Expert Analysis

Photos and reports from the INTA Annual Meeting held in Toronto, Canada last month.

Telecoms and electronics giants can throw their weight around in negotiations over patent cross-licences. And it is right that they should extract significant licence fees in respect of their relevant and valuable intellectual property. But, asks William Cook, is it credible to claim to have hundreds of patents that are "essential" to industry standards?

Many high-tech companies are increasingly being hit by challenges from patent licensing companies - or patent trolls - that threaten to ruin their business. Bob Cote and Rodger Sadler provide six strategies to defend yourself

Calculating damages in trade secrets cases can be more difficult than in cases involving other IP rights. Marc J Pensabene and Christopher E Loh consider strategies for plaintiffs and defendants and, overleaf, provide a guide to how contracts can help you avoid liability

No one admits to being a patent troll, but everyone knows they exist. Where are they hiding and what do they do? Join James Nurton on a quest into the deepest, darkest reaches of patent law to find out

If you discover someone is trying to register a similar mark to your own in Australia, but you have not protected your own rights, all is not lost. Anna Cormack and Shyama Jayaswal explain how international trade mark owners can rely on their mark's reputation to prevent the registration of a similar trade mark