Features
Evolution and competition to propel LSO in 2012
LSO’s expansion into new legal disciplines next year will take place against the backdrop of a tougher contest for clients’ hearts and minds, says forecast...  »
IP becoming bigger influence in formulating business strategy
The commercial benefits of effective intellectual property management are increasingly being recognised, reveals CPA Global’s State of the IP Industry Survey 2011. But with budgets tight, aligning I....  »
Domains explosion fuels internet expansion
The domains population is poised to spike at the very moment that space on the internet is running short. But a massive new platform is coming to the rescue, writes Nick Huber...  »
UK-EU alignment an ‘immediate concrete benefit’ of bio-patent ruling
Last year, a biotech case over a protein patent caused a split between UK and European IP courts. Matt Packer finds out how a recent judgment has reconciled them...  »
Domain and copyright camps in conflict of IP interests
Copyright lobbyists and domains advocates have butted heads in the US. Matt Packer looks at a proposed Act that has pitted two IP communities against each other...  »
Christmas gifts from the great inventors
Many of us love it, others try to ignore it, but at this time of year there’s no escaping it. Matt Packer tracks down the parties responsible for Christmas paraphernalia...  »
Crowdsourcing legal data: are we all e-discovery agents now?
Legal professionals will always play a vital role in building up trial evidence. However, writes Matt Packer, a creature called ‘the crowd’ is starting to do this automatically – all through eve....  »
An economic powerhouse, by design
Making billions of pounds for the UK economy every year, the design industry is a hive of innovation. However, asks Nick Huber, is the IP system doing enough to help it realise the full value of that ....  »
Luck versus skill: The dicey history of board game IP
As the year’s biggest sales period for board games gets underway, Matt Packer explains how these colourful entertainments conceal decades of tinkering, toil and timely IP manoeuvres...  »
A change for the better? One year on from rule changes at the UK Patents County Court
Just 12 months after new rules were introduced in the Patents County Court, there is already compelling evidence that they have created an affordable forum for IP litigants, argues Patrick Cantrill of....  »