Expert Analysis

Debate around intellectual property's role in society is as old as society itself. Here, Managing IP identifies influential business and entertainment figures that are shaping the current arguments, and changing the business model for monetising IP. Some are IP practitioners at businesses who go beyond their day job to influence the debate; some are disrupters forcing a change in how patents are monetised and enforced; while others are complete outsiders who find themselves embroiled in disputes that shape IP law.

IPO Director of Innovation & Strategic Comms with background in private sector and Whitehall roles.

Policy makers around the world are tackling some big IP-related issues. These include the relationship between IP laws and economic growth; ways of responding to counterfeiting and piracy; and the correct balance between ensuring access to innovation and incentivising the production of more of it.

Europe’s IP offices are harmonising the way they protect black-and-white and greyscale marks. Rebecca Tew and Amy Wood look at how the move will affect trade mark applicants and owners in practice

A regional trade mark law in the Middle East has come a step closer. As Saba Al Sultani and Rob Deans explain, it is a unifying not unitary Law – but one that could provide major benefits to brand owners

In an interview with Managing IP, the USPTO responds to criticism of its post-Myriad guidelines on patent eligibility, saying its position is an accurate reflection of the Supreme Court’s interpretation of the law