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February 10, 2012
The UK government has concluded its consultation on a proposed patent box, which it hopes will encourage investment and economic growth and prevent innovative businesses moving intellectual property offshore
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February 10, 2012
Test your knowledge of the week’s IP news with our quick, five-question quiz. Answers next week
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February 10, 2012
The European Commission has outlined how it might reform its enforcement directive to make it easier for IP owners to take action against infringers
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February 09, 2012
Fees are too high, page limits are prohibitive and litigators will be more in demand – these are some initial reactions to the USPTO’s proposed rules on various proceedings mandated by the America Invents Act
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February 09, 2012
USPTO Patent Reform Coordinator Janet Gongola gave Eileen McDermott a sneak peek into the months leading up to Tuesday night’s rules package implementing the contested cases provisions of the America Invents Act
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February 08, 2012
Sanofi’s annual results have revealed that generic rival Apotex paid it and partner Bristol-Myers Squibb over $445 million to settle a dispute over blockbuster drug Plavix
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February 08, 2012
The USPTO’s proposed rules for post grant review, inter partes review, transitional covered business methods programme and derivation proceedings have been posted on the Office’s website
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February 06, 2012
Sue Harding is the senior clerk at Hogarth Chambers, a set of barristers in London that specialises in IP and chancery work. She tells Emma Barraclough what it’s like to help a group of self-employed advocates manage their business
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February 06, 2012
James Kramer is a patent examiner at the USPTO in a team that deals with applications related to finance: from trading and portfolio management to banking. He tells Emma Barraclough about working life in Alexandria, Virginia
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February 03, 2012
Motorola has won a permanent injunction against Apple over the latter’s iCloud service, just as a previous win forces Apple to remove its iPads from the shelves
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February 03, 2012
Test your knowledge of the week’s IP news in Managing IP’s new weekly quiz
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February 03, 2012
Independent inventors and SMEs may be out of luck if they want their patents reviewed by the USPTO
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February 02, 2012
Free access: The nominations for Managing IP’s North America Awards 2012 have been announced
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February 01, 2012
New firms are emerging, and Mumbai is catching up with Delhi, in the highly competitive Indian patent market
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February 01, 2012
A new name in the top tier for patent prosecution is the most notable of a number of changes in this year’s IP survey in China
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February 01, 2012
Blake Dawson’s work for Samsung in smartphone patent litigation has propelled it to the top tier in Australia in this year’s IP survey
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February 01, 2012
In Canada, Mexico and Chile lateral moves and mergers in the past year have led to changes in the rankings of the leading patent firms
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February 01, 2012
Smartphone patent battles and the growing prominence of the ITC, as well as lateral moves, have led to changes in the US rankings in this year’s IP survey
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February 01, 2012
The annual ranking of the leading patent law firms and attorneys across Europe has been published, with changes to watch out for in France, Spain and Germany
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January 31, 2012
The European Commission has opened a formal investigation into whether Samsung Electronics breached EU competition law by enforcing standard-essential patents for 3G technology
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January 31, 2012
Managing IP ranks the leading patent firms around the world
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January 31, 2012
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January 31, 2012
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January 31, 2012
As more blockbuster drugs tumble off the patent cliff this year, the generic industry is set to become more profitable than ever - but the spike in competition means generics may also have to become more brand-savvy
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January 30, 2012
Heads of government at today’s EU Council meeting will be discussing the euro, youth unemployment and boosting enterprise - but they may also find time to break the deadlock on the planned unitary patent
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January 27, 2012
Free access: The nominations for Managing IP’s Global Awards 2012 have been announced
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January 27, 2012
A comprehensive guide to filing and protecting your patent at the EPO. By Andrew Hammond of Valea
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January 27, 2012
How many questions on the week's IP news can you answer?
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January 26, 2012
The Federal Circuit has ruled that the words “computer-aided” do not limit a claim for a method of managing a credit application meaningfully enough to make it patent-eligible
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January 26, 2012
Just months after the mega-deals for Nortel and Motorola patents, Interdigital has failed to find a bidder for its portfolio. Is the patent boom over already?
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January 24, 2012
IP owners in Germany and China can now apply to have their patent applications examined more quickly after the German Patent and Trademark Office and China’s State Intellectual Property Office launched a patent prosecution highway yesterday.
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January 24, 2012
What role do patent applications play in the growth of cities? Evidence from the UK and China suggests there are lessons to learn for urban planners and innovators
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January 23, 2012
When a business goes bust, it is the employees and investors who bear the brunt. But pity too the trade mark attorneys who find that their client lists have suddenly shrink
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January 23, 2012
Willem Gijsels is an examiner in the telecommunications cluster at the EPO. He joined the Office in 1996 after five years in industry and works in The Hague. This EPO site is home to about 2,500 EPO staff, roughly half of whom are examiners. He tells Emma Barraclough about a typical working day
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January 20, 2012
Following the success of Managing IP's 2011 quiz of the year, we are launching a weekly version – based on the week's IP news
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January 20, 2012
A new law has come into force in France that will allow generic drugs companies to copy the colour and shape of drugs made by branded pharmaceutical companies
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January 18, 2012
More patents than ever were filed at the EPO last year, but the upward trend masks the shifting fortunes of developed and emerging economies
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January 17, 2012
The Portuguese government has taken radical steps, including imposing compulsory arbitration, in an attempt to improve access to generic medicines
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January 16, 2012
US President Barack Obama wants to consolidate six government agencies, including the US Trade Representative, into one new authority
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January 13, 2012
Litigators in Switzerland say the country’s new Federal Patent Court should make cases quicker and decisions more consistent
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January 13, 2012
IFI Claims Patent Services’ list of the top 50 global companies awarded the most US utility patents in 2011 ranks IBM on top for the 19th year in a row
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January 13, 2012
The president of Switzerland’s new patent court talks to James Nurton about judges, language and competition between European jurisdictions
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January 13, 2012
A recent Opinion by China’s Supreme People’s Court should make it easier for owners of method patents to prove infringement. But it also reinforces the difficulty of obtaining interim injunctions
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January 13, 2012
No one got all 20 answers right in Managing IP’s quiz of the year’s news. But two entrants shared the prize with 19 correct answers
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January 13, 2012
A guide to filing, protecting and defending patents in the Philippines by Sapalo Velez Bundang & Bulilan
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January 09, 2012
The USPTO today faced aggressive questioning from Supreme Court justices regarding the agency’s request to overturn a Federal Circuit en banc ruling it says will encourage patent applicants to withhold evidence in examination
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January 09, 2012
Last week the director of the USPTO pledged to expand its network of patent prosecution highways as it seeks to cut pendency and backlogs. But not all big offices share his approach
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January 09, 2012
The USPTO released a report last week on the progress of Track 1 of the Office’s three-track programme, which promises examination in 12 months to those willing to pay a $4,000 fee
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January 04, 2012
Amazon’s controversial patent on the so-called one-click method of online shopping has been granted in Canada following a Federal Court of Appeal decision in November