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    • Saturday, 30 July, 2022
      FT Magazine
      When Hitler stole a cookbook

      It’s not just million-dollar paintings. The race is on to track down the everyday objects that are looted in war

    • Tuesday, 19 July, 2022
      Manolo Blahnik
      Manolo Blahnik wins 22-year legal fight over China trademark

      Ruling will enable luxury British shoemaker to sell in country directly for first time

    • Tuesday, 5 July, 2022
      CureVac GmbH
      CureVac sues BioNTech over mRNA patents

      Pharma group seeks compensation from Covid vaccine maker for alleged IP infringements

    • Sunday, 3 July, 2022
      UK business & economy
      UK moves closer to US-style class actions 

      Landmark case signals shift for consumers towards mass lawsuits over antitrust breaches 

    • Thursday, 16 June, 2022
      Special Report
      Europe’s Leading Patent Law Firms

      The top firms for 2022 revealed. Plus: Russia’s patents grab; China flexes muscle across borders; nations urged to waive vaccine IP; green patents slow despite net zero goals; and the artificial intelligence debate

    • Thursday, 16 June, 2022
      Special ReportEurope’s Leading Patent Law Firms
      Green patents slow as net zero deadlines edge closer

      Intellectual property offices globally are exploring how they can help the development of low-carbon technologies

    • Thursday, 16 June, 2022
      Special ReportEurope’s Leading Patent Law Firms
      Inability to patent AI creations could hit business investment

      Companies could be incentivised to keep inventions as trade secrets

    • Thursday, 16 June, 2022
      Special ReportEurope’s Leading Patent Law Firms
      Chinese courts flex intellectual property muscle across borders

      Anti-suit injunctions in telecom cases reflect growing assertiveness by rising superpower

    • Thursday, 16 June, 2022
      Special ReportEurope’s Leading Patent Law Firms
      Magic Circle firms poach IP lawyers from US peers

      Partners offered above-the-odds pay and multiyear salary guarantees

    • Thursday, 16 June, 2022
      Special ReportEurope’s Leading Patent Law Firms
      Nations urged to waive vaccine patents while drugmakers say rules are fair

      Only 1 per cent of the 10bn jabs delivered so far have been in low-income countries

    • Thursday, 16 June, 2022
      Special ReportEurope’s Leading Patent Law Firms
      Russian patents grab deemed ‘act of war’

      Some lawyers also fear trademarks, copyright and even physical property could be next

    • Thursday, 16 June, 2022
      Special ReportEurope’s Leading Patent Law Firms
      Europe’s Leading Patent Law Firms 2022

      Clients and peers feed into research to create the latest listing of the continent’s top intellectual property firms

    • Thursday, 16 June, 2022
      Special ReportEurope’s Leading Patent Law Firms
      Ukraine medicine IP waiver becomes ‘matter of life or death’

      Lawyer Olga Gurgula drafted a law to enable the local production of generic drugs for civilians and the military

    • Thursday, 16 June, 2022
      Special ReportEurope’s Leading Patent Law Firms
      Could ‘testimonial discrepancies’ prove a powerful strategy for litigators?

      Palantir dispute playing out in German courts opens the door to using US evidence in European cases

    • Thursday, 16 June, 2022
      Special ReportEurope’s Leading Patent Law Firms
      How Waco became a patent litigation hotspot

      One judge is taking heat for making the central Texas town so popular with plaintiffs

    • Friday, 20 May, 2022
      Media
      Japanese studios fight back against pirates uploading 10-minute ‘fast movies’

      Companies claim copyright on condensed film versions that are popular with young viewers

    • Friday, 6 May, 2022
      Impossible Foods Inc
      Plant-based meat groups in court battle over taste of their products

      Impossible Foods claims rival Motif has infringed its patent on a product that uses an iron-containing molecule

    • Monday, 18 April, 2022
      The FT ViewThe editorial board
      America is struggling to counter China’s intellectual property theft

      US should avoid racial profiling and raise law enforcement’s tech knowhow

    • Wednesday, 13 April, 2022
      EU trade
      EU seeks protected status for goods such as Donegal tweed and Limoges porcelain

      Initiative aimed at boosting jobs and weeding out cheap competition

    • Monday, 4 April, 2022
      Tech Tonic podcast31 min listen
      US-China Tech Race: Spies & Lies (Part Two)

      Is China’s rapid advancement in technology driven by theft of US trade secrets?

    • Sunday, 3 April, 2022
      FT News Briefing podcast32 min listen
      US-China Tech Race: Spies & Lies (Part One)

      What brought the FBI to arrest a Chinese-American scientist in the middle of the night?

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      US-China Tech Race: Spies & Lies (Part One)

      What brought the FBI to arrest a Chinese-American scientist in the middle of the night?

    • Friday, 18 February, 2022
      EU trade
      EU accuses China of ‘power grab’ over smartphone tech licensing

      Legal challenge at WTO alleges patent infringements are costing European manufacturers billions of euros

    • Wednesday, 16 February, 2022
      Trade SecretsAlan Beattie
      A Covid vaccine breakthrough bypasses the stale debate on patent waivers

      Fractious World Trade Organization talks on overriding intellectual property rights look increasingly irrelevant

    • Tuesday, 8 February, 2022
      Apply for FT ranking: Europe’s leading patent law firms 2022

      Clients and peers to recommend firms and rate them for specialist expertise

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