This week in IP: Samsung top PTAB petitioner, UPC faces more delay, Michael Jordan wins... Managing IP rounds up the latest trademark, copyright and patent news, including some stories you might have missed By Charlotte Kilpatrick & Ed Conlon & Max Walters & Rani Mehta January 15 2021
EU GMO Directive ‘stunts’ CRISPR patents Agricultural sources claim restrictive plant breeding regulations are holding back CRISPR patent filings in Europe By Charlotte Kilpatrick January 14 2021
The MIP Awards and IP STARS rankings 2021 Managing IP has released the timeline for publishing the results of the 2021 MIP Awards and IP STARS research By Kingsley Egbuonu January 14 2021
Pharma innovators warm to unitary SPCs IP lawyers call unitary SPCs a ‘logical extension’ of the unitary patent, and say that a virtual office would be the best granting authority By Charlotte Kilpatrick December 16 2020
2020 revisited: six stories that could reshape IP Managing IP provides a rundown of the major IP talking points from the year, and looks ahead to 2021 By Charlotte Kilpatrick & Ed Conlon & Karry Lai & Max Walters & Patrick Wingrove & Rani Mehta December 15 2020
Rising Stars Awards Europe 2020: shortlist revealed The Rising Stars Awards Europe provides law and professional services firms the recognition they deserve for the efforts of their up and coming practitioners in the legal profession. By Managing IP Correspondent December 10 2020
Mixed response to EU’s compulsory licence position European pharma sources respond to the European Commission’s IP Action Plan, saying COVID has shown that IP does not block access to medicine By Charlotte Kilpatrick December 10 2020
Women in Business Law Awards Asia-Pacific 2020 – Winners announced By Managing IP Correspondent December 10 2020
UPC is ‘a done deal’, say IP counsel Lawyers say another UPC challenge would fail, and that now is the time to start preparing an IP strategy By Charlotte Kilpatrick December 03 2020