Manufacturing & Engineering
10 ways to manage and evaluate your IP
Check out the ten general principles for the effective management and valuation of IP...  »
Building a tax strategy for IP owners
Company shareholders are not the only ones to have sat up and taken notice of the value of intangible assets, says PricewaterhouseCoopers' Axel Smits ...  »
Bilski patent hearing considers life in general
The limits of patentability took centre stage in Bilski v Kappos at the US Supreme Court on Monday. As the crucial business methods case took representations from each side...  »
INTA chief Richard Heath on counterfeiting, IP policy and e-commerce
INTA's president-elect, Richard Heath, outlines his plans for the organisation to Emma Jones ...  »
The Patents Act 1977: Understanding ‘outstanding benefit’
When does an employee’s contribution to a patented invention become worthy of additional compensation?...  »
The State of the IP Industry 2009
A growing awareness of the importance of intangible assets has led to unprecedented growth in the intellectual property (IP) sector over the past two decades but where is the IP industry going now?...  »
Biopiracy: ‘We must protect the IP of indigenous communities’
The IP of indigenous communities has been subject to infringement by developed countries for time immemorial. Now is the time to crack down on biopiracy and the unlawful use of ‘traditional knowledg....  »
State of the UK legal industry: the in-house view
Legal Strategy Review has conducted research among UK-based corporate legal departments to find the real issues facing the legal sector this year. Hit hard by the recession, under pressure to cap fees....  »
Patent payout will advertise IP to China
A patent suit in which French company Schneider Electric has agreed to pay substantial damages to a Chinese rival will spread awareness of the importance of intellectual property (IP) throughout China....  »
Hot Property
Insurers have traditionally steered clear of the risky business of protecting intangible assets. But not any more, says SAMiAN's Sam Bobo....  »