daxing and the impact his prosecution has on enforcing trade marks
Akihiro Ryuka and Stephen Hamon of Ryuka IP Law Firm present a strategy for obtaining strong IP rights in the electronics and software fields
Ignacio S Sapalo and Anne Mariae Celeste V Jumadla of Sapalo Velez Bundang and Bulilan run through the actions being taken to improve IP protections
Jyeshta Mahendran of Shearn Delamore & Co sets out the impressive measures Malaysia has introduced and has planned to improve IP protection
Victor Lee, Crystal Chen and Iris Lin of Tsai Lee & Chen explain how an extraordinarily large damages award to Hermès sparked reform of the law on trade mark infringement
M Yawar Irfan Khan and Bilal Ahsan of United Trademark & Patent Services give practical tips on the best way to protect your trade marks and attack counterfeits
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?