February 15, 2019
In a precedential decision, the New York Supreme Court became the first court in the US to affirm the percentage-of-sales methodology when determining trademark licensing royalties
Julia Florence, who is new president of the UK’s Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys and was senior patent counsel at GSK until 2018, says educating businesses abroad about Brexit and the EPO, and encouraging new and diverse talent to the IP profession are key tasks for her organisation
February 14, 2019
The EPO and the Licensing Executives Society International have signed a memorandum of understanding with the intention of enabling innovators to make better use of the EPO system
The EU’s institutions have agreed to modernise the rules on copyright in what appears to be a win for content creators, but some have slammed the proposed regime
In-house sources at Peloton Technology, Sabic and elsewhere explain that big data analysis tools could be increasingly used for analyses surrounding IP litigation as the technology becomes more reliable
February 13, 2019
Managing IP reveals the shortlists for the Americas Awards 2019. The Americas Awards ceremony is on April 4 at the Essex House, New York
One of MIP’s 2018 top 50 most influential people in IP discusses China’s progress in SEP cases, why patent quality is an issue in the country, and the upcoming trade secrets law being planned for China
February 12, 2019
Recent hires in the US intellectual property world include new partners at Baker Botts, Mintz & Gold and RuyakCherian
February 11, 2019
Part two of Patent Strategy’s survey of more than 60 in-house lawyers shows that most businesses believe artificial intelligence will be used for invention discovery, but that patenting those products and processes could be difficult
Managing IP reveals the shortlists for the Asia-Pacific Awards 2019. The MIP Asia-Pacific Awards ceremony is on March 20 at the Island Shangri-La, Hong Kong
February 08, 2019
The US Chamber of Commerce’s new global IP index shows the US patent system strengthened in 2018, attributing the improvement to USPTO director Andrei Iancu’s initiatives
Daniel Knauss, Sarah Moore, and Erich Veitenheimer from Cooley discuss the public use and on-sale bars to patent protection and focus on their impact on the protection of commercially valuable plant varieties
February 07, 2019
Patent Strategy’s landmark survey of more than 60 in-house lawyers shows that most businesses are still unsure about what can be patent protected and how best to apply for protection in the field of AI
February 05, 2019
The Fifth International Women’s Leadership Forum hosted by Managing IP, included Katherine Tsang of Diageo and Sumati Parikh from Smith Detection discussing IP strategy
Managing IP reveals the shortlists for the EMEA Awards 2019. The EMEA Awards ceremony is on March 7 at The Savoy in London
February 04, 2019
The Federal Circuit ruled that the USPTO exceeded its authority by penalising patent owners for delays they could not have reasonably prevented
Managing Intellectual Property is delighted to publish the IP STARS 2019 rankings of the leading firms for trade mark work. This is the first set of results from the research for IP STARS 2019, which started in September 2018.
Managing IP reveals the top parties and law firms at the PTAB last year, looks back on some game-changing developments for the Board and previews the year ahead
The UK recently decided the question of who should pay for the implementation costs of blocking orders. Attorneys at Herbert Smith Freehills analyse how the framework, case law, liability and costs for such orders differ in the UK, Germany, Italy and France
Josh Pond, Lisa Pearson, Matthew Meyer and Ted Davis of Kilpatrick Townsend dissect the contentious trade mark and remedy issues that split the Federal Circuit in its decision overturning the US International Trade Commission’s sneaker ruling
Simon Portman, Chris Lowe, Lawson Crawford, Paul Cervi and Max Stewart of Marks & Clerk analyse the biggest issues for academic researchers commercialising medical technology innovation in the UK
The USPTO in 2017 began randomly auditing trade mark registrations. Andrea Anderson provides tips for what to do if you are audited
Ellie Mertens provides an overview of the biggest developments in some of Latin America’s most important countries for IP
January / February 2019
IP STARS rankings 2019: Top firms for trade mark work
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