Sector

BRIC Countries Called Out for Weak IP Protection

National Intellectual Property Leading Individuals

Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton Opens New Office

Jay Chiu Relocates His Practice To Goodwin Procter

John Yiu Has Joined Edwards Wildman Palmer

Kensaku Takase Joins Baker & McKenzie in Tokyo

DLA Piper Has Opened New Office In Seoul

Chinnawat Thongpakdee Has Joined Herbert Smith Freehills

Could Do Better

After an exciting year in 2012, IP practitioners in India share their concerns over the country’s IP infrastructure and enforcement, and share their ideas on possible solutions. Anna Zhang reports.

The Generic Challenge

Trade Secrets in a Patentable Subject Matter

While many IP practitioners in India remain oblivious to the value inherent in trade secrets, Sunita Sreedharan says the country’s legislators and courts appear to understand the significance of trade secrets as a competitive tool.

Indian IP Improvements

While the lengthy process to obtain decisions from Indian courts remains a prime challenge to protecting trademarks in the country, a roundtable of experts tell Gregory Glass that IP protection is easier now than it was in the recent past.

Cavenagh Law And Clifford Chance Have Established FLA

Background: Japan’s IP High Court

Valerie Wu Has Joined Lee & Lee As A Partner