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How to bust the adbusters?
A recent online protest has shown that adbusting is a particularly challenging form of brand abuse. NewLegal Review examines its damaging effects...  »
Patent pugilism: historic squabbles over standards and status
History is peppered with rivalries between inventors, but the best ones are those that decide the future of entire infrastructures. Matt Packer charts the stories behind those momentous struggles...  »
The crusading world of the amateur lawyer
Their lives are like movies waiting to happen… and one of them did! Matt Packer introduces you to some famous – and infamous – legal eagles who acted on intuition, not training...  »
EPO applications defy economic slump with record-breaking 2011
Strong figures on European patent filing defy global economic conditions, as EPO creates team to fine tune its policies for working with emerging markets...  »
Major WIPO report details surge in innovation industry
Organisation’s first World IP Report takes 40-year, panoramic view of an IP economy that is outpacing global GDP and driving change in poorer countries...  »
New UK-IPO probe to cut through patent thickets
Economic effects of rights clusters to be the focus of special investigation with a report scheduled for the autumn...  »
Be sure to hit the IP Rights target in mergers and acquisitions
McDermot Will & Emery’s Carey C Jordan picks out the top five IP traps in M&A transactions...  »
Peering over examiner’s shoulder encouraged in patent project
A new online scheme allowing members of the public to comment on patent applications aims to raise IP quality in the UK and yield economic benefits, writes Matt Packer...  »
The great IP debate: giving generously or giving up?
Three major UK universities have joined forces in a scheme to give away their intangible assets to industry. Matt Packer reports from a recent debate on the plan...  »
Jointly owned IP: ‘a risky proposition’
In his new blog, Donal O'Connell casts a critical eye over jointly owned IP and suggests some alternative strategies...  »