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Are Regulators Struggling to Tackle Money Laundering?

1st May 2019
A whopping USD 800 billion to USD 2 trillion is predicted to be laundered every year, globally.
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Avoiding Oil and Gas Disputes

1st May 2019
Handling a variety of expert witness cases, including patent disputes, inter partes review of patents, equipment failure, operational negligence, trade secrets, damages modeling and oil and gas commercial litigation, Harold McGowen shares more about why these cases occur and what he predicts is in the pipeline for the petroleum field in the upcoming years. Why […]
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Foreign Investment And Foreign Companies In Brazil

1st May 2019
With Brazil being the seventh biggest economy in the world with a GDP of USD 2.3 trillion, it is no surprise that investors are more interested in expanding outside their jurisdiction.
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IP Issues on the Internet

30th April 2019
Allowing the globe to rapidly like, share and manipulate others’ content, the internet comes with several advantages, yet challenges alike. The IP sector is no different.   How much of an issue is copyright infringement now, in comparison to a decade ago, when the use of the internet was not as wide as it is […]
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Licensing Your IP: When Should You Consider It?

30th April 2019
An IP license is essentially giving another person the right to use your intellectual property, which can be anything from your trademark, your copyright, your patent, your know-how, formulas and other processes and things you have created. Many people refer to IP as creations of the mind. Through a license, you are allowing others to […]
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When Should You Act on Infringement?

30th April 2019
What classifies as infringement? Infringement comes in many forms and, in simple terms, it describes the act of violating a law. But in the context of intellectual property, we tend to think of infringement as the act of taking advantage of or exploiting the rights of another party without their permission to do so.  The […]
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Music In The Digital Age: Closing The Value Gap

30th April 2019
The Value Gap: what is it? Digital technology has revolutionised the music and entertainment industries in many ways, not least in the way in which music is distributed.  The old “analogue” distribution paradigm has been turned on its head, especially in relation to physical products, and technological advance continues to create new and exciting opportunities, […]
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