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Belgian EU presidency prioritises patents, but we've heard it all before

The Belgian government, which holds the EU presidency until the end of this year, has stated that making progress on the development of a unitary European patent system is one of its main priorities. In an interview published in Science ... View post

Joff Wild, IAM magazine | 05 Sep 2010

Man behind the Micron NPE deal has also done business with Intellectual Ventures

Joe Mullin at Corporate Counsel reports that patents formerly owned by Intellectual Ventures are currently being litigated in an East Texas court. The plaintiff in the case is an NPE called Oasis Research LLC, which was established back in ... View post

Joff Wild, IAM magazine | 02 Sep 2010

Making the case for patents by making a case against them

Using the Paul Allen litigation as a hook, a piece entitled "Software patents hurt everyone, but especially SMBs", written by PC World's Katherine Noyes, rehashes a lot of the old arguments made against software patents. It's a ... View post

Joff Wild, IAM magazine | 01 Sep 2010

Features

When hypocrisy is the least of it [premium]

A December 2009 deal that Micron Technology did with an NPE exposes issues that go to the very heart of corporate IP management. View article

BP needs authentic IP [premium]

Although BP was aware of the importance of its corporate reputation, the company's internal processes have not helped it to weather the political and regulatory storm unleashed by the Deepwater Horizon disaster. View article

Industry Focus: Industrials

This issue's featured industry data includes key patent metrics for companies in the Industrials Industry. View article

Impact of EU enlargement on trademark protection

The accession of certain West Balkan states to the European Union is expected to take place within the next few years. The enlargement of the European Union will raise problems in connection with Community trademarks - such registrations will automatically become effective in the new member states, but conflicts with existing marks may occur. View report

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