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The man in charge of assessing whether the UK needs a Digital Copyright Exchange set out last month what he thinks is wrong with the country's digital copyright regime. Richard Hooper published his diagnostic report on whether copyright licensing is fit for purpose in the digital age. This month he will start work on the second part of the project, finding what he calls "industry-led" solutions to the problems he has identified.

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan has brought in Jeffrey Gerchick as a partner in the firm’s Washington, DC office.

Couvreurs Mont Blanc failed to have an identical domain transferred to it in a recent UDRP case because it had insufficient rights to the mark

Siemens succeeded in having the domain name siemensit.org transferred to it in a recent WIPO case, but failed with siemitglobal.com

Nominet, which manages all the .uk domains, has asked for submissions from the industry on how its registrar agreement could be improved.

New gTLDs, social media, keyword advertising… it is impossible to avoid the trademark issues raised by the Internet. James Nurton explores the latest developments.

With a single market of 500 million people across 27 countries that some of the world’s richest consumers call home, it is unsurprising that brand owners want to boost their presence in the European Union marketplace. But protecting their trademark rights there can be a tricky business.

Frustrated with traditional approaches, some brand owners are succeeding with new anticounterfeiting strategies. James Nurton spoke to Jennifer Hamilton of Major League Baseball about three recent developments.

Emma Barraclough explains why linguistic and legal differences make it so important to understand the requirements for trademark use in Asia.

Malaysia has boosted the protection it offers copyright owners by creating a DMCA-style safe harbour provision for ISPs and content aggregators such as YouTube