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The Opportunity of Successful Regulatory Engagement in Emerging Markets
This paper discusses the role of a multi-national corporation's law department in adding
value to the business in emerging markets. In particular, the manner in which regulatory
issues are handled is used...Read more
Caleb Raywood
General Counsel, Sea Trucks Group, UAE
Performing a Preliminary Assessment of Patentability for a New Invention: Guidelines For Non-Patent Lawyers
Having an effective technology evaluation and patenting strategy in place may be critical
to the growth of a company or to prevent a company from losing its competitive edge.
When an invention...Read more
Rodney Sparks
Senior Biotechnology Patent Counsel, University of Virginia Licensing & Ventures Group, USA
Why is there a need for additional EC-guidance on Art 41 of the 8th Directive
Participants in capital markets expect more from company boards and audit committees
than ever before. Shareholders expect (and deserve) transparent and reliable information
on all significant organisational aspects, not limited to financial...Read more
Roland de Meulder
Roland de Meulder, Special advisor to ECIIA Board of Directors (European Confederation of Institutes of Internal Auditing ), FIAT SpA, Italy
Patent Demand - A Simple Path to Patent Reform
The patent system in the United States was intended to help promote the useful arts by
providing inventors of new technologies the time-limited right to exclude others from the
market in exchange...Read more
Tim Wilson
Senior IP Counsel, SAS Institute Inc., USA
Approaches to contracting: does the tail sometimes wag the dog?
This article will highlight the difference between commercial (usually more flexible) and corporate (usually more legal and sometimes more rigid) approaches to making and implementing contracts, and explore some of...Read more
Frank Sanford
Corporate Lawyer, MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company S.A, Switzerland
Criminal Cartels and Liability of Corporate Managers
Recent cases in the UK and the US have highlighted the risks for company directors and managers taking part in cartels which are subject to criminal penalties under UK and...Read more
Beatrice Roxburgh
Senior Tutor, The University of Law, UK
Numbing the Expert Pinch: Avoiding Expert Disqualification in Construction Litigation
This is the era of the expert. Modern construction litigation is a morass of Critical Path Method schedules and other intricate details that all but cry out for expert testimony....Read more
Steve Butler
In-house Counsel, Parsons Brinckerhoff Inc, USA
'thank you for your co-operation': A practical perspective on managing dawn raids and regulatory investigations
You can imagine the scenario: It’s Monday morning, 8:20am. The receptionists are just getting settled, and the few employees in the office are gathered around the coffee machine. All of...Read more
Frank Govaerts
General Counsel, Coca Cola, Belgium
The Real ID Act and the Public Administration of Global Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Policies
As a former prosecutor, I understood that each crime I prosecuted had certain “elements,” which must be proved beyond a reasonable doubt in order to secure a conviction. The “elements”...Read more
Bart Bevers
Attorney, Law Offices of Bart Bevers, USA
Trademarks in Mergers and Acquisitions
In many cases, when a company or business is acquired or where there is a merger of companies, the trade mark portfolio of the target company is ignored as unimportant....Read more
Su-Lin Ang
Head of Legal, Intellectual Property, Group Legal Department, Standard Chartered Bank, Singapore