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A bill that would require that the head of the US Copyright Office is a presidential nominee has been approved by the US House of Representatives judiciary committee. Bob Goodlatte, the committee’s chairman, says this is “the first initial legislative step” of wider copyright reform

Questions from some Supreme Court justices in oral arguments in TC Heartland v Kraft suggested a desire to overturn the Federal Circuit on patent venue. Natalie Rahhal analyses the issues discussed and likely outcomes of the case

In a guest post, IEEE Managing Director Konstantinos Karachalios responds to criticisms of its updated patent policy

The Supreme Court oral arguments in Impression Products v Lexmark International addressed whether a sale of a patented article outside the US exhausts the US patent rights in that article. Observers believe the court’s Kirtsaeng ruling and the recent SCA Hygiene ruling could influence the outcome

Ivanka Trump’s attempts to protect her personal brand with trade marks in China have been thwarted by squatters. In a guest post, Charlotte Trinh and Mandy Liu examine the lessons that can be learned from her experiences

At the MARQUES Luxury Brands Symposium in Hong Kong, the topic on everyone’s lips was “branding in China”

In German, Peter Stiefel’s last name means “boot”. The boot fits; at the MARQUES panel on defending luxury brands last week, Stiefel seemed by far the most gung-ho of the speakers, and the most willing to kick down doors in search of counterfeits

The 15th edition of Managing IP's annual publication devoted to IP in China tracks the Middle Kingdom's shifting IP law landscape. Significant progress has been made in protecting works of applied art and curbing bad faith filing. Readers may be especially interested to learn about China's change of heart on business method patents.

Managing IP hosted an awards dinner, on March 23, at the Four Seasons in Washington DC to reveal the winners of the North America Awards 2017

Section 10 of the Lanham Act contains an anti-trafficking rule which prohibits the assignment of an intent-to-use-based trade mark application except where such assignment is to a successor to the business of the applicant or portion thereof to which the mark pertains. This provision played a key role in a decision recently rendered by the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Emerald Cities Collaborative, Inc v Sheri Jean Roese. This ruling serves as an important reminder about the laws prohibiting the assignment of intent-to-use based trade mark applications, the risks in pursuing enforcement efforts when a mark might not have been properly assigned and the importance of asserting common law rights in a notice of opposition.