Ozge Atilgan Karakulak and Selin Sinem Erciyas of Gün + Partners discuss recent efforts to harmonise the Turkish Patent Law with European standards, and analyse how well they have worked
This year the UK introduced or extended a series of copyright exceptions. Emily Stannard, one of Managing IP’s 50 most influential people in IP, asks whether they have done enough for copyright reform
The best female lawyers from across the region, gathered at the JW Marriott in Hong Kong on November 13 to celebrate the advancement of women in the legal profession at the fourth Euromoney Legal Media Group Asia Women in Business Law Awards
IP professor Martin Senftleben has assembled a group of trade mark academics to urge MEPs, the Commission and member states to ensure that EU trade mark law safeguards freedom of expression and competition. Here he explains why they have made their recommendation
The scope of the UK Patent Box regime is to be restricted after Germany and the UK agreed to reduce the competitive advantages the scheme provides. The restrictions are likely to be extended to other European IP tax regimes
So, just five weeks after a UK government minister defended the country’s Patent Box scheme, George Osborne has announced that he has agreed with the German finance minister to make changes to it. But what changes has he agreed?