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US: Culture clash

Proprietary and open software have developed in parallel in the US over the past two decades. Craig Bachman and Anne Glazer of Lane Powell examine some legal intersections between the two models

Managing IP Correspondent, September 30 2007

Managing IP down under

Ian Heath, director general of IP Australia, tells Peter Ollier how the Australian office is facing up to the challenges of skill shortages, patent pendency and an ever-increasing trade mark workload

Managing IP Correspondent, November 01 2006

Patent amendments are discretionary

The recent decision in Kimberley-Clark v Proctor & Gamble (Court of Appeal, November 24 1999) clarifies that the UK Court retains discretion to refuse patent amendment applications.

Managing IP Correspondent, February 01 2000

IP under threat from competition clampdown

From pharmaceuticals to telecoms, software and even copyright licensing, antitrust authorities are clamping down on abuses of IP rights. James Nurton, Eileen McDermott and Peter Ollier examine why IP is under scrutiny and discuss some pending cases and investigations

Managing IP Correspondent, March 31 2009

US-EU rift opens up over GIs

The International Trademark Association (INTA) hosted a session at the WTO Doha Symposium in Geneva from April 29 to May 1 on the impact of the Doha Agreement on geographical indications (GIs). The session revealed a divergence between the EU and US. The EU proposes that GI protection should be available for all products; the US maintains that only wines and spirits should benefit.

Managing IP Correspondent, May 31 2002

Parallel imports dispute referred back to ECJ

James Nurton, London

Managing IP Correspondent, March 31 2004

Survey: Latin America: On the cusp of new technologies

Patent practitioners in Argentina, Brazil and Mexico are grappling with the boom in new technologies. Ingrid Hering investigates how attorneys, patent offices and courts are coping with the new challenges

Managing IP Correspondent, September 30 2001

The best things in life are (legally) free

After years of high profile but unpopular lawsuits targeting illegal downloaders, music companies are showing signs of wanting to get off the litigation track and rethinking how they make money from their precious intellectual property. Some are even offering up their closely protected assets for free under new digital business models. Shahnaz Mahmud examines how a downloading website is persuading major record labels to sign up

Managing IP Correspondent, November 01 2006

Enforcing your rights in Latin America

Latin America has long been an attractive market in which to do business. But with high levels of counterfeiting and piracy continuing to affect the region, how should IP owners respond? MIP, together with Cavelier Abogados, Obligado & Cia and Olivares & Cia, invited in-house counsel, IP officials and representatives from industry lobby groups to discuss enforcement issues across the continent

Managing IP Correspondent, December 01 2006

Canada: Latest IP developments explained

Following a year which has seen significant legislative and judicial activity in Canada, Justine Wiebe of Bereskin & Parr reviews trade mark developments, and the firm's Adam Bobker looks at patent reforms and cases

Managing IP Correspondent, September 30 2006

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