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IP Australia Set to Boost Fees

Raphael Winick Has Joined Simpson Grierson As Senior Associate

Tilleke & Gibbins Has Promoted Lawyers To Partners In Bangkok

To dotBrand or Not To dotBrand?

Should brand owners apply for their own generic “dotBrand” top level domain in 2011 or should they wait and see? Jannik Skou and Torsten Bettinger report.

Draft Franchising Business Law

Singapore, Japan Show High IPRI Scores

Emerging Markets Drive Software Piracy to US$59 Billion

Licensing and Franchising: Legislation and Practice in China

Licensing and franchising have just started to take off in China. Simon Tsi and Poppy Huang explore the reasons why more and more foreign enterprises are choosing licensing and franchising arrangements for their China business.

Asian Countries Continue to Dominate USTR 301 Report

Licensing Trends in India

Keeping Your Secrets Safe

You cannot afford to have your trade secrets and critical customer or technical information walk out the door. Cary A Levitt and Jeffrey Schultz examine what you need to do to keep your secrets safe.

Thai Pay Hike Undermines Compulsory License Policy

Edward J Kelly examines whether there is any merit to Thailand’s continuing imposition of its compulsory license policy.

New US State Law Affects Global Manufacturers

Baker & McKenzie Has Elected Isabella Liu Partner

To Franchise or to License?

There are no hard and fast rules in determining whether franchising or licensing would be a better strategy to expand a business in Malaysia. So, to franchise or to license? Chew Kherk Ying and Esther Low explore the pros and cons of each.