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Byline: James Nurton - MIP Information on the UK's divorce from the EU, and what that means for IP rights, is becoming clearer, but many questions remain. Managing IP reports [...]

The Australian government has launched a review into the scope of its safe harbour scheme for internet service providers On October 14 Australia's Attorney-General Robert McClelland set out the details [...]

Byline: Kolster Oy Ab, Helsinki Our firm has virtually abandoned filing applications on paper. We feel that online filing is safer than paper filing, provided that some sensible precautions are [...]

The government issued a discussion paper on whether New Zealand should join the Madrid Protocol and the Nice Agreement as a way of reducing trade mark filing costs for the [...]

Byline: Max Walters Lawyers say the EPO may need to be lenient for next yearâ's virtual exams, which will provide a test run for a potentially paper-free future In-house counsel [...]

Byline: James Nurton - MIP Patent and trade mark attorneys have welcomed the European Commission's plans for unitary IP rights after Brexit In a five-page paper circulated to the 27 [...]

Byline: Max Walters With the qualification process for UK attorneys being reviewed, lawyers in France, Germany and the UK ask whether the European system also needs an overhaul In-house lawyers [...]

Byline: Michael Loney A total of eight Patent Trial and Appeal Board decisions have now been designated precedential. At the PTAB Forum 2016, acting PTAB chief judge Nathan Kelley provided [...]

Byline: Patrick Wingrove Managing IP rounds up the latest patent, trademark and copyright news, including some stories you might have missed Open and shut courtrooms Several courts across the US [...]

Byline: Max Walters Counsel have demanded strict quality checks for the qualifying exams, and some have even questioned the point of the pre-exam Like a lot of COVID-induced developments such [...]

Increasingly, law firms strive for a solely digital file system without significant use of paper files. A fully digital deadline management system seems to be the logical consequence. The Federal [...]

The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) has released a discussion paper inviting submissions on potential amendments to New Zealand's patent, trademark, and design legislation. The full discussion paper [...]

Byline: Rory Oâ'Neill European businesses canâ't agree on how to move forward with talks on harmonising international patent laws Divisions in Europe on the issue of grace periods are holding [...]

Byline: James Nurton - MIP Trademark counsel might find themselves with frowny faces if they do not take steps to protect emoji. A new paper from Eric Goldman, law professor [...]

Byline: Rani Mehta Practitioners from Sanofi and five law firms reflect on best practices for briefs and oral argument preparation at the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Over [...]

Byline: Guanghao Zou, Hong Zhang, Liu Shen & Associates Hong Zhang and Guanghao Zou of Liu Shen & Associates explore different global approaches used to tackle misuse during the production [...]

Indias Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion has launched a review of the organisational structure of the IP office that could split the patent and trade mark departments and make [...]

Hong Kongs government has released a consultation paper that could lead to radical changes to the patent system of the Special Administrative Region Gregory So, Hong Kong's secretary for commerce [...]

Australia: The Advisory Council on Intellectual Property (ACIP) is reviewing what constitutes patentable subject matter. ACIP has said the review will look at the appropriateness of the 'method of manufacture' [...]

Byline: Michael Loney The International Trademark Association has released a paper outlining its concerns about the impact of Brexit on intellectual property rights The International Trademark Association (INTA) has released [...]

Byline: Michael Loney Law professor Dennis Crouch is calling for the Federal Circuit to not give Rule 36 affirmances in PTAB appeals, arguing it is required by statute to issue [...]

Byline: Max Walters As data reveals that German and French attorneys lag behind their UK counterparts on the tests for appearing at the EPO, Managing IP asks why the UK [...]

The Australian government has released a consultation paper on expanding its plain packaging initiative to other tobacco products, such as cigars and loose tobacco The consultation paper proposes retail packaging [...]

Byline: AJ Park, Harvey Henderson, Kate Giddens Harvey Henderson and Kate Giddens of AJ Park explain why it would be prudent to be aware of all factors that may affect [...]

Byline: Max Walters Law firm Stobbs wants the UK IP forum to tackle overzealous big-law litigation, but counsel say some of the solutions may not work A division of the [...]

Byline: Patrinos & Kilimiris, Youli Angelou Youli Angelou of Patrinos & Kilimiris explains why the consolidation of all branches of industrial property is a welcome move Law No. 4796/2021 (Articles [...]

Byline: Sukanya Sarkar Ankit Sahni, who received the first-ever copyright registration in India recognising an AI tool as a co-author, has ticked off a second grant in Canada The Canadian [...]

Byline: Rani Mehta Counsel at 3M, Fluke, Gilead and elsewhere reveal their expectations for trademark bad actors in 2022 Counterfeiters try and outdo themselves every year by using more abhorrent [...]

Byline: Max Walters Managing IP can reveal that counsel in charge of the DABUS patent applications have asked for permission to appeal their AI inventorship case The team behind the [...]

Byline: Sukanya Sarkar Counsel from India discuss the changing role of in-house lawyers and steps they can take for a sustainable future COVID-induced shutdowns not only caused a significant drop [...]

Byline: Max Walters, Rani Mehta, Rory Oâ'Neill, Sukanya Sarkar Apple must commit to FRAND; Germany ratifies PAP protocol; EUTM and design deadline passes; Samsung and Intel denied; Jaguar and Volkswagen [...]

Artists including Britney Spears, Ozzy Osbourne Sting have written to the USPTO objecting to proposals to create compulsory licences for songs featured in remixes, mashups and sampling. But others argue [...]

Byline: Alli Pyrah - MIP A lively debate over the merits of statutory damages took place during a public meeting yesterday, hosted by the Department of Commerce and the USPTO. [...]

Byline: Michael Loney Patent Trial & Appeal Board developments in March included the most post-grant review petitions filed in a month, a predicted switch to the Philips standard, two informative [...]

Byline: Sukanya Sarkar Counsel from India discuss how counterfeiters are finding innovative ways to traffic fake goods â and how in-house lawyers can fight back With counterfeiting now a billion-dollar [...]

Byline: Charlotte Kilpatrick, Max Walters, Patrick Wingrove, Rani Mehta Managing IP rounds up the latest patent, trademark and copyright news, including some stories you might have missed In-house want mix [...]

Byline: Patrick Wingrove Max Sills, general manager at the Cryptocurrency Open Patent Alliance and counsel for Square, sets out his ambitions for IP and cryptocurrencies The cryptocurrency industry is at [...]

Byline: Charlotte Kilpatrick, Max Walters, Patrick Wingrove, Rani Mehta Managing IP rounds up the latest patent, trademark and copyright news, including some stories you might have missed Counsel set out [...]

Byline: Ed Conlon With the EUIPO celebrating a significant milestone, Managing IP looks backs at the early days of the EU trademark and how it has drawn in 2.2 million [...]

Byline: Michael Loney A big story last year was the emergence of hedge funds and other entities using the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. While Kyle Bass is seeing his [...]

Byline: Max Walters A proposed UK law fails to recognise the dangers of counterfeits, say sources, but rights owners believe all is not lost Industry sources and in-house counsel tell [...]

Byline: Max Walters Max Walters joins Sally Shorthose and James Baillieu of Bird & Bird and Henry Hadad of Bristol Myers Squibb to discuss how COVID-19 has shaped transactional work [...]

Byline: Charlotte Kilpatrick, Max Walters, Patrick Wingrove Managing IP rounds up the latest trademark, copyright and patent news, including some stories you might have missed Drug innovators dream of unitary [...]

There are a number of organizations which function for the benefit of intellectual property professionals, They organize conferences, publish papers and give advice. Some also deal with filing, the prosecution [...]

Byline: Rani Mehta Panellists at a Managing IP forum, including an FBI agent, revealed the best ways to train employees to maximise trade secret protection Speakers at Managing IPâ's US [...]

Byline: Max Walters The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in this yearâ's patent exams going virtual, posing practical difficulties for the exam board, tutors and candidates Exams are stressful at the [...]

Byline: Patrick Wingrove At this yearâ's Autolex forum, counsel at Visteon, Uber, ZF and Nissan revealed how they choose between patents, trade secrets and open innovation Gone are the days [...]

Byline: Patrick Wingrove In-house counsel at Novartis, Tomâ's Shoes, Bombas and a clothing brand reveal how they fight counterfeits in an environmentally friendly way Before the COVID-19 outbreak this year, [...]

Byline: Charlotte Kilpatrick Most â but not all â IP lawyers say that allowing only the Supreme Court to depart from retained EU law after Brexit will be best for [...]

Byline: Rani Mehta With the Federal Circuit now deciding most patent cases on briefs, lawyers say itÇÖs become more complicated to use visual aids or split arguments with junior attorneys [...]