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Online sellers may have to change their attitude to counterfeits after a Court of Justice ruling in Europe. But eBay had some consolation, says James Nurton

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Trade secrets and patent cases are the most difficult to resolve via mediation, agreed speakers at a session on ways to better mediate IP cases

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Eileen McDermott, Karen Bolipata and Simon Crompton report from INTA’s Annual Meeting in San Francisco

It seems unfair to have to pay damages for infringing a patent that is later proved invalid. But there is a balance to be struck with business certainty. Huw Evans explains the different positions that countries in Europe take on the issue

The nominations for the inaugural Euromoney Legal Media Group European Women in Business Law Awards have been announced. For the nominees in the individual practice areas and firm awards, please see below. Categories include Copyright, Product Liability, Patent and Trademark.

In the light of recent cases in Europe, Catriona Smith and Colin Fowler argue that registered designs can be a useful tool for good designs that cannot be protected in other ways

Leeza Dutta Singh of Clairvolex Knowledge Processes discusses the increasing momentum in the LPO industry

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.