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IP Review Issue 20

January 2008

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IP Conversation:
  • NASA's rising star
    NASA's Gary Borda explains how IP is helping the agency take giant leaps for mankind
     
  • Meet the president
    New EPO president Alison Brimelow talks exclusively to IP Review about why patent processors should focus on quality, not quantity
     
  • A winning formula
    Micaela Cattaneo, head of IP at Ferrari, explains how the car brand is racing ahead of the copycats

 

 

 

Industry focus:

  • Coming of age
    Rob Stichbury explains what the maturation of the LPO industry means for IP Rights holders
     
  • Opening up to IP
    Companies need to work together to promote technological innovation, says CPA's John Pryor

 

 

 

Features:

  • Patent patience
    The USPTO's Margaret Peterlin and the UK-IPO's Ian Fletcher offer their solutions to the worldwide backlog problem
     
  • Designs for life
    Design disputes involving mobile telephones, chairs and cars have all caused controversy in recent months. So why are design rights such an overlooked issue?
     
  • A question of morals
    The IP needs of big business don't have to compromise their ethical policies. Just ask Starbucks, says Jeremy Phillips 

 

 

 

Legal briefs:

 

Regulars:
  • Letters
    Your thoughts and feedback
     
  • Opinion
    Are we making the most of our IP assets, asks PwC's Melanie Butler
     
  • Global news
    A round-up of the latest developments in the IP industry 

  • 60-second interview
    In conversation with Trevor Baylis
     
  • Brand focus
    Johnny Acton takes the green out of greenwashing
     
  • Events
    We catch up with MARQUES at the 2007 Porto conference