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Shopping Shenzhen style

Companies losing millions of dollars to makers of fakes want consumers to understand that counterfeiting harms legitimate businesses, exploits workers and is often run by criminal gangs with murky links to terrorism. So why do people still buy knock-offs? Peter Ollier took the short journey from Hong Kong to Shenzhen to see how the counterfeit buyers justify their purchases

Managing IP Correspondent, March 31 2007

Asia's patent quality leaders

The rate of patenting in Asian countries has increased dramatically over the past decade. But what about the quality? Peter Ollier considers the evidence

Managing IP Correspondent, February 01 2008

10 issues to watch at the PTAB

Last month marked the fourth anniversary of Patent Trial and Appeal Board proceedings becoming available. While early cases suggested that the Board would be a graveyard for patents, in the past year a more nuanced picture has emerged. Michael Loney identifies 10 issues to watch

September 27 2016

Making the great IP giveaway pay

If you invest in research or creativity, IP laws allow you to retain your rights and charge customers whatever you think those rights are worth. But, says Emma Barraclough, there is another way: more and more businesses are finding that giving assets away for free can make economic sense

Managing IP Correspondent, November 01 2006

Tiffany Cunningham, nominee for the Federal Circuit

New Fed Circuit judge could bring much-needed certainty: counsel

Seven attorneys reflect on what Tiffany Cunningham’s historic nomination to the Federal Circuit means for the court and the patent bar

Rani Mehta, April 01 2021

When expertise is not enough

Ensuring that expert witness evidence is used to maximum effect is crucial in IP litigation. Nick Gardner and Duncan Ribbons introduce a guide to the most effective way to marshal and deploy your expert evidence prepared by lawyers in seven jurisdictions

Managing IP Correspondent, February 01 2007

Better by design

Far from being a second-class IP right, registered designs offer IP owners a highly effective - but often overlooked - way of protecting their brand and products. Brian Cordery explains why rights owners should rethink the role of designs in their IP portfolio

Managing IP Correspondent, March 31 2007

When trade mark rights meet free speech

After the CJEU recently defined parody in a copyright case, Eniko Karsay, Laetitia Lagarde and Nikos Prentoulis examine how trade mark laws around the world treat the concept of fair use

Managing IP Correspondent, September 26 2014

Watching over the world's graphic technology

As General Counsel for one of Canada's most successful companies, Richard Brait's focus is as much global as local. He tells Sam Mamudi how his company handles its IP portfolio

Managing IP Correspondent, February 01 2006

FranceHow to enforce trade mark rights

Milan Chromecek and Olivier Banchereau of Lovells provide a detailed guide to France's trade mark enforcement system, including tips on how to use the courts, what damages are available and how to intercept infringers

Managing IP Correspondent, August 31 2004

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