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TODAY IS WORLD IP DAY

Posted by Radiance Walters on April 26, 2012

World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Director General Francis Gurry said the day “is an opportunity to celebrate the contribution that intellectual property makes to innovation and cultural creation – and the immense good that these two social phenomena bring to the world.” WIPO posted a number of suggestions for celebrating World IP Day. This year’s theme is “visionary innovators – people whose innovations transform our lives.”

What are you doing to celebrate World IP Day?

Keeping pace with social media in the workplace

Posted by Debbie Rosenbaum on October 14, 2011

By Kate Hodgkiss, Adam Hartley and Vinita Arora

The use of social media is now common place the corporate world, but are organisations protecting themselves by ensuring the relevant policies and procedures are in place?

Social media connects millions of people across the world every day and has become an important way for people to communicate. It is now an integral part of the way we live and increasingly affects the way we work and do business.

French CASTEL (卡斯代尔) Company Frozen out of China?

Posted by Edward Chatterton on September 29, 2011

A recent decision of the Wenzhou Intermediate People's Court in China should put Western brand owners on their guard when being sued in China. It also provides yet another reminder of the importance to Western brand owners of filing first in China.