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Crowdsourcing trade marks is becoming more popular and powerful, but care should be taken. Dydra Donath, Laetitia Lagarde, Lisa Pearson, Kate Swaine, Stella Syrianos and Kalina Tchakarova explain

The government may not yet be able to explain what the UK will look like after it leaves the EU, but practitioners are working hard to consider how IP rights will be affected

A report suggesting USPTO examiner time and attendance fraud, the end of a Lindsay Lohan likeness lawsuit, Erich Spangenberg criticism of EFF urging universities not to license to patent trolls, Mexico’s opposition system going live, Argentina intending to join the PCT, and a trade mark dispute involving Louis Vuitton were in the intellectual property headlines

The number of Patent Trial and Appeal Board petitions filed in August was slightly above 2016 average. The month also saw notable Federal Circuit decisions on common sense, motions to amend and claim construction

Research for the 2017 edition of IP Stars, Managing IP’s legal directory, starts today. Kingsley Egbuonu and Jennifer Ruther highlight some of the things you need to know and why IP firms and practitioners worldwide should participate by making a submission

Standard essential patents have long been a hot topic in China. Hou Guang and Jia Hongbo of Liu Shen & Associates explain the history and analyse recent developments

Tomohiro Gyoda and Satoko Kubo of Shiga International Patent Office offer some tips to trade mark applicants to help them avoid costly office actions

Daren Tang, IPOS chief executive, answers Managing IP’s questions about IP reform in Singapore, the TPP and ASEAN

Fines of nearly €150 million imposed on pharmaceutical company Lundbeck and a number of generic rivals by the European Commission have been upheld by the EU General Court. The Court's decisions are the first to find that pay-for-delay agreements breach EU antitrust rules

The Federal Circuit this year has provided some guidance on how district courts should treat estoppel from Patent Trial and Appeal Board trials. This has made defendants less terrified about estoppel but many questions remain. Practitioners are also concerned about how confidential material is treated in district courts and the Board