Expert Analysis

Most claims are being accepted for trial and Delaware seems reluctant to grant stays: Scott Alter, Walter Linder and Robert O’Loughlin explain these and other conclusions from the first year of inter partes review petitions in the US

Brand owners often point to goods seized or raids conducted as evidence of a successful anti-counterfeiting campaign. But Bob Youill explains that a deeper, intelligence-based approach to the groups behind the infringement is needed

Foreign IP owners need to work more closely with domestic companies if they are to win greater IP protection in China. Peter Leung explains the key associations and most-effective methods of working with Chinese companies

Rights holders are looking to south-east Asia as the next growth region. Lawyers from Hechanova & Co, Henry Goh & Co and Tilleke & Gibbins explain the latest changes in Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, The Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam

Taking office just a month after the election of President Park Geun-hye, Commissioner Kim Young-min discusses with Peter Leung the new administration’s plans to encourage IP creation, and expected changes to its IP laws

To be able to understand and break down complex ideas and communicate them in a way that makes sense to anyone is the trademark of a patent attorney. To do this, it is beneficial for an aspiring attorney breaking into the field to have a technical or scientific background. Now more than ever, industries including medical, pharmaceutical, electrical, and computer and information technology have a growing need for representation in patent matters.