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Asia IP focus – Part Two: Hong Kong
This bustling Chinese territory is a haven for foreign businesses – but it also attracts risks from mainland-linked shadow companies and the trade in bogus drugs, writes Anita Leung of Jones Day...  »
Asia IP focus – Part One: China
Branding challenges and burgeoning online piracy are just two of the hurdles that overseas companies aiming to do business in China will have to overcome, writes Li Chiang Ling of Jones Day...  »
Special series: Asia IP focus
NewLegal Review editor Matt Packer introduces four expert articles from international law firm Jones Day on the challenges of protecting IP in some of Asia’s most significant markets...  »
Thailand unveils measures for ‘Year of IP Protection’
Officials signal a dramatic step change in the country’s handling of infringement, in major push to exit the US Priority Watch List...  »
Special IP centres aim to facilitate India’s distinctiveness
Planned units will drum up support for geographical indications, in push to ensure that makers of goods with regional ties yield greater benefits from their efforts...  »
Broadway bosses stuck in tangled web of Spider-Man musical lawsuit
Settlement over IP tied up in stage production threatens to collapse as parties waver on their commitment to terms...  »
Kickstarting a new IP battleground?
It has provided innovators with an exciting route for alternative finance and turned consumers into stakeholders. However, asks Matt Packer, has Kickstarter also put its users – and itself – in th....  »
Ericsson patent tie up eyes Long-Term Evolution of mobile industry
One party will transfer patents and the other will strategise, in major push to monetise IP across several telecom standards...  »
Finding the right format for IP in the media
The rejection of an IP challenge against a Big Brother rival raises questions as to whether reality TV concepts can be successfully challenged for breach of copyright, says Jo Russell...  »
Cable unveils steps to boost UK innovation
Campaign to boost public knowledge of creators’ rights will support wide-ranging policy initiatives embracing patents, trademarks and enforcement activities...  »