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James Nurton investigates AIPPI Question 246 on exceptions and limitations to copyright protection for libraries, archives and educational and research institutions, which is being debated today

A small claims track set up to help parties resolve low-value IP disputes in the UK has “taken off” according to the judge in charge of the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court (IPEC) in London.

Some jurisdictions have well-established principles concerning IP rights in insolvency proceedings, but in others the law is less clear. Bankruptcy and IP specialists in Australia, Canada, China, Germany, the UK and the US explain the key issues

If you are attending the AIPPI Congress in Rio de Janeiro next week, look out for the AIPPI Daily Report and visit our booth in the exhibition area

India’s Department of Industrial Promotion and Policy (DIPP) is seeking public comments on the first draft of the National IP Rights Policy

December was the second busiest month of 2014 for filings at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board and rounded out a record year. The month also included a patent owner being sanctioned for the first time, after an offensive image of a judge was put online

Mark Holah has become a partner in Bird & Bird's London office

Liad Whatstein, former head of litigation at Dr Shlomo Cohen & Co, has established a boutique IP firm in Bnei Brak, near Tel Aviv, Israel

The International Trademark Association has elected J Scott Evans as its 2015 president and chair of its board of directors

An analysis of Docket Navigator data since the Alice decision reveals that – following a busy December – 40 cases have now included a motion for judgment as matter of law, a motion for summary judgment, a motion to dismiss, or a motion for judgment on the pleadings because of claimed unpatentable subject matter. The Federal Circuit has also applied Alice in five cases