Apr 24, 2026
Published As World Intellectual Property Day approaches on 26 April 2026, we asked our Editorial Board for their thoughts on this year’s theme: IP and Sports: Ready, Set, Innovate. Providing unique insight from their respective jurisdictions, our Editorial Board...
Apr 24, 2026
Published For trademark practitioners, the operational demands of modern brand protection are outgrowing the workflows most firms and corporate legal departments built even five years ago. The volume issue is not abstract. Watch reports run into the thousands....
Apr 15, 2026
Published Europe is strong in innovation and ideas, but the underuse of intellectual property (IP) as a basis for financing widens the gap with other global economies. Financial and market constraints push many innovative firms to relocate outside the EU. Stronger IP...
Apr 9, 2026
Published Ambush marketing—when a brand attempts to associate itself with an event without paying to become an official sponsor—might seem like a clever strategy to capitalize on collective fanfare, signal brand alignment, and gain coveted exposure, without paying the...
Apr 2, 2026
Published For much of trademark history, protecting a brand followed a relatively predictable path. Choose a name. Clear it. File an application. Register the mark. And maybe you get that website you always wanted. That model worked reasonably well in a world where...
Mar 26, 2026
Published Should the UK government legislate to protect “personality rights”? It’s a question that has vexed parliamentarians, famous people, and members of the public caught in the cross-hairs of the public eye for years. One of the conclusions in...
