Features
The IP marketplace in Japan, Korea, Taiwan and China is sophisticated and developing rapidly. To make the most of it, local knowledge is absolutely essential.
PatentFreedom is an online database and information exchangedesigned to help companies that are developing strategies to deal with the challenges posed by nonpractising entities.
Microsoft’s failed bid for Yahoo! is now all about what could have been. Nowhere is this more so than with regard to intellectual property.
Women have long been underrepresented at the top of the patent world. Leading women in the business share their experiences and hopes for the future.
Patent trolls have capitalised onsignificant inefficiencies in the IPmarket. It is only by understandingthis and then taking action thatindustry players can neutralise thethreat they pose
Finding the right outside patent agencies with which to work and then developing a good relationship with them is a vital job for in-house patent managers.
It is becoming increasingly clear that markets punish companies with poor intangible asset management strategies. Recent events have only served to emphasise this.
Management report
European courts often haveconflicting views on how to dealwith the legal challenges posed bykeywords, metatags and hyperlinks
The rapid evolution of the internetexemplified by the Web 2.0phenomenon brings new challenges,in particular for rights ownersstruggling to police the vastness ofthe web and cope with theexponential replication of content
Uncertainty is the name of the gamefor trademark owners in the USseeking to understand how internet affects their rights
The European Commission hasbeen at the forefront of recent rapidchanges to online music licensingin Europe
Insights
The events of recent months have shown that there is no such thing as independent intangible value. Instead, italways depends on context.
The Australian government is considering an overhaul ofpatent law following the release of a report that identifies the ease of getting protection as a barrier to innovation.
Industry insight
The Balanced Scorecard technique can help IP managers align with the broader business function, writes Alexander Butler of Thomson Reuters.
Columns
To construct the knowledge economy, you need people with the tools to do it. A lack of interdisciplinary focus inacademia and in industry means that they are few and far between.
All IP-related questions are fair game as a new columnist joins the roster of IAM regulars.
A new patent law is expected to come into force in China in 2009. The drafting process for the legislation has beencommendably transparent.
As new patterns of IP exploitation emerge, the onus is on investors and corporate decision makers to make sure they do not miss the opportunities.
