IP Management
Back to Basics: CIP Forum 2007
The CIP forum 2007 united business leaders from around the world to discuss the trends and challenges pushing our shift towards an intellectualised economy...  »
The IP Guide to...Brazil
As one of the founding members of the Paris Convention in 1884, Brazil possesses some of the most developed IP laws in Latin America. Attilio Gorini and Rodrigo Borge Carneiro, partners at Dannemann ....  »
Korean and Portuguese now official WIPO languages
The World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) has selected Korean and Portuguese as official languages....  »
US calls for head of WIPO to answer allegations or resign
The United States has called for the head of the WIPO to publicly answer allegations of dishonest conduct or to see him resign....  »
Swansea intellectual property expert to lead UN project
A Welsh project on IP protection has been so successful that the United Nations has invited Andrew Beale, the man behind the project to help them advise small businesses across the world....  »
USPTO and UKIPO building a highway
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and the United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) announced that they are now accepting applications in a pilot project designed to fa....  »
OIC hails WIPO development trend
Underlining its commitment to development, the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) held a ‘retreat’ for Geneva-based representatives of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OI....  »
Chaplin copyright no laughing matter
The Tokyo District Court has ruled that the late film icon Charlie Chaplin still holds the copyright to his work until 2015. Two Tokyo-based DVD producers found guilty this week of violating the rig....  »
WIPO gives life to IP debate
The World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) has announced that it will hold two symposia on IP and life sciences at its Geneva headquarters, starting on 4 September....  »
Asian filing stats show promise
A 4.7% hike in worldwide patent filing, spurred on by the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT), has been stimulated by increased activity in Asia....  »