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It’s a byword for getting down to business: shots of some of the most powerful leaders in the world, ties off, shirt sleeves rolled up, leaning across the table. This week, leaders from the US and Europe began talks on an ambitious EU-US trade deal. But what will it mean for IP?

IP owners who have sought assurances from law firms that their conduct does not breach antitrust rules can still be hit by fines if the European Commission decides they have infringed the law

Article 85.1.2 of the old Patent Law provided: When a patentee claimed damages, he could calculate his loss according to the profits gained by the infringer from his infringing act; where the infringer was unable to provide documentation proving the costs or other necessary expenses, the total sales of the infringing article should be deemed to be the infringer's profits.

The Chinese Supreme Court recently published the list of top 10 IP litigation cases of 2012. One selected case is the final judgment decided by the Zhejiang High Court regarding the patent infringement litigation between Holley Communicates and Shenzhen Samsung Kejian Mobile Communication.

In April this year, the Beijing High Court published Top 10 Intellectual Property Cases of 2012, one of which involved the responsibility of a group-purchase website for trade mark infringement. In this case, our firm represents the plaintiff, who is the owner of the mark Le Coq Sportif and device registered for shoes etc in China. The Supreme Court later included the case in the Top 50 Intellectual Property Cases of 2012 .

Cable television system operators retransmitted terrestrial channels, including channels subject to mandatory retransmission pursuant to the Broadcasting Act, without providing any payment to the relevant terrestrial broadcasters in Korea. Therefore, on September 10 2009, KBS, MBC and SBS (the three terrestrial broadcasting stations) filed a preliminary injunction seeking the suspension and prevention of various infringements against a major operator, alleging that the retransmission infringed their copyright (the right of broadcasting from the rights of communications to the public) and neighbouring rights (simultaneous relay broadcasting rights).

The Max Planck Institute has presented a set of principles to address concerns about IP provisions in international treaties

Managing IP’s next webinar is on topical biotech patent developments in the United States, and takes place on Thursday June 27 at 5pm BST/noon EDT

There are an estimated 6000 to 7000 languages in the world. Should all of them be considered when examining a trade mark application?

The US International Trade Commission (ITC) announced on Monday that it has launched a pilot programme to speed up the disposal of patent cases in an effort to thwart so-called trolls