Managing IP’s first 25 years – a timeline

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Managing IP’s first 25 years – a timeline

Managing IP marks its 25th anniversary this year. Here are some of the landmarks in our development, from the launch of the magazine in 1990 to the world of webinars, Twitter and our Chinese-language website

Jeremy Phillips

1990 Managing IP magazine founded by Jeremy Phillips (right)

1991 Euromoney PLC acquires Managing IP

1996 First World IP Survey published (now known as IP Stars)

MIP June 2010

1997 Managing IP magazine goes full-colour; the first cover star is litigator Herb Schwartz of Fish & Neave (left)

1999 managingip.com launched – the website’s searchable archive of articles now spans 16 years

2000 Incorporation of IP Asia and expansion of the Hong Kong office

2003 New York office opens with Americas editor and sales manager

2003 Managing IP publishes the INTA Daily News at the Annual Meeting in Amsterdam, the start of a continuing partnership with INTA

2006 First Managing IP Global Awards Dinner held at Claridge’s, London

Webinars

2008 First North America Awards Dinner held at the Four Seasons, Washington DC

2008 First AIPPI Congress News published at Boston meeting. Subsequent editions published at AIPPI meetings in Paris, Seoul and Toronto

2008 Managing IP webinar channels launched (right). The first webinars are on new gTLDs, Bilski and litigation in China

2009 Managing IP produces first AIPLA Daily Report, published annually during the AIPLA Annual Meeting

MIP twitter

2009 @managingip Twitter account (left) launched. It now has over 14,000 followers

2010 Managing IP LinkedIn group founded. It now has over 5,500 members

2011 First International Patent Forum held in London. Managing IP events have also taken place in Barcelona, Paris, Munich, Beijing, Shanghai, New Delhi, Washington DC, New York, San Francisco, Silicon Valley and Seattle

2012 Chinese-language website managingip.cn (right) goes live

MIP Chinese

2014 Women in IP Network launched

2014 Dedicated US version of managingip.com launched

2015 Today we publish over 100 articles on topical patent, trade mark, copyright and internet-related issues every month, many of them only available online. The freely accessible blog highlights some of our content, but about 70% of it is only available to subscribers.

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More from across our site

Tilleke & Gibbins topped the leaderboard with four awards across the region, while Anand & Anand and Kim & Chang emerged as outstanding domestic firms
News of a new addition to Via LA’s Qi wireless charging patent pool, and potential fee increases at the UKIPO were also among the top talking points
The keenly awaited ruling should act as a ‘call to arms’ for a much-needed evolution of UK copyright law, says Rebecca Newman at Addleshaw Goddard
Lawyers at Lavoix provide an overview of the UPC’s approach to inventive step and whether the forum is promoting its own approach rather than following the EPO
Andrew Blattman, who helped IPH gain significant ground in Asia and Canada, will leave in the second half of 2026
The court ordering a complainant to rank its arguments in order of potential success and a win for Edwards Lifesciences were among the top developments in recent weeks
Frederick Lee has rejoined Boies Schiller Flexner, bolstering the firm’s capabilities across AI, media, and entertainment
Nirav Desai and Sasha S Rao at Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox explore how companies’ efforts to manage tariffs by altering corporate structures can undermine their ability to assert their patents and recover damages
Monika Żuraw, founder of Żuraw & Partners, discusses why IP should be part of the foundation of a business, and taking on projects that others walk away from
Lawyers say attention will turn to the UK government’s AI consultation after judgment fails to match pre-trial hype
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