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  • MIP's annual survey of the leading IP firms covers 60 jurisdictions this year, and is the result of five months of research among IP professionals worldwide. James Nurton introduces the first part of the results, and explains how the tables have been compiled
  • If you are a big pharmaceutical company, spending millions of dollars to manage your intellectual property every year, you will want to find the best lawyers to advise you on prosecution and litigation matters. But as Susanne Sivborg, vice-president of global intellectual property at AstraZeneca, tells Stéphanie Bodoni, the most experienced lawyers are no good if they do not respond to her company's needs
  • Ninety-eight out of every hundred US patents issued by the USPTO contain mistakes, according to a survey released last month.
  • An acknowledged increase in global patent protection coupled with government incentives to support and use IP as a component for economic growth suggests that more and more companies are looking at IP from a business as well as a legal perspective. However, analyzing a complex patent landscape for an industry that is tipped to be the next hot area remains a daunting task.
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  • Sorting out who owns what in when a licensing partner goes bust can be a tricky business. Andrew Jones of Sim Lowman Ashton & McKay looks at cases that have shaped the rights and obligations of parties in such cases
  • A number of pivotal copyright decisions were handed down last year, establishing precedent-setting rules for rights owners in Canada, says Brian W Gray of McCarthy Tétrault
  • Opposition proceedings were introduced into Canada's trade mark legislation just over 50 years ago. While the opposition process functioned relatively well for the first few decades, such has not been the case recently. Gary Partington and Coleen Morrison of Marks & Clerk examine what changes lie ahead
  • A series of recent decisions in Canada and the UK has established rules for the way courts interpret patent claims. Robert H C MacFarlane and Adam Bobker of Bereskin & Parr explain what the changes mean for rights owners