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Get your assets in gear: aligning IP strategy and business strategy

Featured in IP Value 2008 - An international guide for the boardroom

Much has been written about both business strategy and IP strategy. When it comes to business strategy, there are many models, formulae and approaches that provide a framework to assist in its development and implementation. In contrast, it seems that most writing about IP strategy discusses its importance, but does not discuss its development and implementation. In fact, most writing seems to treat IP strategy and business strategy as two separate concepts, when in fact they are two sides of the same coin.

29 January 2008

Analysing the impact of the Supreme Court’s eBay decision

Featured in IP Value 2008 - An international guide for the boardroom

It has been more than a year since the Supreme Court issued its opinion in MercExchange v eBay. In that opinion, the court overturned the Federal Circuit’s ruling that once infringement is found in a patent case, the general rule is “that courts will issue permanent injunctions against patent infringement absent exceptional circumstances”.

29 January 2008

Contributing firm directory

Featured in IP Value 2008 - An international guide for the boardroom

Contributing firm directory

29 January 2008

Recent developments in intellectual property

Featured in IP Value 2008 - An international guide for the boardroom

This chapter looks at the major IP developments in China and Hong Kong over the past year.

29 January 2008

Protecting well-known and famous marks: a global perspective

Featured in IP Value 2008 - An international guide for the boardroom

What are famous trademarks and why are they entitled to more protection than standard trademarks? How do international treaties extend protection for famous trademarks? How do local laws extend protection for famous trademarks? What are the limitations of these treaties and laws? Are there steps that companies with famous marks should take to secure protection?

29 January 2008

Don’t get your wires crossed: common pitfalls in licence agreements

Featured in IP Value 2008 - An international guide for the boardroom

As more companies introduce inspection programmes and thus need to perform royalty investigations of their licensees, misreported royalties continue to be found on a regular basis. The reasons for these misreported royalties are numerous and fall into four broad categories

29 January 2008

Intangible assets: recognising and exploiting their value

Featured in IP Value 2008 - An international guide for the boardroom

As economies have evolved over time, so have businesses evolved from being physically intensive to relying more on intangible assets. The purpose of this chapter is to provide an overview of the valuation of intangible assets and to provide evidence of intangible asset value.

29 January 2008

A right to original expression: the role of copyright law in modern industry

Featured in IP Value 2008 - An international guide for the boardroom

Copyright law has a significant role to play in industry today, having developed from a legal concept to one which affects nearly every area of business.

29 January 2008

The ever-expanding extraterritorial reach of patents

Featured in IP Value 2008 - An international guide for the boardroom

For the most part, patent litigation is a domestic issue. Although today there is much talk of international patent litigation, in practice the international aspect is often confined to organising litigation in various countries.

29 January 2008

Supplementary protection certificates: extending protection for medicinal and plant products

Featured in IP Value 2008 - An international guide for the boardroom

As a result of Romania’s accession to the European Union on January 1 2007, new regulations on the protection of industrial property came into force.

29 January 2008

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