Litigation
Managing the increase in domain name disputes
Yes, domain name disputes are on the rise but a way to resolve them is already in place, says Alistair Payne....  »
IP lessons from Absolut Vodka
How Lars Olsson Smith created a vodka that now ranks as the third biggest brand of spirit on earth...  »
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...  »
Continuation-in-part: an alternative method for protecting US innovations
US patent law prohibits adding new material to a patent application, says Stephen Albainy-Jenei. But the introduction of the continuation-in-part (CIP) patent application could help inventors to prote....  »
The five top trends in IP management for 2010
Business needs will drive efficiencies in national and international patent systems, says CIPA President, Alasdair Poore...  »
Trademark practices are in a state of flux
Of the major trends facing trademark owners at present, the issues raised by the wide-scale adoption of the internet remain at the top, with anti-counterfeiting investment a close second, says INTA'....  »
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...  »
Pharma in European Commission probe
The European Commission opened a pharmaceutical sector inquiry in January 2008 following concerns that pharmaceutical companies were using the patent system in a market-distorting and unjustified way.....  »
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...  »
Why do banks get into so many trademark tussles?
As the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) learned when it expanded its empire in the US in 2008, trademark disputes can be a fact of life for US banks says David H Herrington...  »