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Patent by numbers

7-Jan-2013 | By Sam Chadderton

A single patent court system for Europe and the high-profile ‘phone wars’ are putting IP at the heart of clients’ business strategies

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12-Mar-2012

New EU rules and lawyers’ increased comfort with digital formats are sparking a sea-change in the way law firms manage their documents

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Faulty powers

2 January 2012

Fighting online piracy has been a hot issue for several years. Do we need a new Copyright Act? Four leading in-house lawyers have their say

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Profession blows hot and cold over plan for digital copyright exchange

22-May-2011 | By Joshua Freedman

Proposals to introduce a digital copyright exchange may be wishful thinking and could create a two-tier ­system of IP protection, according to sector experts.

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Unified vision

3 January 2011

The fate of the recent Johnson & Johnson contact lens action shows why the pace of movement towards a centralised EU patent system is quickening, says Douglas Campbell