A deep dive into the Supreme People’s Court’s multi-factor analysis in IWNCOMM v Apple illustrates that the decision of whether to grant injunctive relief involves a nuanced grasp of the different factors at issue and how they interact.
Licence is a big breakthrough in the multimedia space for the Finnish company
In an exclusive interview with Tim Pohlmann, Kasim Alfalahi offers his take on how to navigate the world of SEP licensing, Avanci’s 5G vehicle programme and striking the right balance between the interests of licensors and licensees.
Against a backdrop of increasing awareness of the value of intellectual property and a modern framework for protecting trademarks and service marks in Jamaica, local and foreign proprietors are drawing the battle lines to preserve their key trademark assets.
29 January 2008
On September 19 2005 the new IP Code introduced new procedural rules for IP disputes. In particular, the new code provided that the existing rules for corporate disputes, set out in Law 5/2003, would also apply to IP disputes.
29 January 2008
The corporate best practice of assigning all-round responsibility for maximising shareholder value from investment in intellectual property to a single senior executive has gained substantial momentum since the start of the new millennium.
29 January 2008
Since the publication of IP Value 2007 the South African IP field has been active and there have been numerous new developments, regarding both legislation and case law.
29 January 2008
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
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
29 January 2008
This chapter looks at the major IP developments in China and Hong Kong over the past year.
29 January 2008
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
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
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