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A report released by the Intellectual Property Office details trends in patent, trade mark and design filing between 1995 and 2017

New regulations to Malaysia’s patent and trade mark prosecution procedures have introduced expedited examination and e-filing while raising fees

Staff at the EPO have been staging a series of strikes over the past month, and there have also been protests and demonstrations. Managing IP looks behind the rhetoric at what’s going on

On May 22 this year, the US Supreme Court decided the most eagerly-awaited patent case in many years, Festo v SMC. The case addresses a key issue for patent holders: what protection is available under the doctrine of equivalents. But was the decision as important as many people have claimed? What effect will it have for patent applicants and litigants in the US? And what impact will it have on the US Patent and Trademark Office, the Federal Circuit and district courts? MIP invited six senior IP practitioners in the US to a round table discussion, held at the Washington DC offices of Finnegan Henderson, to discuss the implications of the Festo decision, as well as other recent patent cases. James Nurton moderated the discussion

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

IP offices around the world face an ever-growing range of challenges, from responding to calls for harmonization and the surge in demand for IP services to holding on to well-qualified staff to. IP Australia explain their strategy

Are surveys in trade mark cases dead? That was the first question at the MARQUES/UCL-IBIL “Question the Trade Mark Judges” event last night

Unique features of the telecommunication and IT industries will create specific issues when it comes to determining strategies in the Unified Patent Court, as Tim Powell, Geraldine Quinn and Stuart Knight explain

Descriptive marks can be great for marketing a product, but difficult to defend and enforce. Bonita Trimmer argues that a series of cases in Europe is making that a little bit easier

The Federal Circuit vacating an $85m award, Optis buying Unwired Planet for up to $40m, Burberry dropping its trade mark case against JC Penney, an analysis of patent complaint rulings after the elimination of Form 18, and the latest in the “Stairway to Heaven” copyright case were in the intellectual property headlines in the past week