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Showing what was available at a particular moment in the past on a particular internet website may be critical in a variety of legal contexts. As stated in an introductory article in Managing IP (May 2011), The Wayback Machine (www.archive.org) is a free online internet archiving service. Understanding its underlying technology helps in setting correct expectations and asking the correct questions.

Selection inventions are inventions that concern a smaller subset or range – which has not explicitly been mentioned – of a previously-known larger set or range.

In France, the legal framework for inventions made by salaried employees of a company is defined in article L611-7 of the French Intellectual Property Code.

As in several other jurisdictions, in Germany a patent belongs to the inventor or his successor in title. If this right is infringed, the lawful owner has two options, namely filing a suit for the recovery of his property with an ordinary court, or filing an opposition with the German Patent Office (DPMA), within the opposition period of three months. The latter option offers the unique opportunity to file a new patent application claiming priority of the unlawful application.

The G8 meeting in Paris is expected to release a call today for tighter regulation of the internet, including stronger privacy rights and rules on copyright piracy

Last month Managing IP was asked down to OHIM's offices in Alicante to talk to President António Campinos, in his first interview in the role. Relaxed and jovial, Campinos was keen to talk about both OHIM's new five-year plan and the role of an IP office in the EU generally. In common with many of OHIM's staff, he was dressed in jeans and an open-necked shirt ahead of a long weekend for the Office to mark the Schuman Declaration, which led to the creation of the EU.

Covington & Burling has added four life sciences partners to its London office, from Morrison & Foerster. Paul Claydon, Natalie Diep, James Gubbins and James Halstead have all joined a team that is spread across London and Brussels in Europe. They advise life sciences, technology and renewable energy industry clients on mergers and acquisitions, IPOs and follow-on financings, and private equity and venture capital transactions. The team has worked together for many years, and was ranked first for number of UK pharmaceutical M&A deals for four years from 2007 to 2010. Notable transactions including advising Acambis on the £276 million recommended takeover offer from Sanofi-Aventis, IS Pharma on the recommended merger with Sinclair Pharma and Liberum Capital on the AIM IPO by HaloSource.

US and EU judges diverged over approaches to patentability of software and business methods during a discussion between judges and IP practitioners this week

Icann’s Board has held discussions with the GAC ahead of the scheduled publication of the final Applicant Guidebook for gTLDs on Monday

“Now is really the time to think about IDNs,” Edmon Chung, CEO of sponsored TLD DotAsia Organisation, said this week