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Regulatory pressure tipped to drive further change in legal services in 2010
Increasing government regulation has set the stage for a more dynamic legal landscape in 2010, a leading consultancy has said. In a new report,...
18th December 2009 | Legal & Regulatory | Legal Outsourcing
Federal Court backs USPTO rule change
A decision by the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) in the case of Tafas v Doll, relating to crucial patent filing rules, has...
24th March 2009 | Legal & Regulatory | Patents
IP group concerned over new patent reform bid
Efforts by US Congress to restart a bid for widespread patent reform have drawn concern from some of America's biggest corporations. Joined...
10th March 2009 | Legal & Regulatory | Patents
Data summit to air legal outsourcing concerns
Security issues key to legal outsourcing will be discussed next month at a wide-ranging conference in India. As western businesses turn to...
14th November 2008 | Legal & Regulatory | Legal Outsourcing
USPTO strengthens global patent ties
Aiming to raise efficiency and ease backlogs in the global patent space, the USPTO has struck a landmark agreement with IP Australia (IPAU). In...
3rd October 2008 | Legal & Regulatory | Patents
Patent Office To Get Funding Boost Under Bush's Budget Proposal
President Bush's budget proposal for 2009 could see an additional $159 million, or equivalent to an 8% budget increase being handed to the United...
13th February 2008 | Legal & Regulatory | Patents
UK piracy site shut down by FACT
TV Links, a video pirate website which listed a directory of copyrighted material from YouTube and other sites has been shut down. This if the...
30th October 2007 | Legal & Regulatory | Trademarks
White House keeps heat on Bill clause
HR 1908 – also known as the US Patent Reform Bill – passed a full House of Representatives vote on 7 September, maintaining its...
11th September 2007 | Legal & Regulatory | Patents
Third time lucky for China TM reform
China is exploring possible amendments and revisions to its Trademark Law for the third time since 1983, in a bid to reduce cycles of trademark...
28th August 2007 | Legal & Regulatory | Trademarks
JPO aims to tidy its license registry
It emerged over the weekend that the Japan Patent Office (JPO) is preparing to sharpen up its service by improving its system of registering...
21st August 2007 | Legal & Regulatory | Patents

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