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This month UK Prime Minister David Cameron appointed former music industry executive Mike Weatherley as his adviser on IP. The MP tells Emma Barraclough about his new role, why ISPs need a stick and how industry needs to change its business models

IPR-intensive industries generated 26% of jobs in the EU and almost 39% of GDP in 2008-2010, according to a report published by the EPO and OHIM

The Federal Trade Commission is seeking public comments on a plan to gather information on 25 unnamed patent assertion entities (PAEs)

Rights holders are looking to Southeast Asia as the next growth region. Lawyers from Hechanova & Co, Henry Goh & Co and Tilleke & Gibbins discuss the latest changes and what companies need to consider when entering the market in a roundtable discussion moderated by Peter Leung

Chinese firms are the fastest growing filers in this year’s PCT Survey, but Shiga and Sakai of Japan jump up the worldwide rankings and there are new top firms in both Australia and Italy

USPTO acting director Teresa Stanek Rea told staff that the Office will remain open in the event of a government shutdown tomorrow

In August, the US Patent and Trademark Office's Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) issued a precedential decision in Central Garden & Pet Company v Doskocil Manufacturing Company, Inc. The TTAB cancelled a trade mark registration for the mark Zilla because the assignment of the underlying application was improper. The decision highlights the need for parties to give special consideration to the manner in which the assignment of intent-to-use-based trade mark applications are treated when structuring corporate transactions.

After undergoing three readings by the Legislative Yuan, the new amendment to Taiwan's Patent Law was passed on May 31 2013, and took effect since June 13. The key changes are as follows:

An absolute right to a reply derives from Article 6 paragraph 1 of the European Convention on Human Rights as well as on the Swiss Federal Constitution. The Swiss Federal Court has confirmed that in view of the principle of fair trial in the ECHR and the Swiss Constitution, parties have the right to be heard with regard to all writs of the opposing party.

As of September 1 2013, the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) has commenced a patent prosecution highway (PPH) pilot programme with the State Intellectual Property Office of the People's Republic of China (SIPO). This will allow both offices to share their search and examination results, avoiding the need for duplicate examination work and providing a speedier route to grant.