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China’s remuneration requirements for employee-inventors can cause trouble for unwary employers. Catherine Zheng explains how to avoid problems arising from employee-created intellectual property

David Kappos argues that IP systems must continue to evolve – and keep in mind how they have succeeded in the past

David Bell and Will O’Neill explain how the legal concept of standing is becoming a central argument in high-profile social media litigation – and how to use it as a first line of defence in litigation

The speed and simplicity of crowdfunding creates IP issues for users, investors and IP holders. Gwilym Roberts and Mark Nowotarski investigate the phenomenon

IP lawyers show their generosity at the Global Awards, OHIM serves bubbly rather than tea, and we ask that age-old question: what should a novel smell like?

The US now has a first-to-file system, thanks to the America Invents Act. How are different parties reacting?

A survey of the largest IP practices in the US reveals rising compensation, but only at general-practice firms. And partners are having a hard time everywhere. Alli Pyrah explains who is hiring and what lawyers they need

The cross-border winners from the Managing IP Global Awards, including European winners, the best work at OHIM and the EPO, and the best international firm. Plus in-house and individual achievement awards

The best firms in 2013 across dozens of countries - every major jurisdiction outside of North America

The most highly anticipated case in the fashion world in 2012 was Christian Louboutin v Yves St Laurent, in which footwear designer Christian Louboutin sued design house Yves St Laurent over footwear incorporating a red sole, claiming that it infringed Louboutin's trade mark registration covering a lacquered red sole on footwear. An April ruling by the USPTO finally put an end to this case, the net impact of which may be more noteworthy not for the questions it answered but for the questions that it left open.