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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

Amendments to US patent litigation rules implemented on December 1 prompted a rush of patent cases in the short term, but the longer-term impact is less certain. Michael Loney analyses how pleading standards and the discovery process will change

OHIM has released a new tool, DesignClass, which includes a harmonised database of product indications

The Trans-Pacific Partnership has been finalised. Is the IP chapter all that it's cracked up to be?

Hope Shimabuku has been appointed as the first director of the USPTO’s Texas regional office

EU Commissioners Andrus Ansip and Günther Oettinger have a dream – a dream of a harmonised, modernised copyright system in Europe

In the weekly Managing IP blog round up, James Nurton reports on some recent comments by judges in the UK, looks at an IP issue concerning a different type of judge, and asks: what is your favourite representation of IP in literature?

In-house counsels from Chinese technology giants Qihoo 360 and Tencent speak with Managing IP about the shift in China's technology sector and why it pays to move quickly and aggressively

The Federal Circuit had a busy week, handing down decisions on a number of hot-button issues including the proper standard of review for claim construction, the right to amend a claim in IPRs, whether SEP royalties must be calculated using the smallest saleable unit and constitutional challenges to IPRs. The Court also denied a petition to rehear the controversial Ariosa case

Earlier this year, Singapore advanced in its quest to become an intellectual property hub in the ASEAN region with the appointment of the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) as an International Authority in Patent Search and Examination, specifically as an International Searching Authority (ISA), and International Preliminary Examining Authority (IPEA) under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT). This marked IPOS as the first IP office to receive ISA/IPEA recognition by the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) within the ASEAN region.