Law firm Susman Godfrey’s John Lahad explains how his firm and its co-counsel snagged a $42 million verdict for the University of Texas System and TissueGen
George Freeman claimed he had left office when now-binned AI proposals were first made, despite his resignation actually coming more than a week later
Members of the House of Lords are debating controversial plans to repeal or replace all EU legislation, including swathes of IP laws, by the end of 2023
Managing IP reveals its pick of the top people driving intellectual property law, policy and business this year
Kasim Alfalahi is CEO at Avanci in the US
Joe Biden is the president of the US
Alexander Ramsay is former chair of the UPC Administrative Committee in Sweden
Counsel at SMEs and private practice advisers say funding schemes are useful but must be backed by wider changes
Counsel welcome the Delhi High Court’s clarity on claim amendment but worry that its interpretation of the Patents Act negates statutory law
US biosimilar cases will likely settle and patent thickets could be a bugbear for companies, say three in-house counsel and three private practice lawyers
The previous deal expired at the end of 2022 amid a dip in net sales for Nokia’s IP licensing division
IP minister George Freeman said on Wednesday that plans for a broad text and data mining exception would not go ahead and that further consultation was needed
We provide a rundown of Managing IP’s news and analysis coverage from the week, and review what’s been happening elsewhere in IP
Numerous studies show that lawyers are increasingly stressed at work and looking for a way out, but law firms are still in denial
The country saw sweeping IP reform in 2020, but IMPI still needs to implement regulations governing the changes
Chris Semerjian, MacNeal Darnley and Nicolas Charest provide an overview of trade secret law in Canada and reveal best measures to protect and enforce trade secrets.
Inspired by his former team at Pure Storage, Suvashis Bhattacharya wants to reward inventors with merchandise, he tells Managing IP in an exclusive interview
The EPO BoA says the choice of format now rests with individual boards, sparking outrage from attorneys who say in-person hearings are the ‘gold standard’
The England and Wales High Court ruled that an InterDigital patent was valid and essential to the 3G standard today, January 31
The trademark battle over ‘MetaBirkin’ NFTs could inform future legal strategies and will provide at least some answers, whichever way it turns, say sources
The decision to refuse a trademark application filed by the Wolfoo creator was based on earlier Peppa-pig related trademarks
We provide a rundown of Managing IP’s news and analysis coverage from the week, and review what’s been happening elsewhere in IP
EU lawyers say they should be allowed to cite bad faith at a much earlier stage in trademark disputes to avoid falling victim to squatters and ‘legal’ fakes
Jurisdictions
Exclusives and This week in IP
Exclusives and This week in IP
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The Vectis IP pool will charge €15c per unit for access to patents covering the Opus audio technology standard
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The company’s patent team will reward employees for submitting non-technical ideas as part of its new initiative
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Peter Blasi, Global Strategic Account Manager for the CAS Ionic Affinity Program, talks to Managing IP about prior art patent searches, sharing his advice on maximising both thoroughness and efficiency
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CAS explains how intellectual property (IP) is becoming increasingly central to companies, particularly to research and development (R&D) teams, and highlights five key findings from a survey of senior business leaders
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Join Managing IP and CAS for a webinar on September 26 at 10am ET / 3pm BST / 4pm CET to discuss the exciting opportunities that AI offers for revolutionising patent searches
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CAS explains the five high-risk areas of IP for R&D organisations and identifies how companies can protect their innovations and safeguard their growth potential
Features and Special Focus
Features and Special Focus
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Sponsored by RNA Technology and IP AttorneysRanjan Narula and Suvarna Pandey of RNA Technology and IP Attorneys analyse the fiery ruling which declared ‘an order which contains reasons that no one can understand is worse than an unreasoned order’
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Sponsored by Hanol IP & LawAt an exciting time in South Korea’s IP evolution, Min Son of Hanol IP & Law reports on the jurisdiction’s new user-friendly trademark measures.
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Sponsored by Gün and PartnersGüldeniz Doğan Alkan and Cansu Evren of Gün + Partners say that a recent ruling raises the question of how many trademarks should be imitated for an act of bad faith to be recognised