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Companies in Hong Kong should start preparing to balance the conflicting demands of IP and competition law, as a Competition Bill is likely to be passed in 2012, said speakers at a seminar last week

A joint Opinion released by three of China’s state organs should make it easier to crack down on online copyright infringement in the country

The owner of TorrentReactor, a bit torrent platform that facilitates online piracy, has used its own IP right to win a domain dispute

Three of China’s state organs have released a joint Opinion that clarifies how criminal cases for counterfeiting and piracy should be handled

Content aggregator Demand Media has made its first initial public offering of 8.9 million shares at $17 each on the Nasdaq, above the expected $14 to $16 range.

In a “remarkable decision”, the US Federal Circuit has ruled out the practice of awarding patent holders 25% of potential profits. Eileen McDermott reports

President Barack Obama’s pick to fill the position of US solicitor general has raised the eyebrows of some copyright stakeholders

eBay is not generally liable for trade mark infringements committed by its users, but can be held liable where there are persistent infringers. This was the conclusion of Advocate General Niilo Jääskinen in a detailed opinion published in December, which addressed 10 questions from the High Court in London in a dispute between eBay and L'Oréal.

The EPO says it received 232,000 applications in 2010, a 10% increase on the previous year. The figure includes Euro-PCT applications.

Howrey has closed its IP practice in London with the departure of managing partner Mark Hodgson to Field Fisher Waterhouse. Howrey had gradually closed all its other European IP departments, the majority going to form a new firm, Hoyng Monegier. But London retained a practice until January. Three other Howrey partners had left the London office in the past year: Marjan Noor, Paul Inman and Richard Willoughby, to Simmons & Simmons, Wragge & Co and Rouse Legal respectively. Howrey's London office retains four partners, working on litigation and antitrust matters. Hodgson advises pharmaceutical, medical device and biotech companies on a mix of IP and regulatory work.