Everyone thought that this was just another small-time China company stepping over the trade mark line and using Pepsi’s extremely well known ‘Blue Storm’ mark in China. Everyone was wrong –...

If you haven’t seen it, check out the recent blogpost at Seth Godin’s blog — ‘Trade Show Tactics’. They used 600 bright orange t-shirts, an offer of free Squidoo ads and...

It’s a common complaint — ok, so why should we bother obtaining that patent / trade mark / design / etc when we will not be able to enforce if a...

So, we have one enormous company suing another over alleged copyright breaches — big deal — right? Well kind of. Everyone is so interested in this case because it’s at the...

In the latest round of the fight in India over Glivec, Novartis challenges rejection of its Glivec crytalline form patent by the Indian Patent Office on two grounds. (1) the patent...

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Great to have your attention — thanks for reading this first post. The discussion on this blog is about Global Intellectual Property Strategy — each post will add an IP Strategy...

Take home Earlier today (23 May 2007), a unanimous Australian High Court handed down the long-awaited decision in the Lockwood v Doric patent dispute. For those who aren’t patent lawyers –...

On 30 April 2007, the US Supreme Court handed down its long awaited decision in Microsoft v AT&T. It’s usually safe to assume that because IP rights must be granted by...

On 30 April 2007, the US Supreme Court handed down its long awaited (and unanimous) decision in KSR v Teleflex. Lawyers love bullet point tests that they can apply when advising...