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After the $4.5 billion bid for Nortel’s patent portfolio and Google’s subsequent purchase of Motorola Mobility, company executives have increased pressure on in-house counsel to monetise their IP

Nick Rose and Rebecca Pakenham-Walsh of Field Fisher Waterhouse consider some of the more ambiguous aspects of the Court of Justice’s ruling in the Interflora case

An Australian court has found that Google’s keyword advertising policy does not constitute misleading or deceptive conduct, in one of the first cases to look at this controversial issue from a fair trading perspective

Alasdair Poore and Richard Plaistowe of Mills & Reeve explain what businesses need to know about their keyword advertising strategies in the wake of the Court of Justice’s ruling in the Interflora case

An Australian Senate Committee had just one recommendation at the end of an exhaustive report into a Bill to ban gene patents: do not pass this Bill

Members of collecting societies across Europe are heading to Luxembourg this week to tell Europe’s General Court why they should not be forced to offer cross-border services for collecting and distributing royalties for music

AusRegistry has today been chosen as the registry service provider for the .jewellers gTLD, which will be applied for in 2012.

What difference does it make if a document is marked confidential? And what can you do about theft of trade secrets worldwide? Six countries are compared and contrasted

Ken Nishida has worked at Hitachi for 20 years and has specialised in managing the company’s websites since 1995. He is responsible for planning and managing internet and domain strategies, and oversees production and website design. Nishida previously managed media advertising departments that were responsible for events and exhibitions, after he had worked in sales promotion in the IT department for four years. While most brand owners have remained silent about applying for gTLD, electronics company Hitachi is excited by the prospect of having a .brand domain. "We think .hitachi is an effective way to improve our brand value. This is an innovative movement in the world of the internet," Ken Nishida of Hitachi told Managing IP.

After 20 years of deliberation, New Zealand’s Waitangi Tribunal finally produced its report dealing with Maori IP this summer. Lynell Tuffery Huria explains the implications