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Law firms and patent and trade mark agencies are reporting record levels of demand from IP clients. Managing IP published a list of the largest practices across the globe in its September 2007 issue. The tables for the US and Canada are reprinted here

After 29 years of service with the USPTO, Robert Stoll is retiring as the Office’s commissioner for patents as of December 31 this year.

Biotech firms will have to get consent from indigenous communities to exploit genetic resources under a landmark agreement last week in Nagoya, Japan

WIPO will host a meeting for users of the Madrid System today. James Nurton asked David Muls, Senior Director of the Madrid Registry, what they should expect.

An Irish court has declined to grant an injunction against broadband supplier UPC in a case brought by five record labels

Prolific UDRP filer RapidShare has lost a tiny number of cases, but what can those losses teach other brand owners?

When a complaint revealed two registrants rather than one in a recent UDRP case, the panellist embarked on a unique solution

There were more than 2,000 applications for new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) before the system was taken offline on April 12, ICANN said on Friday night

Supreme Court - 2 Court of Appeal - 0. That’s the result so far since the UK Supreme Court replaced the House of Lords as the ultimate arbiter of patent cases in the country

Registration on the USPTO's Principal Register offers valuable substantive benefits to a trade mark owner. However, certain marks – such as those that may be considered descriptive of certain features of the goods or services recited in the Application – are not eligible for registration on the Principal Register absent a showing of secondary meaning. If a trade mark owner is unable to obtain a registration on the Principal Register, there are still federal registration options available that can provide the owner with certain protections. One such option that a trade mark owner can consider is seeking registration on the PTO's Supplemental Register.