Regulatory & Compliance
Maintaining attorney-client privilege
A recent US decision helps clarify the scope of the attorney-client privilege as it applies to emails and drafts of SEC filings, writes Andrew Merken...  »
State of the UK legal industry: the in-house view
Legal Strategy Review has conducted research among UK-based corporate legal departments to find the real issues facing the legal sector this year. Hit hard by the recession, under pressure to cap fees....  »
Getting tough on antitrust – the EU position
In the wake of the European Commission report, Gareth Williams, Partner at Marks & Clerk LLP, presents an overview of the antitrust issue in the EU pharmaceutical industry....  »
Getting tough on antitrust – the US perspective
Patents play an important role in the pharmaceutical industry, due in particular to their ability to preserve a measure of market exclusivity. Patent enforcement is therefore often a critical part o....  »
Federal Court backs USPTO rule change
A decision by the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) in the case of Tafas v Doll, relating to crucial patent filing rules, has surprised the innovation community....  »
IP group concerned over new patent reform bid
Efforts by US Congress to restart a bid for widespread patent reform have drawn concern from some of America's biggest corporations....  »
Data summit to air legal outsourcing concerns
Security issues key to legal outsourcing will be discussed next month at a wide-ranging conference in India. As western businesses turn to offshore service providers in increasing numbers, Indian tr....  »
USPTO strengthens global patent ties
Aiming to raise efficiency and ease backlogs in the global patent space, the USPTO has struck a landmark agreement with IP Australia (IPAU)....  »
Patent Office To Get Funding Boost Under Bush's Budget Proposal
President Bush's budget proposal for 2009 could see an additional $159 million, or equivalent to an 8% budget increase being handed to the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)....  »
UK piracy site shut down by FACT
TV Links, a video pirate website which listed a directory of copyrighted material from YouTube and other sites has been shut down. This if the first time an online directory has been shut down in c....  »