The number of patent applications filed at the five biggest IP offices grew 11% in 2012 to 1.876 million, according to figures published in the latest IP5 Statistics Report
In September the Russian government announced that its ban on parallel imports would be removed by 2020. Denis Khabarov and Alisa Fomina explain the background, and question whether the policy will ever become law
The legal adviser to the Court of Justice of the EU has advised it to clarify that national courts can order internet service providers to block access to websites that infringe copyright
