Manufacturing & Engineering
The ‘shore’ thing for IP management
In his latest blog, Matt Packer discovers that in intellectual property and legal services, a combination of offshore and onshore solutions will lead to the ‘right’ outcome...  »
IP’s odyssey to the Clarke side
Sir Arthur C Clarke predicted many things – but could he have foreseen that his work would one day be roped into an IP dispute? Matt Packer looks at the innovations of a legendary ideas man...  »
Are lawmakers smoking out tobacco brands?
Australia faces some imposing legal hurdles in its attempt to ban tobacco trademarks. However, as Matt Packer writes, this has not stopped other countries from thinking about extinguishing them...  »
State of the art still uncertain after UK LG-Sony settlement
Nick Reeve of Reddie & Grose LLP explains how the recent UK settlement in LG Electronics Ltd v Sony Corporation provides commercial relief, but leaves a question on confidentiality and standards u....  »
New trends in ESI: has network pride led to privacy’s fall?
Recent innovations in the networking field have raised public expectations of online privacy. Matt Packer asks whether these hopes are realistic...  »
Clock ticking on Apple bid to ban Samsung tablet in Europe
Apple lawsuit over Samsung’s rival to iPad cites three areas of infringement. But does the case really show that EU rules against software patents are not being followed?...  »
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...  »
There’s something awfully familiar about this place…
Fake handbags, garments and perfumes are so last week. Matt Packer reports that counterfeiters in China have something altogether bigger in mind: entire locations...  »
The Force of IP rights in the third dimension
A long time ago in a workshop far, far away, a rebel designer planned to make copies of Darth George’s bad guys. But the Empire struck back. Jo Russell charts the adventure…...  »
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...  »