Most of us have preconceived ideas about outsourcing to India, but how many of them are accurate? Emma Jones travels to CPA Global’s operations in Delhi to discover the truth behind many of the popular myths about Indian outsourcingThe journey from our hotel to CPA Global’s operations in Noida o ...
‘Brand owners need to keep a sense of perspective when it comes to enforcing their trademark rights.’ That was the message from J Scott Evans, senior legal director, Global Brand and Trademarks, Yahoo! Inc, at a CPA Global breakfast briefing at INTA 2010 in Boston.He highlighted the often counte ...
The case of the British Chiropractic Association v Simon Singh had the whole blogosphere up in arms. The sheer quantity of data crowd-sourced by the general public was astounding. But what impact will this new form of litigation have on the legal profession? And is the trend set to continue?In 2008, ...
Anyone who thinks that Facebook is only for kids and technorati is in for a shock. The USPTO and WIPO have just launched their very own fan pages on the site.The USPTO page is still in beta mode, bearing an official logo, a Wikipedia overview of the organisation’s beginnings, current activities an ...
In the past, outsourcing has tended to be synonymous with offshoring, but now there’s also a growing demand for onshore solutions. As Matt Packer discovers, in intellectual property and legal services, the ‘right’ approach is often a combination of the two, with some providers offering the bes ...
A study of rules and rulemaking in the UK legal sector has revealed copious clutter. Matt Packer explains why the Legal Services Board wants your thoughts on how to clear it upA new climate for UK legal services requires new rules – and there are signs that a sea change on regulation is underway. ...
New research from the International Bar Association has revealed a demand for transnational laws in human resources. Matt Packer looks at the findings and asks what implications they could have for legal services outsourcingA good human resources (HR) function plays an integral role in the developme ...
Stark procedural differences have grown between US and European in-house legal departments. Rees Morrison of General Counsel Metrics looks at recent benchmark findings on the subject and explains the underlying trendsEuropean and US in-house legal departments differ significantly from each other on ...
Collaborative innovation is an attractive method for reaching new discoveries. However, writes patent expert Donal O’Connell, the pitfalls of joint rights ownership can undo even the best intentionsJoint innovation stems from an honourable part of the human intellect – but for those who take par ...
Intellectual Property Rights are among the most valuable assets a company owns. It is therefore imperative, writes patent expert Donal O’Connell, that data relating to those rights is treated with the respect it deservesThe term ‘data integrity’ refers to a whole or complete structure in which ...
IP agent networks stretch around the globe and through every industry sector. Donal O’Connell and Sabine Baum outline best practice for managing those networks and turning them into crucial business assets One of the most essential elements in supporting a global intellectual property (IP) po ...
For any company that puts IP security first, dealing with the risk exposures of online business can be daunting. In his guest blog, IP consultant Jeremy Phillips outlines some rules of the road for maintaining ‘netiquette’Remember when you were learning to drive? The easy bit was holding the ste ...
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Legal services outsourcing plays an important supporting role for companies seeking to standardise routine legal processes and tasks. But providers and their employees are also becoming more sophisticated in the services that they provide, as Emma Jones reports from CPA Global’s operations in Delh ...