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Tanzania is a United Republic comprising of Mainland Tanganyika and the island of Zanzibar. Although Tanganyika and Zanzibar are considered a United Republic, no unified Industrial Property Law has been enacted. Tanzania and Zanzibar thus had different laws for plant breeders' rights (PBRs), also known as plant variety protection. PBRs are a sui generis system of IP rights designed specifically to protect new varieties of plants.

UK IPO speaks out on UK’s involvement in the UPC and Unitary Patent system; UK patent attorney body CIPA prefers UK in the system; experts to discuss the latest on the UPC and post-Brexit patent strategies at MIP European Patent Forums in September.

The Federal Circuit has remanded the Veritas v Veeam Software case back to the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, finding its reason for denying a motion to amend “unreasonable”

Litigation in China, Brexit, online platforms and trade secrets are among the topics on the agenda in Shanghai. Stephy Tang and James Nurton report

Bérengère Dréno speaks to Managing IP about the threat of counterfeit goods and the launch of Europol’s Intellectual Property Crime Coordinated Coalition (IPC3) initiative

In the early 1960s, patent practice was quiet and inventors often faced a hostile environment. But then, like now, new technologies were emerging to reshape business and the economy. Across North America, innovative lawyers set up boutique firms that would transform the market, many of which still exist today. Fifty years on, Jakob Schnaidt tells their story

James Nurton and Stephy Tang bring updates from Managing IP's annual summit in Shanghai

The Federal Circuit will soon consider en banc the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s amendment practice. But, asks Michael Loney, is the 5% success rate of motions to amend unfair on patent owners?

A jury award to Imperium IP of $6.9 million has been trebled to $20.9 million by an Eastern District of Texas judge

The UK has voted to leave the European Union, but how does this affect patents? Patents can be obtained in the UK via two separate means, either directly from the UK intellectual Office (UKIPO) which is governed by the UK Patents Act, or from the European Patent Office. Both organisations are unaffected by the UK leaving the EU. The European Patent Office is not an EU organisation, and already has members who are not member states of the EU such as Turkey, Norway and Switzerland.