Cover Story

• IP law: are the pressures taking their toll?

  

  Following World Mental Health Day, Max Walters seeks the views of in-house professionals on whether they struggle with workplace pressures, and asks how to improve wellbeing

Features

• Employee-inventor compensation: a cross-border comparison

  

  Members of the Simmons & Simmons international practice examine a UK Supreme Court decision on inventor compensation and compare how courts across Europe and in China are approaching similar situations

• IP in space: 50 years since the moon landing

  

  Andrew White of Mathys & Squire reviews the potential for protecting IP in the space sector and provides some practical tips

• Seven years of Orange Book patent IPRs: where are we now?

  

  Inter partes review has changed the patent dispute landscape and strategy, and important insights can be gained from the data, explain Corinne Atton of Venable and consultant April Breyer Menon

• Brands with purpose: forming trademark strategies

  Companies are increasingly adopting brands tied to specific values or aims, but they should tread carefully when it comes to trademarks, says Jessica Le Gros of Baker McKenzie

• Patent term extensions on the horizon

  The introduction of patent term extensions is a positive step as China looks to become an IP powerhouse, but further clarification is needed, say Xiaofan Chen and Hai Liu of AWA Asia

• Advertising in an immersive world: what are the IP issues?

  

  Yohan Liyanage and Tracy Lu of Linklaters consider the IP issues that businesses could face in the EU when advertising or selling products using “extended reality” technologies

• Q&A with Matthew Bryan, WIPO

  The director of the PCT Legal Division and User Relations Division at WIPO talks about trends, challenges, questions, and more

• Rankings: The top firms for PCT work this year

  Managing IP’s annual survey ranks the top Patent Cooperation Treaty filers in the main patenting jurisdictions. Data compiled by CPA Global

• Comparing the approach to AI patent applications in the US and China

  Youping Ma and Guoquan Yang of Bridgeon compare the stances taken by US and Chinese examiners on AI-related patent applications

• The intersection between IP and the Internet of Things

  Guang Hou and Juan Wang of Liu Shen analyse changes to law in China concerning the Internet of Things, including amendments to graphical user interface design requirements and the handling of data

• Analysing reasonable protection scope in medical use claims

  Wu Xiaohui of Wanhuida assesses when a medical use claim is supported by the patent description

• Battle of judges on unexpected and remarkable effect

  Takanori Abe of Abe & Partners analyses a case which evaluates what to compare to determine unexpected and remarkable effect

Diary

• Editorial: Mind matters

• Utynam’s Heirs

  A column devoted to IP curiosities and controversies, named in honour of John of Utynam

Country Updates

• Africa: A trademark judgment that will please multinationals

• Brazil: Renowned marks gain increasing recognition

• China Patent: Patentee convicted of extortion

• China Trademark: SPC reverses its precedent on original equipment manufacturing

• Greece: Court rules on burden of proof in patented process case

• India: Understanding the functioning of the Trade Marks Registry

• Laos: Accelerating patent application prosecution

• Malaysia: Does the new Trademarks Act 2019 advantage plaintiffs?

• Mexico: Real and effective use of a trademark

• Philippines: Regulating vaping

• Russia: Dura lex sed lex

• Singapore: Maintaining top position in Asia for IP rights protection

• South Korea: Seeking IP protection for medical devices

• Taiwan: Patent Act introduces tight time limits in invalidation proceedings

• Turkey: Patent and Trademark Office publishes New Trademark Examination Guideline

• US: TTAB enters judgment based on finding of wilful evasion

• Vietnam: Is site blocking the solution to online piracy?