Search results for

A case heading to the England and Wales Court of Appeal raises interesting questions about the nature of the average consumer in trademark law

In the light of important recent and pending court rulings on patent eligibility, LiLan Ren of McKool Smith looks at the link between patents and economic development through history

Austria PATENT PROSECUTION Tier 1 Sonn & Partner Tier 2 Beer & Partner Kopecky & Schwarz Tier 3 Patentanwalt Dr Thomas M Haffner Patentanwälte Puchberger, Berger & Partner Patentanwälte Schütz und Partner Torggler & Hofinger Tier 4 Barger, Piso & Partner Patentanwaltskanzlei Wildhack & Jellinek

The best women lawyers from across the continent gathered at The Savoy in London last night to celebrate Euromoney Legal Media Group's ninth annual Europe Women in Business Law Awards.

UK IP Minister Baroness Neville-Rolfe discusses UK-China cooperation in IP, including an agreement with Alibaba and a new business toolkit

Companies have long tried to cut their corporate tax liabilities by shifting their intangible assets to low-tax jurisdictions. Now they are finding their transfer pricing strategies under an increasingly bright spotlight

Recently, the Korean medical devices market has been growing notably. According to a 2019 Annual Report by the Korea Medical Devices Industry Association, the Korean domestic market has grown at a CAGR (Compound Annual Growth Rate) of 8% during the last five years (2014 to 2018). The global medical devices market also exhibits a rising trend; Fortune Business Insight has forecasted a CAGR of 5.3% from 2018 to 2025. In view of a growing geriatric population, the prevalence of lifestyle-related diseases, and rising demand for new innovative devices and personalised healthcare services, the future medical devices market is expected to show steady growth.

The Court of Appeal in London has today upheld a ruling that headlines and web links taken from newspapers’ websites are protected by copyright

Katrina Burchell, the former head of Unilever's trade mark team has joined UK firm Irwin Mitchell. Burchell began her career in trade marks at Allied Lyons before moving to ICI and Wildbore & Gibbons. She joined Unilever in 1997 where she became head of the global trade mark team. She notably oversaw the outsourcing of the administration of Unilever's 160,000 trade marks – the world's largest trade mark portfolio – to Baker & McKenzie in 2007. In 2012 Burchell joined French luxury goods company PPR as group IP director, splitting her time between Paris and London and managing a portfolio that includes Gucci and Yves Saint Laurent.

The merger of two IP boutiques could prompt others to follow suit and challenge Australia’s externally funded firms