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E-retailing behemoth Amazon is well known for filing funky, if somewhat controversial patents: in 1999 it was granted a patent for “one-click” purchases which became the subject of much litigation and opposition. The patent survived these challeng...

Following extensive discussions with representatives from the industry, the IPO has publicly endorsed Intellectual Property Insurance and provided a helpful guide to the cover on its website.

Trademarks have a venerable history that reaches back far further than that of patents or copyrights; indeed, marks used to distinguish goods have been around for pretty much as long as tradeable goods themselves have.

The real art of modern advertising is to conceal your pecuniary intentions amidst a beguiling story, preferably one with only the most specious lin...

There is one thing that can be relied upon to persist throughout the years that is unfailing, constant and pervasive – human stupidity. You might think that in a field as technical and challenging as patent law there would be little sign of the ph...

Here at CFC, we’ve been buffing up our crystal ball, consulting our prophetic octopuses and staring fearlessly into the doleful eyes of Father Time to predict what the year ahead will bring for IP.

Lex Machina was very quick off the block in releasing their patent litigation statistics for 2015. They reported an overall rise of 15% in the number of litigations from 2014 (5,070 to 5,830) making 2015 the second busiest year for patent litigati...