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  • Service providers are growing in size and power off the back of growth in PCT filings, among other areas. What are the costs and benefits of working with such ‘IP portals’ and how must patent attorneys adapt? Peter Leung reports
  • A monthly column devoted to IP curiosities and controversies, named in honour of John of Utynam
  • As the US intensifies efforts to rein in patent trolls, the CEOs of some of America’s biggest patent monetisation firms say they support measures designed to deter abuse of the patent system, if the actions apply industry-wide. David Hatch reports
  • A recent decision in the US may encourage patent owners who assign or license their rights to others for enforcement. Max Grant and Kieran Dickinson examine the implications for those structuring privateering deals and those challenging them
  • US copyright law is in flux. Margaret A Esquenet, John F Hornick and Brian R Westley review recent and pending cases, and also look at the impact of 3D printing and possible legislative changes
  • Teresa Stanek Rea, who has headed the USPTO since David Kappos left the Office in January, is to step down from her role as acting director. President Obama has not yet appointed a permanent successor to Kappos. Now that he has filled the position of Secretary of Commerce, however, he is expected to move quickly to appoint a new director – also known as the Under-Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property.
  • Judges at China's top court are considering how to revise a judicial interpretation to help guide lower courts on the granting of preliminary injunctions in IP cases.
  • China is getting richer and its population is ageing. That's a dream combination for pharmaceutical companies. But while there are plenty of opportunities for the drugs industry in the country, companies also face challenges.
  • The amount of work member states have to do to prepare for the Unified Patent Court will prove a bigger challenge than Spain’s opposition to the new system, EPO official Margot Fröhlinger said last week
  • There was plenty of angst in Munich last week at Managing IP’s European Patent Reform Forum. You may not be surprised to hear that it centred on the issue of bifurcation and the Unified Patent Court