Patents
IP becoming bigger influence in formulating business strategy
The commercial benefits of effective intellectual property management are increasingly being recognised, reveals CPA Global’s State of the IP Industry Survey 2011. But with budgets tight, aligning I....  »
Patent filings reach ‘historically unprecedented levels’, says WIPO report
Global IP body hails resurgence of patent applications as evidence that fall of 2009 was a blip in an upward trend...  »
UK-EU alignment an ‘immediate concrete benefit’ of bio-patent ruling
Last year, a biotech case over a protein patent caused a split between UK and European IP courts. Matt Packer finds out how a recent judgment has reconciled them...  »
Christmas gifts from the great inventors
Many of us love it, others try to ignore it, but at this time of year there’s no escaping it. Matt Packer tracks down the parties responsible for Christmas paraphernalia...  »
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 ....  »
Deal to translate patents into economic success
IP registries of Europe and China strike landmark agreement on automated translation of patent data...  »
Luck versus skill: The dicey history of board game IP
As the year’s biggest sales period for board games gets underway, Matt Packer explains how these colourful entertainments conceal decades of tinkering, toil and timely IP manoeuvres...  »
Giant iPhones take over USPTO headquarters for Steve Jobs tribute
Late Apple founder and home-technology pioneer honoured for innovations and enterprise in themed memorial...  »
PCC adds affordable claims facility to spur growth in UK enterprises
Following two official recommendations in as many years the UK Patents County Court is to hear small-claims IP cases, providing growing companies with respite from High Court costs...  »
Major WIPO report details surge in innovation industry
Organisation’s first World IP Report takes 40-year, panoramic view of an IP economy that is outpacing global GDP and driving change in poorer countries...  »