August 20, 2019
Masaki Kataoka, head of IP at the Japanese housing equipment and building materials company, is optimistic about how the Japan Patent Office can help companies increase IP value
August 19, 2019
The Federal Circuit has asked USPTO director Andrei Iancu to explain what deference should be afforded to a panel that determines whether patent disputes are precedential – a move which, lawyers say, could affect future disputes
August 16, 2019
Through strategic claim drafting, oil and gas companies can overcome Section 101 and obtain patents covering digital technologies and AI, say Charles Collins-Chase, Jennifer Roscetti and Paul Townsend of Finnegan
August 15, 2019
Managing IP rounds up news and analysis on patent-focused businesses and their patent strategies
In the second part of our series on the potential pull of in-house work, we talk to young lawyers at the BBC, a Dutch dairy company and a multinational who tell us why private practice did not appeal to them
IP STARS will start accepting firm submissions and scheduling research interviews from September 2 2019. Register for the research and webinar to find out more
August 14, 2019
Lawyers tell Managing IP that because of different approaches by the offices, plus some examiners’ tendency to take less notice of previous results, the PPH programme is not always beneficial
Despite failing to clarify several pressing issues, a new resolution from the Russian Supreme Court seeks to harmonise the diverse approaches taken by lower courts in IP cases, as Darya Ermolina and Dmitry Grachyov of Baker McKenzie explain
August 13, 2019
Part three of a Managing IP survey shows that in-house lawyers believe that more diverse outside counsel means more creative teams
August 12, 2019
Managing IP is seeking views from in-house counsel at pharma and biotech companies on the state of the SPC framework in Europe; including Article 3a, the waiver and unitary SPCs
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August 09, 2019
Lawyers praise “clear and well-defined” licence as US executive order clarifies that brand owners can seek protection in the troubled South American nation
Ina vom Feld and other partners at Simmons & Simmons consider how courts across Europe take the proportionality requirement in the Enforcement Directive into account when deciding whether to grant a final injunction
August 08, 2019
Lawyers at Aston Martin, Dyson, Adobe and other organisations explain why they left private practice for the bright lights of in-house
Managing IP rounds up the latest news and analysis from patent-focused businesses
August 07, 2019
Less than a year into his role, Kitchin talks about life as a UK Supreme Court justice and why – despite his extensive IP background – he is being excluded from one of the biggest patent cases in years
Managing IP speaks to the directors of WIPO and the EUIPO to gauge their views on AI, asking how the technology can help the offices be more efficient and whether job losses are inevitable
Nicola Dagg, Daniel Lim and Katie Coltart of Kirkland & Ellis consider the modern challenges firms face to develop and retain young, talented lawyers and the all-round benefits of an empowering working culture
Following a US Supreme Court ruling on bankruptcy and trademarks, licensees should feel more secure about the rights that they have been permitted to use, says Robert Gerstein of Marshall, Gerstein & Borun
Karl Renner and Dorothy Whelan of Fish & Richardson reflect on the state of post-grant patent practice in the US, the evolution of the inter partes review and new developments on the horizon
Laura Whiting and Alexandra Morgan of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer consider the reasons behind the adoption of the new SPC Manufacturing Waiver Regulation and reflect on whether the message sent out by the European institutions is consistent with their trade policy
Philip Lapin and Jamie-Lynn Kraft of Smart & Biggar assess developments in the Canadian trademark landscape, including the country’s accession to the Madrid Protocol, changes to the use requirement, amendments to the rules around distinctiveness and the ability to file applications for non-traditional trademarks
Youping Ma and Guoquan Yang of Bridgeon assess a recent case concerning AI in which, among other questions, the issue of whether a software developer can be an author was assessed
July /August 2019
AI and IP: the view from above
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