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  • As several jurisdictions ponder reforms to trade secrets laws, AIPPI delegates debate questions that address how trade secrets should be protected and enforced, to ensure a balanced commercial environment. James Nurton reports
  • Luiz Otávio Pimentel knew he had a tough job facing him when he took over as President of Brazil’s National Institute of Industrial Property, Ministry of Development and Foreign Trade (INPI) in July. That job became even harder as a result of Brazil revealing it entered recession in the second quarter. With that, comes a hiring freeze handed to the office by the government. The new man at Brazil’s patent and trade mark office needs to get creative
  • John Bochnovic has become AIPPI’s first Executive Director. He talks to James Nurton about how the association is changing – and also what will stay the same
  • Patent litigation in the US district courts fell in the third quarter, an analysis by Lex Machina has revealed. PTAB filing and copyright litigation also fell, while trade mark litigation was up slightly
  • New national groups from Pakistan and Vietnam were welcomed at the AIPPI Executive Committee meeting during the Congress in Rio de Janeiro
  • GI status in OAPI for Scotch Whisky; the GCC Trade Mark Law implementing regulations approved; the practical consequences of Algeria’s accession to the Madrid Protocol; Liberia’s Senate adopts several international legal instruments on IP; and Nigeria’s state-owned oil company enforces its trade mark rights: Kingsley Egbuonu rounds up recent news from Africa and the Middle East
  • This year's first AIPPI Congress lunch panel featured differing perspectives on “Continuous improvement of IP systems” from representatives from patent offices.
  • James Nurton reports on a discussion about standard-essential patents and FRAND terms at the AIPPI Congress in Rio de Janeiro
  • Laurent Thibon is half-way through his term as AIPPI Secretary General. He spoke to James Nurton about changes to the structure of the association – and to his own role
  • The Patent Trial and Appeal Board has instituted four of the Coalition for Affordable Drugs’ IPR petitions challenging Celgene patents, bringing the total number its petitions instituted to seven and greatly shifting the success rate of what one law firm calls the “PTAB Crashers”