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The way the largest patent filers in the US manage their legal work varies a lot, and the big firms don’t dominate as much as you might think. Alli Pyrah looks at 2012 filing numbers and speaks to in-house counsel about their strategies

The unitary patent is just the latest in a long line of steps towards harmonised patent filing in Europe. Adam Majeed examines how prosecution firms are adapting their business models

The world’s leading patent firms are recommended and ranked in the 20th year of Managing IP's legal market research

Letter from the editor: The strength of a hamster wheel

The world’s leading patent firms are recommended and ranked in the 20th year of Managing IP's legal market research

The world’s leading patent firms are recommended and ranked in the 20th year of Managing IP's legal market research

The world’s leading patent firms are recommended and ranked in the 20th year of Managing IP's legal market research

The world’s leading patent firms are recommended and ranked in the 20th year of Managing IP's legal market research

IP organisation Asociación Interamericana de la Propiedad Intelectual (ASIPI) has elected a new president. Juan Vanrell, a partner of Bacot & Bacot in Montevideo, Uruguay, replaced Fernando Triana of Triana Uribe & Michelsen as president on December 6. Vanrell, who is also a partner in Ideas Trademarks and Patents in Costa Rica, will govern for the next three years. Before taking over as president, Vanrell had served as ASIPI's secretary since 2006. He also previously acted as president of the Uruguayan Association of Industrial Property Agents (AUDAPI) from 2004 to 2008. He continues to be a member of AUDAPI. He is also member of the INTA where he serves in the non-traditional trade marks committee.

User protests forced Facebook to backtrack from changes to photo-sharing site Instagram's copyright policy one day after the new terms of service were announced. Under Facebook's proposed terms, a third-party company could pay Facebook for images it may want to use, but Facebook is under no obligation to compensate the user. There was no user opt-out provision.