China intellectual property rights have undergone significant reform in recent years. But is it enough? What more needs to be done? Elizabeth Chien-Hale, who has spent extensive time working with businesses in both the US and China, explores these issues in this blog post and accompanying podcast. Last year, the Standing Committee of China’s National People’s Congress …
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Podcast: How secure is using your smartphone?
You can now speed through store checkout lanes just by waving your smartphone. New mobile payment systems purport to be fast, convenient and secure. Well, maybe not that last part. In the podcast below, Bob Benjy, an attorney with Frandzel Robins Bloom & Csato, who works with financial institutions, says mobile payment systems such as Apple Pay, …
Thomson Reuters Exchange Magazine focuses on innovation
The third issue of Thomson Reuters Exchange Magazine was recently released, tackling the theme of Innovation. Highlights from the issue include Thomson Reuters IP & Science business President Basil Moftah on ten areas of innovation that will change our world by 2025; Mona Vernon of our Data Innovation Lab and F&R Chief Technology Officer Philip Brittan on how …
Lisa Passante announced as President of the National Association of Women Lawyers
The U.S. National Association of Women Lawyers (NAWL) Annual Meeting and Awards Luncheon was held in New York City in July and one of our own – Lisa Passante, vice president and associate general counsel for Intellectual Property & Science – was appointed the organization’s 2014-15 president. NAWL is the leading American national bar association for women …
Thomson Reuters identifies UK as a leader in dementia research
IP & Science announced this week findings that the quality of dementia research in the UK is second in the world only to the US, despite the low number of scientists working in the field, and that finding a cure can be accelerated by increasing the number of researchers and investment, according to analysis done using …
