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We hosted a virtual event to celebrate the winners of the 16th annual Managing IP Awards

The Rising Stars Awards releases its winners for the 2022 Americas awards.

In the latest international briefing for Germany, Julia Mössinger examines a court decision dealing with prior art disclosure

Four leaders in IP received recognition for outstanding achievement in the industry at Managing IP's Global and North American awards last month. At the Global Awards, held in London, Peter Messerli and Jiang Zhipei were the recipients. Messerli (left) was congratulated for his years of service at the EPO, with three terms as president of the Boards of Appeal, and the work there that has developed the law on several important issues. Jiang Zhipei is the former chief justice of the Intellectual Property Chamber of the Supreme People's Court of China and was congratulated for his work at the court as well as innovation in spreading the word of IP in China.

Sweden can require an ISP to reveal the name of a subscriber, despite having not implemented data retention law, the Advocate General of the Court of Justice of the EU said today

In the first case of its kind in New Zealand, the High Court has found that using a competitor's trade mark as a Google AdWords keyword is not trade mark infringement.

There was a lot of interest in our quiz on IP in the movies last week. If you want to know the answers to all 15 questions, read on. If not, look away now

EU: The European Commission is to introduce a communication aimed at convincing small and medium-sized enterprises to make more use of IP rights and to take concrete steps to tackle counterfeiting. The objective of the communication, which was published on July 16, is to assist inventors and innovative companies – particularly SMEs – in making informed choices about protecting their IP rights and integrating them into their business plans. The Commission believes that more should be done to promote IP in Europe and it also stressed the creation of a Community patent and an integrated patent jurisdiction.

Sam Mamudi, New York

Our annual report based on research by Inovia, a member of the RWS Group, reveals the top PCT filers in the major patenting jurisdictions and worldwide, as well as the fastest-growing firms