Europe
Game-changer: Man Utd case scores landmark goal for good faith argument
A dispute over a licensing deal involving Manchester United products has provided copious best-practice lessons for brand transactions – and formally ushered a bold, moral concept into English law, ....  »
Software to crack quality code at EPO and beyond
Technology is on the rise at the European Patent Office – and principal director Ciarán McGinley is excited about the benefits it will bring to the organisation’s stakeholders, writes Matt Packer...  »
Clinical finish to patent litigation threats over UK drug trials
Planned changes to the UK Patents Act are set to protect clinical trials for innovative drugs from infringement litigation, Nick Huber discovers...  »
Unite trademark case aims to dictate Waterford Crystal’s staffing strategy
‘Geographical indication’ argument used as leverage in union bid to repatriate manufacturer’s workforce...  »
US and UK deal makes GPS technology free and open
Agreement follows global discord over UK government body’s bid to assert royalty rights...  »
Gates-backed humanitarian venture fends off domain payout demand
WIPO arbitrators extinguish attempt to wring half a million Euros from charitable UN fund dedicated to providing drugs to developing world...  »
Ericsson patent tie up eyes Long-Term Evolution of mobile industry
One party will transfer patents and the other will strategise, in major push to monetise IP across several telecom standards...  »
Australian law change puts patent attorneys in privileged class
In legal disputes in Australia, certain circumstances give rise to confidential documents being subject to production. But, in the context of IP law and patent attorney communications, those circumsta....  »
ICANN to review WhoIs system for domain registrations
Key resource for assisting the investigation of IP abuse set for an overhaul, following internal report’s claim that the current format is ‘broken’...  »
Is .xxx already a spent force for adult domains?
Content watchdog’s research shows that most online providers of risqué entertainment are still occupying the .com landscape, ignoring the specialist suffix created in 2011...  »