IP Conversation:

• Managing IP the IBM way
  David Kappos, IBM's vice-president and assistant general counsel for IP law, outlines the company's forward-thinking approach to IP strategy
   
• Up close & personal
  Tove Graulund looks back over 19 years at Arla Foods and five years as chair of MARQUES
   
  
  

Features:

• Going digital
  Jeremy Philips examines how the digital revolution has affected the role of IP Rights on the web
   
• Look before you leap
  Dan McCrurdy and Peter Spours argue the case for IP due diligence
   
• Championing the web
  Stewart Tyson, head of IP at Royal Mail, explains how the Royal Mail Group is using CPA to restructure its domain name portfolio

Legal Briefs:

• A strategy for enforcement
  How can you stop your rights being violated online? CPA's Samantha Frida outlines the options
   
• The IP Guide to... Germany
  We uncover recent developments in IP legislation and enforcement in the Federal Republic of Germany
   
• Reviewing Gowers
  We find out how the IP industry reacted in December 2006 to the long-awaited Gowers Review of UK Intellectual Property

CPA Insight:

• Partners in CTM
  Why Lovells' Alicante office used CPA Inprotech to process the first generation of Community Trade Mark renewals
   
• Are your patent claims on track?
  CPA's Jeff Maddox explains why patent claim tracking doesn't have to be so time-consuming
   

• Letters
  Your thoughts and feedback
   
• Opinion
  Microsoft's ER 'Kaz' Kazenske on patent strategy
   
• Global news
  A round-up of the latest IP news
  

• That's entertainment
  Jeremy Dickerson on trademarks in the film industry
   
• 60-second interview
  Judge Fysh, QC, SC
   
• Brand focus
  Johnny Acton reveals how the Oscars got its name

• Thought leader
  The connection between Mark Twain and suspenders
   
• IP events
  We report back on FT Innovate and the IP Summit

• Reviews
  Book highlights this issue
   
• Lighter side
  Richard Brass dons some fancy footwear