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UK names its IP attaché to Southeast Asia
Business veteran Tan Shin Yuan will bring IP management expertise to region tipped to be fourth-largest global market by 2030...  »
US and UK deal makes GPS technology free and open
Agreement follows global discord over UK government body’s bid to assert royalty rights...  »
What becomes of bankrupt brands?
Following the failures of two more big high-street brands in the UK, Matt Packer examines how the trademark assets of collapsed companies can be sustained towards fruitful afterlives...  »
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....  »
Cable unveils steps to boost UK innovation
Campaign to boost public knowledge of creators’ rights will support wide-ranging policy initiatives embracing patents, trademarks and enforcement activities...  »
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...  »
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’...  »
Change of pace
China is filing patents at an exceptional rate, but this creates difficulties as well as opportunities. Silvia Marchetti finds out how Yaochun Jiang, general manager and founding partner of Guangdong ....  »
TV venture ‘taking enormous risk’ by flouting trademark ruling, says law firm
Lord Sugar-helmed project YouView sued for carrying on with branding plans, despite trademark defeat...  »
MPs call upon UK-IPO to become champion of rights
All-Parliamentary IP Group’s report says UK registration authority has been too concerned with process and must have a more substantial influence on policy matters...  »