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Management and Risk Control Framework for Securing Intellectual Assets Transactions.


Adopting corporate governance standards for cross-jurisdictional transactions is a norm for an efficient business ecosystem. Globally, we find de facto and de jure standards, like Basel norms for banking, OECD...Read more
Utsab Banerjee
Manager Legal, Cognizant Technology Solutions, India

Prakash Deb Roy
Senior Associate – Legal , Cognizant Technology Solutions, India
Patent Protection of Plants in AATF Biotechnology Project Countries



The basis of this article stems from the evolution of protection of plant biotechnology culminating in the extension of intellectual property rights to plant biotechnology. The World Trade Organization’s (WTO)...Read more

Alhaji Tejan-Cole
Legal Counsel, African Agricultural Technology Foundation, Kenya

Marcelin Tonye Mahop
IP Rights Consultant, African Agricultural Technology Foundation, Cameroon

Aprinah Magarinah Shikoli
African Agricultural Technology Foundation, Cameroon

Howard Okiror
Legal Counsel, African Agricultural Technology Foundation, Kenya
Pitfalls and the Opportunities of Commercialising and Managing Co-Created Intellectual Property

Intellectual property rights bestow certain rights upon the creator thereof. In particular the right of ownership.
In compliance with the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) ...Read more

Madelein Kleyn
Chief Legal and IP Officers, Omnisient Rf Pty, South Africa
Building a Global Brand Protection Program from Inside a Small Company

It was his first time at the Canton Trade Show and Tim Demarais, Vice President of ABRO Industries, Inc., was shocked. He had just turned a corner in the cavernous...Read more

William Mansfield
Director of Intellectual Property, ABRO Industries Inc, USA
The recent proposals for a reform of the German patent act:
A true ‘modernisation’ of the patent system?

The ‘modernisation’ of the patent law has dominated the debates around intellectual property in Germany in recent times. The need for changes to the current system has been controversially discussed...Read more

Spyros Makris
IPR Policy Manager, Ericsson GmbH, Germany
Maturity Model for Intellectual Property Service Delivery in the Software Industry


Capability maturity model (CMMI) has been developed as an industry standard for software service delivery since almost 25 years. The model provides guidelines to build, improve and measure capabilities and...Read more
Utsab Banerjee
Manager Legal, Cognizant Technology Solutions, India

Prakash Deb Roy
Senior Associate – Legal , Cognizant Technology Solutions, India
Subhadip Sarkar
Vice President - Legal and Corporate Affairs, Cognizant Technology Solutions, India
German Patent Reform Targets “Automatic” Injunctions in Patent Litigation
In contrast to other jurisdictions, German patent law still provides for automatic injunctions in case of patent infringement. In other words, injunctive relief is not a discretionary remedy, but must...Read more
Small-scale Farmers and the Impact of Intellectual Property Rights Protection in Industrial Agriculture
This paper addresses the specific link between developed countries policies on intellectual property rights (IPRs) and its economical outcome for small-scale farmers with regard to food security, one perspective from...Read more

Michael Lanser
Senior Legal Counsel, Skandia Mutual Life Insurance Company, Sweden
A Personal Journey - Life After In-House
I have been both in-house and in private practice and now have my own brand consulting firm. How I travelled the road to this time in my life is worth...Read more
Kathryn Belleau
Consultant, Kgb Consulting, Llc, USA
Being a Luxury In-House GC in the Era of Disruption
There’s no doubt luxury lawyers are working in an era of disruption. Luxury industries are witnessing changing demographics, changing tastes and increased privacy regulatory frameworks at an unheralded pace. The...Read more

Ghada Qaisi Audi
General Counsel, Seddiqi Holding , UAE