International In-house Counsel Journal

Dealing with Collection Societies

Copyright questions are daily bread and butter routine for many in-house counsels. Regardless of whether the field of business of a company is related to copyright and media or not,...Read more

Johannes Ulbricht

In-House Counsel, Exit Games Gmbh, Germany

How Much Value is Your Company Losing? Implementing Effective Intellectual Property Management

Increasingly most of the value of a company today can be attributed to its intellectual property and other intangible assets. Without effective management of these assets, including governance committees, intellectual...Read more

Gunnar Wieboldt

General Counsel & VP of Corporate Development, Wearality Corporation, USA

Trademarks in Mergers and Acquisitions

In many cases, when a company or business is acquired or where there is a merger of companies, the trade mark portfolio of the target company is ignored as unimportant....Read more

Su-Lin Ang

Head of Legal, Intellectual Property, Group Legal Department, Standard Chartered Bank, Singapore

Patent Demand - A Simple Path to Patent Reform

The patent system in the United States was intended to help promote the useful arts by providing inventors of new technologies the time-limited right to exclude others from the market in exchange...Read more

Tim Wilson

Senior IP Counsel, SAS Institute Inc., USA

'Virtual Infringement' - Is it real? How to deal with IP infringement in Virtual Worlds

Participating in virtual worlds (‘VWs’) is big entertainment and big business. Given the enormous and diverse participation in these computer generated environments, VWs offer an exciting new channel for intellectual...Read more

Karen Hallenstein

Supervising Counsel, Intellectual Property, Telstra Corporation Limited, Australia

Jane Perrier

General Counsel for Intellectual Property, Telstra Corporation Limited, Australia

Intellectual Public Property - Keeping the Fences Up at a Major Event

Fashion houses and other consumer brands in the front line of trade mark infringement continually open war chests in the name of enforcement to protect their brands and their bottom...Read more

Lucas Robertson

General Counsel, Victoria Racing Club, Australia

The differences in the Intellectual Property needs of Companies Highlighted

Managing the intellectual properties of a well established company with budget approvals always relatively easily secured, created visions of a smooth ride into distant retirement. Not that our employer was...Read more

David Broodryk

Manager: Intellectual Properties Services, M & I Group, South Africa

Unintended Negative Consequences of Joint Ownership of a Patent

When one entity is a joint owner of a patent or pending patent application with another entity, there are many potential negative ramifications as to licensing, ability to enforce a...Read more

Rodney Sparks

Senior Biotechnology Patent Counsel, University of Virginia Licensing & Ventures Group, USA

Protecting Your Assets: L'oreal v. Bellure

In what may be the most significant case for brands and trade marks in the last five years, the Court of Justice of the European Communities (ECJ) issued a decision...Read more

Evie Kyriakides

Chief Data Protection & Privacy Officer- AGC Digital Governance, Privacy & Security, Mars, Incorporated, UK

Navigating Through the IP Landscape Within US Intercollegiate Athletics

This Article touches upon certain efforts to protect and utilize select intellectual property rights within US intercollegiate athletics, and specifically, by the main governing body thereof – the National Collegiate...Read more

Jay Rossello

Director of Legal Affairs, National Collegiate Athletic Association One Ncaa Plaza, USA

Practical Advice for Managing Patent: Litigation for the Small Legal Department Practitioner

In-house counsel for small and medium sized companies often must manage a broad spectrum of transactional, corporate governance, regulatory and litigation responsibilities. While the variety and scope of these responsibilities...Read more

Dan Anixt

President, Turnbull Counsulting LLC, USA

Open Telecom Standardization - How to work with patents - From patent prosecutors to intellectual asset strategists

The way the telecom industry works and has worked with patents traditionally is through open standards. An open standard is characterized in that it is open for anyone (i.e. any...Read more

Christian Arkelius

European Patent Attorney, Ericsson, Sweden

Patent Reform: How do we cross the finish line?

Over the last several years, widespread abuse of patent litigation has imposed a severe tax on domestic and international companies. A disproportionate amount of this tax is born by high...Read more

Jeremiah Chan

Legal Director, Google Inc., USA

Matt Fawcett

Senior Vice President General Counsel and Secretary, Network Appliance Inc, USA

Functions of a Trademark- a way of seeing life?

In certain situations, the trademark owner cannot base a claim against an infringer on the fact that the essential function of the trademark has been impaired. There are situations as...Read more

Nina Barzey

CEO and Lawyer in Bsmart Legal, Bsmart Legal, Sweden

Asian Corporate IP Strategies and Management in the 21st Century: Challenges and Opportunities for the Chief Legal Officer

A new IP era is dawning throughout Asia. Therefore, addressing and managing intellectual property (IP) matters with and in Asian companies will become a greater challenge for General Counsels in...Read more

Dick Thurston

Senior Vice President & General Counsel (retired), Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company,., Taiwan

Standards & Patents: The Increased Interplay Between the Two

The interplay between standards and patents has increased over the last few years. Standards development organizations (SDOs) are continuing to promulgate new common specifications. Patent owners are trying to develop...Read more

Jim Harlan

Senior Attorney, Research In Motion, USA

Hope Shimabuku

Legal Counsel, Research In Motion, USA

Intellectual Property Audit for Information Technology Service Companies

The exploitation and evaluation of Intellectual Property (IP) in the knowledge economy is one of the greatest challenges facing IT service businesses today. It takes more than just to generate...Read more

Pinaki Ghosh

Head - IP Cell, Infosys Technologies Limited, India

Open Innovation Collaborations: Practical Guidance for In-House Patent Attorneys

Professor Henry Chesbrough first coined the term “Open Innovation” in 2003, describing Open Innovation (OI) as “a paradigm that assumes that firms can and should use external ideas as well...Read more

Matt Goodwin

General Counsel, Intellectual Property, Unilever, UK

Rimma Mitelman

Associate General Counsel, Lead IP Technology Agreements, Unilever, USA

An In-house Counsel Perspective to Managing Intellectual Property

An In-house Counsel Perspective to Managing Intellectual Property

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