Insights
Recent court decisions have forcedJapanese companies to look closely athow they reward employees whoseinventions lead to successful products.Businesses in other parts of the worldwould be well advised to do the same.
Trademark and copyright owners will not be successfulin fighting counterfeiting and piracy merely by talking togovernments and enforcement authorities. They also needto engage with the public. But, when they do, they haveto be careful
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Extensive IP due diligence is anecessity, not an expensive luxury,when considering whether to invest ina company. The trick is to know whatyou should be looking for
The term patent trolling is frequentlyused pejoratively by IP owners thatinvest heavily in R&D to create theirrights. But what, in fact, are IPasserters doing wrong?
The biotechnology and agriculturesectors in Canada have welcomeda recent decision that will make iteasier to obtain patents on themodified genes and cells of plantsand animals in vivo and to enforcepatent rights in whole plants andanimals
If intellectual properties are seenas the jewels of the knowledgeeconomy, should IP managersbehave like jewellers?
Features
The due diligence process is a notoriously time-consuming and frustratingprocess but a necessary one for any company undertaking a transaction,whether fund raising, an acquisition or an IPO. By Morag Macdonald andNicola Maguire
An organisation has been launched that aims to redress what its founderbelieves is a one-way argument about intellectual property rights in Europe.Those with an anti-IP agenda are doing all the running, he claims, andEuropean companies will suffer as a result. By Isla Grant
Patent marketing is an increasingly powerful commercial tool that is used bycompanies working in a variety of economic sectors. By Rolf Rings
Not every company is in a position to practise classical carrot and stick stylelicensing. But that does not mean that licensing is not an option for everybusiness, regardless of the intangible assets it owns. By Lesley Craig, Esq andDr Lindsay Moore
