Brands sound warning over ‘cluttered’ trademark register post-SkyKick In-house counsel in the consumer goods, IT and e-commerce industries say the SkyKick ruling will please brands but warn they are not completely out of the woods By Max Walters January 30 2020
Broad CRISPR loss shows how not to file a priority claim Life sciences in-house sources stress the importance of following the EPO’s strict priority claims guidelines after the Board of Appeal invalidated some of the Broad Institute’s CRISPR patents By Charlotte Kilpatrick January 30 2020
SkyKick preview: will the CJEU whip up a storm? (free) Europe’s highest court will decide Sky v SkyKick tomorrow, January 29, in a case that has attracted much attention in trademark circles By Ed Conlon January 28 2020
High employee turnover creates trade secrets concerns for auto industry Faced with heavy employee churn, sources from the connected car and automotive supply industries reveal ways to keep trade secrets just that By Charlotte Kilpatrick January 27 2020
Building toy towers sets foundation for boosting IP value Counsel at Thyssenkrupp, Visteon, and a fintech and biotech company share their advice for communicating the value of IP to their C-suite By Charlotte Kilpatrick January 23 2020
SEP stakeholders want essentiality checks in 2020 to streamline negotiations In-house counsel say checks would be a good way to demonstrate that technologies are essential to a standard, but are not certain how they should be done or by which organisation By Patrick Wingrove January 09 2020
IP practitioners mull judicial shake-up to ease recruitment crisis Survey respondents are not convinced that the England and Wales High Court has the resources to deal with future IP cases, yet lawyers and experts are divided on the best methods to improve recruitment By Max Walters January 08 2020
