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It’s one of the world’s largest food and drinks companies, with established brands across the globe, so protecting Nestlé’s IP is a big task. WIPR spoke to Thorsten Gailing, a regional IP adviser at the Swiss multinational, to find out how he does it. 1 June 2014
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Tom Duke works for the UK Intellectual Property Office in Beijing to support British companies operating in China. He talks to WIPR about his role. 1 June 2014
Patents
In just over 30 years, China’s IP infrastructure has grown from almost non-existent to a sophistication rivalling that of many other leading nations, but the country still has a reputation for being difficult, as WIPR discovers. 1 June 2014
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The secrecy surrounding the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations, particularly those over IP rights, has come under fire from freedom of information campaigners. But, as WIPR found out, not everyone believes there is a need for openness. 1 June 2014
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Aldi has successfully seen off a legal challenge from a company that accused it of passing off its hair oil product. 30 May 2014
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Mayer Brown has expanded its IP team and hired patent litigator Jamie Beaber as partner in its IP practice. 30 May 2014
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To Kill a Mockingbird author Harper Lee has reignited her trademark case against a US museum after they failed to reach a settlement. 23 May 2014
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The trade body that protects the Scotch Whisky industry has opposed more than 100 bogus trademark applications in the last year, according to its annual report. 19 May 2014
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A Danish court has upheld a decision by Europe’s highest court which ruled that goods imported into the European Union from online channels based outside EU borders can be destroyed. 19 May 2014
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The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has rejected an appeal from Samsung that alleged Apple infringed one of its patents covering an encoding method. 15 May 2014
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