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Report reveals biotech's biggest filers

US organisations are leading the way in patenting the results of public investment in genomic research, while Europe and Asia are lagging behind, a new report suggests

Managing IP Correspondent, June 25 2014

ADNDRC releases its first URS decisions

Last month, the Asian Domain Name Dispute Resolution Centre (ADNDRC) released its first three decisions under the Uniform Rapid Suspension system designed to give trade mark holders a quick way to stop squatters under the new gTLD programme. What can brands do to get the most of the system?

June 25 2014

In the debate about IP enforcement, words matter

At the recent International IP Enforcement Summit in London the need for better communication about IP was raised by several speakers. It was a theme that also came up in a panel discussion I moderated at last week’s ECTA meeting in Alicante

June 24 2014

Interview: Protecting the World Cup trade marks

While hundreds of millions of people are gripped watching football’s 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil this month, the head of FIFA’s trade mark registration team is already busy working on the next one taking place in four years’ time

June 24 2014

Snap reaction to Supreme Court’s Alice v CLS opinion

It was short. It was not a blockbuster decision. It was a missed opportunity. It is to be applauded. It did not do great damage. Nor did it do much good. These are some of the responses to the Supreme Court’s eagerly-awaited 21-page opinion in Alice Corporation v CLS Bank, released on June 19

June 24 2014

Half of the human race

I was at a Managing IP event in New York earlier this month. There were senior lawyers from private practice, businesses and government agencies on the panels and in the audience, a good showing of scientists-turned-lawyers and a sizeable smattering of PhDs. That might not sound unusual, but what made it different was that almost everyone there was a woman.

June 23 2014

Alice v CLS reaction from around the internet

The US Supreme Court delivered its opinion in the key patent case Alice v CLS Bank on June 19. We have collected some of the best reactions from Twitter and the web through Storify

June 23 2014

Canada Trade-marks Act changes get Royal Assent

Amendments to Canada’s Trade-marks Act in the Budget Implementation Act introduced in March received Royal Assent on June 19

June 21 2014

Sherlock Holmes, Redskins, IKEA, Philip Morris, Smokey Robinson – the week in IP

The Supreme Court's long-awaited decision in Alice v CLS, a Sherlock Holmes copyright ruling, Philip Morris' parody T-shirt dispute, the Wall Street Journal slamming "lowly patent clerks", the shut-down of the IKEAHackers website, and Smokey Robinson's copyright fight with his ex-wife were among the intellectual property stories hitting the headlines this week

June 20 2014

CJEU clarifies when an unregistered Community design is valid

The Court of Justice of the EU has ruled that in infringement cases, an unregistered Community design must be presumed to be valid if its holder indicates what elements give it its individual character

Managing IP Correspondent, June 20 2014

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