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Comments on social media bring up trade mark, PR and libel issues. How do we protect our reputation without appearing too aggressive?

The UK government will publish a green paper on its Communications Bill within the next few months, internet minister Ed Vaizey said last week

The Beijing IP Court published a notice on its website in October 2015 entitled Collection and Publication of Opinions Regarding Law Application on Issues Related to Article 19.4 of the Trademark Law. This notice looks like irrelevant to the patent world, but actually the implication goes well beyond trade marks. Arguably, this court notice started something similar to the amicus brief system for Chinese IP cases. The issue in this case is related to whether or not Chinese trade mark agent firms are entitled to register trade marks under their own names except for their own trade names.

Managing IP held a European Patent Forum in New York last week. Michael Loney reports on the discussions about the Unitary Patent, UPC and other issues

The law firm Taylor Wessing is working on its fifth Global Intellectual Property Index, and the deadline to take part is Friday February 5

Fox must strike a delicate balance between protecting its IP and not prompting backlashes from fans. Jeremy Kaufman explains the entertainment giant’s trademark strategy.

Myanmar's general election, which took place on November 8, was the first nationwide vote since the military junta's dissolution in 2011. It was also the first poll contested by opposition party the National League for Democracy (NLD) in 25 years. Rapid economic reforms since 2011 have resulted in enormous growth opportunities. With the NLD winning a sweeping majority in both houses of parliament, the country now enters a transitional phase with the quasi-civilian government gradually transferring power to the NLD.

A senior figure within India’s generic drugs industry says that more domestic companies are waiting to file applications for compulsory licences over patented pharmaceuticals

Fitbit countersuing Jawbone, the US Copyright Office’s registration system going down for a week, BMI registering record revenues, TiVo filings its first patent litigation since 2012, and Toyota’s patent application for a potential flying car were in the IP headlines this week

The Patent Trial and Appeal Board has revised the “Standard Operating Procedure 9 (SOP9)” for cases remanded from the Federal Circuit, including requiring panels to meet with the PTAB chief, deputy chief or a delegate to discuss remanded cases