Insights
Crunching on patent data
Corporate IP portfolios were once considered the sole domain of the legal professional, but circumstance has forced and technology has enabled greater insight and collaboration. Nestlé’s assistant ....  »
What becomes of seized counterfeits?
IP experts have urged governments and companies to re-use – rather than dump – seized counterfeit goods. Nick Huber explains how two innovative schemes are using impounded fakes to benefit society...  »
IP trio seals continental divide with patent portal
Maintaining patent quality is a perennial concern for industry and registries alike, writes Nick Huber. But the Trilateral Offices are tackling the problem by improving access to IP data...  »
Domains explosion fuels internet expansion
The domains population is poised to spike at the very moment that space on the internet is running short. But a massive new platform is coming to the rescue, writes Nick Huber...  »
Domain and copyright camps in conflict of IP interests
Copyright lobbyists and domains advocates have butted heads in the US. Matt Packer looks at a proposed Act that has pitted two IP communities against each other...  »
Crowdsourcing legal data: are we all e-discovery agents now?
Legal professionals will always play a vital role in building up trial evidence. However, writes Matt Packer, a creature called ‘the crowd’ is starting to do this automatically – all through eve....  »
An economic powerhouse, by design
Making billions of pounds for the UK economy every year, the design industry is a hive of innovation. However, asks Nick Huber, is the IP system doing enough to help it realise the full value of that ....  »
Preparing for diversity: future paths for the UK legal sector
A host of new commercial routes awaits the UK legal landscape in the wake of liberalisation, with alternative business structures opening many of them. Industry expert Jack Diggle explains the potenti....  »
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...  »