Issue 20

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:

• The IP guide to... Australia
  John Brass uncovers recent developments in IP legislation and enforcement in Australia

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


• Patents that changed the world
  How the QWERTY keyboard put the world at our fingertips
   
• Lighter side
  Richard Brass gets to grips with the wonders of open source

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