Apple, Qualcomm, Sir Paul McCartney, Merck, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Star Trek, TTAB, Niro... An Apple lawsuit against Qualcomm, Sir Paul McCartney’s efforts to regain ownership over Beatles songs, a $625m Merck patent settlement with Bristol-Myers Squibb, a Star Trek copyright lawsuit, the end of Niro Law, an... By Michael Loney January 25 2017
Demand grows for EUTMs and RCDs in 2016 There were more than 135,000 EU trade mark applications and nearly 25,000 registered Community design applications filed last year, according to statistics published by the EUIPO By James Nurton January 24 2017
Catching up with Canada: 2016’s biggest IP cases and highlights We look back on last year’s Canadian intellectual property highlights and most interesting cases, including a highly-anticipated copyright fair use ruling, clarification of the double patenting test, CETA legislation ... By Natalie Rahhal & Michael Loney January 18 2017
Qualcomm, antitrust guidelines, AAP, motions to transfer venue, Biogen, TTAB, Samsung v... An FTC complaint against Qualcomm, new antitrust guidelines for the licensing of intellectual property, Maria Pallante's new job at the Association of American Publishers, data on motions to transfer venue in patent c... By Michael Loney January 18 2017
Cases to look out for in 2017 – Canada Among potential trials and judgments expected in Canada in 2017 are the Supreme Court weighing in on the controversial promise doctrine, a case involving a worldwide injunction against Google.ca, and two pharmaceutica... By Natalie Rahhal January 16 2017
USPTO director speculation, Amgen injunction win, software copyright litigation, top gl... Suggestions for the next USPTO director, AIPLA’s advice for US president-elect Trump, an injunction preventing Sanofi selling a drug during the term of two Amgen patents, a review of software copyright litigation sinc... By Michael Loney January 11 2017
Peter Detkin joins Sherpa, and other North America people moves Sherpa Technology Group, White & Case, Arent Fox, Conversant, Hughes Hubbard & Reed and Neal Gerber & Eisenberg are among the firms making recent intellectual property hires, as well as the USPTO announcing PPAC and T... By Natalie Rahhal January 10 2017
Back by popular demand: MIP International Women’s Leadership Forum 2017 Happy New Year! We hope that you had a restful break and a good start to the year. We’re starting 2017 with MIP International Women’s Leadership Forum, which returns to London for its third year By Alice O'Donkor January 04 2017
Some IP stories you may have missed over the holiday period Interesting intellectual property stories in the final two weeks of 2016 included an important New York ruling on pre-1972 sound recordings, Qualcomm being fined in Korea and making patent licence deals in China, the ... By Michael Loney January 04 2017
Revised guidelines for EUTM and RCD examination New EUIPO guidelines will enter into force on February 1, after they were approved by the Office's Management Board in November last year By James Nurton January 03 2017
