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This year’s most-read stories covered uncertainty at the USPTO, a potential boycott of a major international IP conference, rankings releases, and a contempt of court proceeding

Ten years ago, when I was Asia editor for Managing IP in Hong Kong, discussions about IP in China focused almost entirely on counterfeiting: the scale of it, how to stop it and whether the country would develop a culture of indigenous innovation

During this season of thankfulness in the US, Managing IP thought it was time to remind its readers of some patents of yesteryear, without which life might be a much more thankless experience

Nine out of 10 Europeans have not bought counterfeit products or downloaded illegally in the past 12 months, according to a report on perceptions of IP published by OHIM this week

A senior politician has called for the US government to force genetics company Myriad to license its patents to ensure greater public access to testing for breast and ovarian cancer

The ACLU and PubPat have filed their brief urging the Supreme Court to reverse the Federal Circuit’s decision upholding Myriad Genetics' gene patents

The EMEA research period is open until May 31

The list of highly recommended patent practitioners and firm analyses for Managing IP – IP Stars (2016) have been published online. The IP Stars handbooks are also available

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Shook D.C. is home to the firm’s Public Policy, National Amicus and FDA and Regulatory Guidance practice groups, as well as business and product liability litigation teams. Our Public Policy attorneys are members of the American Law Institute, contributing to thought leadership and helping to draft the Restatements of the Law. They are authors of casebooks and legal reference materials, and are frequent contributors of scholarly work to leading national journals and law reviews. They have written and lectured on, among other topics, product liability, tort doctrines, consumer law, punitive damages, federal regulation, judicial selection and jury service, class action, international disputes and other civil justice issues. In addition, they are often sought out by national media for insight and commentary on legal issues, including by The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, the National Law Journal, 60 Minutes, CNN, Bloomberg, NPR, CNBC and MSNBC. In addition, D.C. attorneys lead our national Data and Discovery Strategies practice, working on privacy and data security matters as well as discovery and eDiscovery management. Our business litigation and product liability teams handle a wide range of issues involving FDA, FTC and other government regulations; product recalls; and white collar defense and government investigations. We represent clients in pharmaceutical and medical device, food and beverage, life sciences and biotechnology, pet care and animal health industries. We handle matters involving banking and financial services, bankruptcy and creditors’ rights, commercial recoveries, insurance and reinsurance. Individual attorneys have been named among the “100 Most Influential Lawyers in the United States” by the National Law Journal, and three have received Burton Awards for legal achievement or excellence in legal writing. They also have been honored and recognized by Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business; The Best Lawyers in America; Lawdragon; Washington D.C. Super Lawyers; The International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers; Washingtonian Magazine; U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform; Lawyers of Color Hot List; Finance Monthly; Expert Guides: Women in Business Law; ICFM 500 Leading Lawyers; and BTI Consulting. Shook, Hardy & Bacon’s D.C. office was founded in 1999.