Trademarks
Somewhere over the rainbow there's no public domain
Warner Brothers aims to scare trademark travellers off the Yellow Brick Road...  »
Facebook flotation filing highlights IP risks as significant threat
Social network’s application to go public reveals insights into the IP challenges faced by large technology companies...  »
Now That’s What I Call A Trademark Dispute
Cease-and-desist action lays blame on cult punk act for imitating EMI compilation albums...  »
What becomes of seized counterfeits?
IP experts have urged governments and companies to re-use – rather than dump – seized counterfeit goods. Nick Huber explains how two innovative schemes are using impounded fakes to benefit society...  »
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...  »
EU Court stuns brand owners over fakes as watchdog issues Christmas warning
Court of Justice rules that fakes can continue to travel through EU – meanwhile, UK Border Agency highlights festive escalation of counterfeit sales...  »
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...  »
Crowdsourcing legal data: are we all e-discovery agents now?
Legal professionals will always play a vital role in building up trial evidence. However, writes Matt Packer, a creature called ‘the crowd’ is starting to do this automatically – all through eve....  »
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...  »