Blog & IP Insights
A History of Copyright: From the Printing Press to Streaming
Copyright law began in 1710 with Britain's Statute of Anne, which shifted control from printers' guilds to aut...
Luxury Brands & the Fight Against Counterfeits Through History
Counterfeiting is not a modern problem — it stretches back over 2,000 years, from forged Roman wine seals to t...
A History of IP Law in South Asia and How Nepal Fits In
Intellectual property law in South Asia is a patchwork of colonial legacies, post-independence reforms, and mo...
The Madrid System: History of the International Trademark
The Madrid System, administered by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), is the primary interna...
Cybersquatting & Domain-Name Disputes: A History of the UDRP
The Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy
Trade Secrets in History: From the Silk Road to Coca-Cola
The history of trade secrets is older than any patent office or trademark registry—it runs from guarded recipe...
How the Industrial Revolution Created Modern IP
The industrial revolution transformed intellectual property from sporadic royal monopolies into the codified,...
Famous Trademark Disputes That Shaped Brand Law
Famous trademark disputes do more than make headlines — they define the boundaries of brand law.