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What Brexit means for the European patent system

The UK referendum result has created confusion over the future of the Unitary Patent and the Unified Patent Court. Marianne Schaffner of Dechert argues that EU member states must push ahead with the plan

Managing IP Correspondent, September 02 2016

New opportunities for global brand owners

IP owners are constantly looking for new countries in which to protect and enforce their rights, particularly as growth in mature markets slows. Three countries that are opening up to international investment are Cuba, Iran and Myanmar. Natalie Rahhal and James Nurton find out about the latest developments in these three states, particularly for trade mark owners, and also look at other jurisdictions that could become more important for IP

November 27 2016

Supreme Court’s Halo opinion, Oracle v Google, Ed Sheeran, Axl Rose, Eastern District of Texas, M&M’s – the week in IP

The Supreme Court’s Halo v Pulse opinion, a copyright case involving Ed Sheeran, Axl Rose’s DMCA notices to get the “Fat Axl” meme removed from the internet, the jury’s Oracle v Google verdict being upheld by a judge, a Google case being transferred from the Eastern District of Texas, and an M&M trade mark ruling in Sweden were in the intellectual property headlines in the past week

June 13 2016

How to work with your engineering colleagues

How should you work with engineers to ensure you capture and protect your company’s innovations? Julie Dunnett’s answer is simple: “You need to get your tentacles out there.”

February 25 2015

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Broad initiative to encourage diversity and inclusion launches

UK IP and business professionals met to celebrate the launch of a new scheme called IP Inclusive, to educate the IP community about cultivating a professional culture that embraces diversity and promotes inclusion irrespective of age, gender, sexuality, race, physical ability, faith, wealth or background

December 02 2015

What US IP owners need to know about the UPC

It is not surprising that IP owners prefer to sue in their home jurisdiction. But multi-jurisdictional litigation battles in the telecoms sector have reminded lawyers of the importance of fighting on all fronts, said speakers on a panel on the unitary patent and UPC last week

June 13 2014

Takeaways from the AIPLA Annual Meeting

Managing IP was reporting from the American Intellectual Property Law Association’s Annual Meeting in Washington DC last week. Here are some of the topics, tidbits and takeaways from the meeting

October 29 2015

Interview: Angela Johnson, IP litigation counsel, Hewlett Packard Enterprise

The California-based counsel shares her views on the state of the IP environment in the US and how professionals can contribute to improvements, particularly in the patent field

April 19 2016

Data: PTAB petitioners, patent owners and law firms in 2016’s first half ranked

Managing IP analyses the busiest companies and law firms at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board in the first six months of this year, using Docket Navigator. Filing was down in the first half as a whole but the second quarter showed signs of recovery

July 13 2016

Yahoo’s patent portfolio, pre-1972 sound recordings, Section 101, Alibaba, Facebook, USPTO – the week in IP

The worth of Yahoo’s patent portfolio, a Second Circuit referral of the Flo & Eddie case, David Kappos’s call for abolishment of Section 101, Alibaba’s membership of the IACC, the copyright implications of Facebook’s new Live feature, and a pick up in US patent grant figures were in the intellectual property headlines in the past week

April 18 2016

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