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In-house counsel, a former judge and the head of the EPO clashed over the proposals for an EU unitary patent on Wednesday

The European Patent Office will work with technology company Logica to set up an entirely digital patent system, it announced yesterday.

Fixing the IT problem that has led to the suspension of the gTLD application process is Icann’s “number one priority”, its chief security officer said today

In advance of today’s session on trademarks and publicity rights, Karen Bolipata looks at the evolution of the law on the use of brands and celebrities in expressive works.

Be judicious about your use of social networking sites such as LinkedIn, don’t claim to be proficient at something unless you are and avoid declaring that you are passionate about areas of the law if you aren’t, or if you don’t have the evidence to support your claim.

INTA members got a lesson in how not to make the most of the organization’s network of committees on Sunday, with panelists running through many of the don’ts of committee leadership to highlight what would-be committee chairs should do instead.

When the Trademark Dilution Revision Act became law in 2006, U.S. trademark owners were triumphant.

“In the Navy you don’t learn from textbooks, you have sea stories instead,” Leonard A. Lauder told attendees in his keynote speech at the opening ceremony yesterday. The Chairman Emeritus of The Estée Lauder Companies, Lauder joined his parents’ company in 1958 when he left the US Navy. “I looked pretty sexy in that Navy uniform,” he remembered.

Julie Alexa Strauss of Feld Entertainment describes her love of live entertainment, the battle to enforce trademark rights, and why she wants outside counsel to understand her business.

Events organizers need to stay one step ahead of ambush marketers if they want to protect their brands and keep their sponsors happy. Emma Barraclough explains how they are meeting the challenges of the social media revolution.