Manufacturing & Engineering
Cutting the cost of IP management
We need to find new ways to tackle the growing demands on IP systems, says Arnold & Porter LLP's Clive Thorne...  »
Can LSO compromise data security?
Privacy laws in the US and UK – together with closely related data protection directives – are of paramount concern to law firms that prize client confidentiality. Does LSO put data at risk?...  »
China’s new patent law will require double filing
A new patent law has changed the way a patent applicant can use double filing in China. Nick Redfearn explains the new procedures...  »
India is an economic powerhouse
India offers much more than IT processes. It is the future of a globalised business network says Bill Emmott...  »
Protect your trademarks through good times and bad
It is hard to keep up the momentum of trademark protection during difficult financial times but budget is still well spent if it targets the right IP. By Fadi El Jurdi...  »
A developing marketplace for IP transactions?
Companies will start to think more seriously about measuring return on IP, says Dean Becker, president at CAP Ocean Tomo...  »
Philips’ Ruud Peters on IP licensing and standardisation
Ruud Peters has overseen the transformation of the IP function at Dutch giant, Philips, bringing it out of the backroom and putting it commercially centre stage. He explains how to Edward Fennell...  »
Richard Tapp on Carillion's evolution
No matter how efficient or effective their processes, corporate legal models are struggling to cope with greater demands for quicker and cheaper legal output. Richard Tapp explains to Emma Jones how C....  »
Jargon Buster: What is the meaning of ‘six sigma’?
Do you speak legalese? The jargon buster series tackles the key words and phrases that confuse and bemuse the legal industry. Here’s how we define: ‘six sigma’....  »
Hanns Hallesius of Electrolux on the move from local to global
How do you expand a multi-regional business on to a global stage? Electrolux’s head of intellectual property Hanns Hallesius explains how his work supports the move from regional to international in....  »