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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...  »
Change of pace
China is filing patents at an exceptional rate, but this creates difficulties as well as opportunities. Silvia Marchetti finds out how Yaochun Jiang, general manager and founding partner of Guangdong ....  »
Star Wars studio makes Jedi move over patent sale
Blockbuster factory takes evasive manoeuvres to avoid infringement proceedings in wake of special effects company’s IP auction...  »
Fuel for thought
As technologies develop for the next generation of vehicles, Jo Russell meets Yuichiro Kawamura, general manager of Honda’s intellectual property division, to find out how patents could help decide....  »
US and Mexican enforcers team up in Christmas blitz on fakes
Bilateral customs effort aims to put bogus goods on ICE over the holiday season...  »
Rolling out the red carpet for IP
For some celebrities, getting their names on patent documents and domain registrations is as important as hitting the headlines, writes Matt Packer...  »
Cease-and-desist letter forces ad agency to retreat from Hollywood hills
Trademark trouble ensures that company’s promo art for its new business outlet will never eat lunch in that town again...  »
MPs call upon UK-IPO to become champion of rights
All-Parliamentary IP Group’s report says UK registration authority has been too concerned with process and must have a more substantial influence on policy matters...  »
Is the UK poised to opt out of global competitiveness?
Government proposals to introduce an opt-out system for class-action lawsuits in competition law have polarised stakeholders, writes Jermaine Haughton...  »
Time for a UK redesign of key IP laws?
Professionals in the British design industry have had their say on the legal system that is meant to protect their output – and have found it wanting. Matt Packer investigates the problems, and une....  »