Regulatory & Compliance
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....  »
White House keeps heat on Bill clause
HR 1908 – also known as the US Patent Reform Bill – passed a full House of Representatives vote on 7 September, maintaining its impressive pace through the legislature....  »
Third time lucky for China TM reform
China is exploring possible amendments and revisions to its Trademark Law for the third time since 1983, in a bid to reduce cycles of trademark registration and rights vindication....  »
JPO aims to tidy its license registry
It emerged over the weekend that the Japan Patent Office (JPO) is preparing to sharpen up its service by improving its system of registering license agreements....  »
US seeks panel over China IP
Despite reports indicating an upsurge of patent filing in North East Asia, the United States trade department is continuing to urge China to comply with IP best-practice....  »
EC redesigns key IP laws
Aiming to meet terms set out in the Geneva Act of The Hague Agreement on the international registration of industrial designs, the European Commission has amended two Regulations concerned with regi....  »
Massive counterfeit ring smashed
It was announced on 24 July that pirated Microsoft and Symantec software–estimated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to be worth approximately $500 million–has been seized in a raid i....  »
US bill looks unstoppable yet worries persist
The US Patent Reform Bill’s juggernaut progress through the legislature has shown no sign of slowing, with developments in the House and Senate adding extra grease to its wheels....  »
Philippines IP police net billions
The National Committee for Intellectual Property Rights (NCIPR) in Philippines has announced that its member agencies have confiscated nearly four billion Pesos (approx. £42million) worth of count....  »