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The Supreme Court agreed in November to clarify the scope of the Bayh-Dole Act with respect to ownership of federally funded inventions.

Cartagena, Colombia As Managing IP went to press, the board of Icann was meeting in Cartagena, Colombia to approve its Applicant Guidebook for new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) online. Small issues including geographical names and the morality and public order clause may yet lead to changes to the Guidebook. But the central text is set and brand owners are now looking to May next year, when they will be able to being applying for new gTLDs. So what do all the aspects of the Guidebook mean and how does a brand owner comply?

To what extent should governments try to regulate the internet? After the Netflix dispute, Winston Maxwell and Daniel Brenner compare approaches in Europe and the US

Patent searching products aimed at in-house counsel are multiplying every year. Managing IP’s annual software survey provides comparison tables on the leading providers while Kristin Whitman, below, explains what to watch out for

It seems unfair to have to pay damages for infringing a patent that is later proved invalid. But there is a balance to be struck with business certainty. Huw Evans explains the different positions that countries in Europe take on the issue

A new decree that came into effect in Vietnam in November could give an important boost to brand owners trying to enforce their trade marks in the country.

Google’s agreement to scan works published in France by Hachette has spread an US view of copyright to Europe. Fionn O’Raghallaigh and James Nurton ask what it means for European copyright owners

As Yakult finally won its battle to register a three-dimensional trade mark in Japan last month, Coca-Cola's trade mark in Australia for its bottle came into question. Both looked likely to narrow the scope of unconventional trade marks in Asia, rather than broadening it.

Many jurisdictions don’t use surveys in trade mark disputes. In those that do, many judges regard them with scepticism. Here is a guide to when and where it is worth the cost

French cosmetic company Panouge SAS holds International Registration No 969339 for the trade mark "Masaki Paris" for goods in Class 03. The registration is valid in a number of countries and stems from cooperation between Panouge and Japanese designer Masaki Matsushima. The cosmetic company and the designer concluded a number of agreements providing for the use of the name of the designer in products produced and sold by Panouge. It has been using the name for a long time and in many countries.