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  • This year $50 billion worth of drugs come off patent. The pharma industry’s response will be to focus on personalised medicine and biologics. Eileen McDermott explains how this will shift IP strategy towards trade secrets, data and patenting processes
  • On January 12 the first round of applications for new gTLDs opened, with last-minute concessions from Icann. But were they enough to placate governments and brand owners? Edward Conlon reports
  • Businesses and individuals worried about alleged .xxx cybersquatters have filed more complaints under one of the specific .xxx arbitration systems than under the UDRP
  • Lawyers have criticised a planned overhaul of data protection rules in Europe, saying it will lead to much greater burdens for businesses
  • Free access: The nominations for Managing IP’s Global Awards 2012 have been announced
  • The European Parliament’s rapporteur for the international anti-counterfeiting deal ACTA has resigned after the agreement was signed by the EU and a group of its member states
  • A comprehensive guide to filing and protecting your patent at the EPO. By Andrew Hammond of Valea
  • Kim’s sole Maserati Utynam likes to believe that he never engages in schadenfreude. Even when the object of that pleasure is a global distributor of copyright-infringing media. Indeed, in such cases the feeling is often tempered by the film and music industries' shrill cries of victimisation, and rather dubious statistics.
  • When selecting a new name and ascertaining whether it is available for use as a trade mark, a company cannot simply disregard third-party uses of confusingly similar marks that are made in connection with non-competitive goods or services. It is a common misperception that a new use of a mark will not infringe a senior use of a confusingly similar mark if the two uses are made in connection with products or services that do not compete with one another.
  • A common fear among trade mark proprietors, particularly those with bigger, wider portfolios is that they might lose their title by not using their registered mark. Thai law does not require use of a trade mark per se to maintain registration, nor does any statement of use certifying that the trade mark has been used need be furnished.