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Yan Zhang and Xiao Wang of Lifang & Partners consider why private prosecution should be considered part of a comprehensive IP protection strategy in China

Jae Park of Bird & Bird takes note of the busy period for the Patents Court in the UK and considers the possibilities of ‘jumping the queue’

Tu Anh Tran and Duc Anh Tran of Tilleke & Gibbins explain why strong criminal provisions on trade secrets in Vietnam are necessary

Yanling Zhou of DEQI Intellectual Property presents a case study to depict how an applicant should seek to respond to an office action of an obvious substantive defect

Kenji Tanaka of Shiga International Patent Office conducts a statistical analysis of the effectiveness of arguments for inventive step in the Japan Patent Office examination

Kye Young Lee of the Korea Trade Commission and Hyoun Ja Park of FirstLaw PC introduce the remedies that can be sought by IP holders against unfair international trade practices involving IP infringement through the KTC’s proceedings

Annelie Wünsche and Stefanie Parchmann of Maiwald discuss double patenting before the EPO

In the second part of a two-part interview, Essenese Obhan of Obhan & Associates talks to Managing IP about how his firm remains poised to assist clients in India’s evolving IP environment

In a two-part interview, Essenese Obhan of Obhan & Associates talks to Managing IP about how the introduction of specialised IP benches at the Delhi High Court can improve efficiency and deliver justice

Vladimir Biriulin of Gorodissky & Partners explains why the patent office and the chamber were not satisfied with an applicant’s attempts to trademark a blue bottle

Takanori Abe of Abe & Partners considers the findings of a study into the increasing importance of standard essential patents and their licensing in Japan

Marco Lissandrini of Bugnion likens the decision in G1/19 to a round of golf, explaining the three-step pattern of reasoning to assess inventiveness