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May 11, 2012
Is Singapore the most tax-friendly location for holding IP rights? According to speakers at a seminar in Hong Kong today, it might be
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May 03, 2012
It all started with curiosity, said Gary Starkweather, the inventor of the laser printer
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April 26, 2012
While a recent ITC ruling is a setback for Apple in its fight against Motorola, lawyers told Managing IP matters are far from over
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April 05, 2012
In-house counsel from Audi, GE Healthcare, GSK, Nokia, Philips, Skype, UBS and Unilever are speaking at Managing IP’s second International Patent Forum, taking place in London on April 18 and 19
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April 04, 2012
Inventors have become mere cogs in a patent system that risks destroying the spirit of innovation, argues Graham Maile. Something needs to be done
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March 12, 2012
Today India has granted its first compulsory licence over a drug. But what of other countries that have used the IP system to make it easier for patients to access medicines?
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March 12, 2012
In one of his final tasks before leaving the job, the outgoing head of India’s patent office has issued the country’s first compulsory licence over a drug since India began protecting pharmaceutical products seven years ago
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March 01, 2012
As patent owners in the personalised medicine sector wait to see if the Supreme Court will hear the Myriad gene patent case, other industries are bracing themselves for unintended consequences
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March 01, 2012
The Supreme Court was set to decide whether to grant the Association for Molecular Pathology’s petition to hear its gene patent case against Myriad last Monday, but Mayo v Prometheus could be holding things up
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February 17, 2012
Former USPTO commissioner for patents Bob Stoll told patent practitioners Thursday that “we’re taking a calculated risk” implementing the America Invents Act provisions without a guarantee of full funding for the Office
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February 15, 2012
An attorney who drafted two innovation patents that his client last week successfully defended in the Australian High Court has urged IP owners to make more use of the system – before it is too late
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February 13, 2012
The latest round of negotations between the EU and India over a free-trade agreement was disrupted by protests over the way the IP clauses in the deal could affect access to medicines in developing countries
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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 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
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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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 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 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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December 15, 2011
Win a free place at a Managing IP meeting of your choice in 2012 by answering our 20 questions on developments in the past year