February 15, 2019
In a precedential decision, the New York Supreme Court became the first court in the US to affirm the percentage-of-sales methodology when determining trademark licensing royalties
February 13, 2019
Managing IP reveals the shortlists for the Americas Awards 2019. The Americas Awards ceremony is on April 4 at the Essex House, New York
February 12, 2019
Recent hires in the US intellectual property world include new partners at Baker Botts, Mintz & Gold and RuyakCherian
January 23, 2019
The Helsinn v Teva decision confirms the on-sale bar applies to secret sales despite changed language in the AIA. This will particularly affect smaller companies that outsource manufacturing
Counsel at Steep Hill Labs, Phylos Bioscience, Medicinal Genomics and the Open Cannabis Project explain how cannabinoid innovation could be blocked by overly broad or weak patents at the USPTO, and what the industry is doing to develop, collect and record prior art
January 22, 2019
In 2018, partial institution at the PTAB was outlawed, the real party in interest definition expanded in scope and claim construction rules were changed. This year promises to be eventful too
January 17, 2019
Managing IP reveals rankings for Patent Trial and Appeal Board filing last year. Apple regained the top petitioner status, Qualcomm was the top patent owner and Fish & Richardson remained the law firm involved in the most disputes
Managing IP analyses 2018 data pulled from Docket Navigator to reveal the trends in overall US patent case filing in district courts, and the top plaintiffs, defendants, law firms and attorneys
Julia Florence, who is new president of the UK’s Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys and was senior patent counsel at GSK until 2018, says educating businesses abroad about Brexit and the EPO, and encouraging new and diverse talent to the IP profession are key tasks for her organisation
February 14, 2019
The EPO and the Licensing Executives Society International have signed a memorandum of understanding with the intention of enabling innovators to make better use of the EPO system
The EU’s institutions have agreed to modernise the rules on copyright in what appears to be a win for content creators, but some have slammed the proposed regime
In-house sources at Peloton Technology, Sabic and elsewhere explain that big data analysis tools could be increasingly used for analyses surrounding IP litigation as the technology becomes more reliable
Managing Intellectual Property is delighted to publish the IP STARS 2019 rankings of the leading firms for trade mark work. This is the first set of results from the research for IP STARS 2019, which started in September 2018.
Managing IP reveals the top parties and law firms at the PTAB last year, looks back on some game-changing developments for the Board and previews the year ahead
The UK recently decided the question of who should pay for the implementation costs of blocking orders. Attorneys at Herbert Smith Freehills analyse how the framework, case law, liability and costs for such orders differ in the UK, Germany, Italy and France
Josh Pond, Lisa Pearson, Matthew Meyer and Ted Davis of Kilpatrick Townsend dissect the contentious trade mark and remedy issues that split the Federal Circuit in its decision overturning the US International Trade Commission’s sneaker ruling
Simon Portman, Chris Lowe, Lawson Crawford, Paul Cervi and Max Stewart of Marks & Clerk analyse the biggest issues for academic researchers commercialising medical technology innovation in the UK
The USPTO in 2017 began randomly auditing trade mark registrations. Andrea Anderson provides tips for what to do if you are audited
Ellie Mertens provides an overview of the biggest developments in some of Latin America’s most important countries for IP
January / February 2019
IP STARS rankings 2019: Top firms for trade mark work
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