Hosted by reporter Ben Wodecki, this episode sees Chinese practitioners outline the changes and challenges China’s IP landscape has faced over the last 12 months and what’s set to change and challenge in 2021, and beyond. Rouse’s Hatty Cui and Doug Clark, Yiju Law Firm’s Michael Han, and HFG’s Fabio Giacopello talk China’s dominant position in terms of filings, a cluttered trademark register, legislative updates and the surprise location of the country’s newest IP court.

In this episode, Chartered Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys’ Richard Goddard, the Law Society’s Michael Hawkins and the BBC’s Andrew Yeates discuss cloned rights, exhaustion, practitioner problems to parallel imports. The panellists also offer listeners both wisdom and words of affirmation for those still uncertain and unnerved on issues related to Brexit.

Hosted by reporter Ben Wodecki, this episode sees leading attorneys from the US, UK, and EU discuss IP developments and changes from their respective jurisdictions, and what to look for in the year ahead. Baker McKenzie’s Jason Raeburn talks Brexit, AI, SkyKick and trade secrets. Covington & Burling’s Beth Brinkmann outlines SCOTUS cases of the past year. And Gaëlle Bourout of Linklaters unravels France’s new patent law, the ongoing UPC saga, and what FRAND cases may look like next year.

Leading fair reasonable and non-discriminatory (FRAND) experts Powell Gilbert’s Tess Waldron and Osborne Clark’s Arty Rajendra outline the future of FRAND licensing disputes and deals – and how the pair who ‘cordially’ faced off in the Unwired Planet v Huawei see the ruling impacting future disputes.

Hosted by reporter Ben Wodecki, this episode sees leading greentech IP attorneys discuss how IP can be used in the fight against the climate crisis. Fieldfisher's David Knight, Mathys & Squire’s Chris Hamer and Venner Shipley’s Peter Thorniley outline why a standardised definition of what constitutes green tech won’t come to pass, whether IP offices should offer incentives to green inventors seeking patent protection and what advice they’d give to aspiring green innovators on protecting their assets.

Hosted by reporter Ben Wodecki, the episode sees leading US IP professionals outline the respective IP stances of the US presidential candidates and what IP issues the next US leader will face. Philips Nizer’s Alan Behr and Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider’s Chad Landmon discuss the IP issues at stake in this election, what IP changes might occur over the next four years and offer their predictions for who’ll take the White House.

Hosted by reporter Ben Wodecki, this episode focusses on IP insurance and how brand owners and rightsholders can utilise the importance of IP insurance in the current distressed economic environment. Safeguard IP’s David Bloom Tokio Marine Kiln’s Aoife Woulfe and Aon’s Ian Lewis offer advice to rightsholders as to what IP insurance options are currently available, how insurance can add value to IP rights and whether Covid-19 has caused an increase of IP insurance claims.

Pinsent Mason’s Krishna Kakkaiyadi and IP Inclusive’s Andrea Brewster OBE discuss how the killing of George Floyd in the US has impacted diversity and inclusion (D&I) issues in the IP world, the importance of being a non-BAME white ally and offer advice to aspiring BAME IP professionals

Shiver Me Timbers! In this episode, our panel discusses the rise of autonomous ships and how artificial intelligence could change the maritime industry forever. Robinson & Cole’s Kathryn Rattigan and Kathryn Heath from Stephens Scown join us for some nautical IP natter as we outline how the challenges AI-controlled ships face being brought to market, whether autonomous ships face an easier ride than their land or air-based contemporaries in terms of development and implementation, and what cybersecurity issues could impact.

In this episode, an esteemed panel made up of leading UK IP association officials examine the implications of Brexit now that the UK has officially left the EU and currently finds itself in a period of transition, which is set to end on 31st December. Panellists from CITMA, CIPA, the BCC, and the Law Society discuss whether yet another extension is warranted given disruptions brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic, whether calls for rights of representation are essentially over and what the respective associations want changed as the clock runs down.