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According to the 11th edition of the Global Innovation Index 2018 (GII 2018) released in July 2018, Singapore is the most innovative country in the world outside Europe.

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We are your reliable partner in IP law. The protection of intellectual property is not a temporary trend, but rather a necessity for being successful in the market. Protecting inventions, products or brands, developing IP strategies, enforcing IP rights, analysing risks, attacking third-party IP rights, fending off attacks based on competitors’ IP rights – our team supports clients worldwide in all IP situations with expertise and experience. Wtihin the first year since the Unified Patent Court commenced its activities, we, a patent law firm with offices in Munich and Constance (on the border with Switzerland) having more than 15 IP practitioners and a strong team of paralegals, have been involved in more than 15 cases and thus, as of today, in about 5% of all existing UPC cases as main representatives or co-counsels. We are involved in infringement and invalidation proceedings on both the plaintiff’s and defendant’s side. In accordance with our firm’s philosophy, we operate closely with our clients, have a holistic view of the cases and also regularly support our clients in international teams in order to maximise the benefits for our clients in the respective jurisdiction.

As part of CLAIMS network we work on projects all over the world. Located in Belgrade, we are highly visible on cross-border projects in the EU, UK, USA, South Korea, China, MENA region and many more jurisdictions. We are highly skilled and well-versed in the international law, and we understand the core ground of the IP law. This is why CLAIMS team is equally efficient in (almost) every jurisdiction, and this is our strong competitive advantage. We are often involved in cases which don’t have a simple answer. Our work often sets precedents or overturns the outdated practice. This fact speaks clearly about the wealth of experience and skills our team brings to the tables of our clients. We are active members of the international IP community. Our lawyers are members of INTA and AIPPI. Head of CLAIMS Balkans Ekaterina Pronicheva acts as a member of the Famous and Well-Known Marks Committee (INTA); Partner Alexey Petrov acts as a member of the Unfair Competition Committee (INTA); Partner Anastasiia Savosina is a member of the Designs Committee (INTA) and The Art Law Foundation (Switzerland). We are well-integrated in the international IP society, and we exchange ideas and insights with peers from all over the word. This is how we stay creative and efficient. We educate and form the IP practitioners community in every country we settle in. We strongly adhere to the concept of sharing knowledge and passion to achieve synergies. CLAIMS maintain a youtube, linkedin and telegram blogs devoted to IP law peculiarities with over 5,000 subscribers in total. We also are involved into pro bono educational initiatives such as lecturing at universities and postgraduate programs as well as new intellectual property regulation activities such as IP Surrealism Manifesto or WIPO Conversation on Intellectual Property and Artificial Intelligence (AI).

Applications for patent and trade mark registrations can reveal much about a country's economy and its leading IP players as well as raising questions about how its intellectual property offices will cope with surges in demand. Emma Barraclough examines some trends across the region

Tillis and Leahy announce two bipartisan patent bills; Switzerland leads innovation list; UK gets new IP minister; INPI ponders French design overhaul; SCOTUS to bring order to in-person questioning

After the German government’s suggestion that it will wait for Brexit before ratifying the Unified Patent Court Agreement, businesses say the news does not affect their already frozen preparation strategies

Part three of a Managing IP survey shows that counsel need to adapt to changes brought by AI, but they are more in control of their destiny than they might think

Plain packaging is a big topic for Latin American IP practitioners. Michael Loney and Natalie Rahhal say a recent ruling involving tobacco packaging in Uruguay will worry some brand owners in the region

As countries slowly begin to lift lockdown measures, in-house IP counsel reflect on the good, the bad and the ugly of working from home