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Ankit Prakash of Anand and Anand in New Delhi looks at the evolution of brand management and considers the impact it has had on business in India. He also reviews recent cases where trade mark rights have been upheld

If you have a famous mark, you need to take steps to stop it becoming generic. Delphine Kaufmann of Novagraaf France reviews recent cases in France and the EU in this area and provides some tips for brand owners

You may be familiar with investigators as the men and women on the front line of IP enforcement. But, says Graham Robinson, they also have a role to play in creating and protecting brands

Whether working to win new business or maintaining existing relationships, customer service is of course important, but how important exactly and how can law firms use software to increase satisfaction levels? Stephen Schley of CPA Software Solutions finds out

Australia's Trade Mark Act has been amended for the first time. David Wilson and Michelle Groves of Deacons assess what the changes mean for practitioners

A swift glance at national trade mark decisions in Europe in the past year shows no real pattern, as local legal culture peeps out from under the blanket of harmonization, argues Jeremy Phillips

The MedImmune case transformed the relationship between patent licensors and licensees. Nicholas Groombridge considers whether it will lead to a wave of patent invalidation lawsuits

A party that obtains a temporary injunction that turns out to have been unjustified has to indemnify the opposing party for all economic loss due to this temporary injunction. This is an absolute liability irrespective of any fault. In IP matters, a temporary injunction is unjustified where, for example, the main proceedings result in the IP right in question being declared invalid or non–existent or where no infringement is found. The losses are due to this injunction if sales or other acts such as advertising had not been made because the injunction was obeyed. These losses comprise the full amount of the attorneys' costs in relation to the suit, all sales losses and all costs spent in regaining the previous market share.

Peter Ollier, Hong Kong

MIP's second annual Awards Dinner was held at Claridge's in London last month, with more than 250 guests coming from as far away as Australia, Japan, Argentina and Chile