Worldwide: Copyright

The Report presents and discusses the latest IP statistics across the range of categories administered by IP Australia.

Cannabis intellectual property (IP) licensing deals can be complicated, presenting unique issues. Many companies expect the biggest hurdle to be state cannabis law compliance.

Vietnam is making notable strides in decentralization, aiming to grant greater autonomy to local government entities to streamline administrative procedures.

Many organizations perform penetration tests on their computer networks (also called ethical hacking).

The Supreme Court of California held that it is a violation of California law for businesses to request and record a credit card holder’s ZIP code in connection with credit card transactions. Under California’s Song-Beverly Credit Card Act of 1971, businesses are prohibited from requesting that cardholders supply personal identification information in connection with credit card transactions.

This paper summarizes selected developments in Internet law that occurred in 2010.

The Report presents and discusses the latest IP statistics across the range of categories administered by IP Australia.

In Microsoft Corp. v. ParTec Cluster Competence Center Gmbh, IPR2025-00318, Paper 9 (P.T.A.B. June 12, 2025), the Acting Director referred the IPR to a board panel because the petitioner...

In an appeal from an inter partes review, the Federal Circuit recently clarified that the enablement inquiry applied to prior art references in the context of an anticipation defense differs from the enablement inquiry applied when evaluating the claims of a patent

The Report presents and discusses the latest IP statistics across the range of categories administered by IP Australia.

The "io" vs "IYO" dispute offers a timely reminder that trade mark law exists to safeguard the reputation and consumer trust.

Trade mark law at its core is about who owns what, who controls what, and whether that control is being actively exercised.