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  • Inventors of LCDs, USB, nanotechnology, pyrosequencing, furniture doors and train wheels were recognised at the EPO European Inventor Award 2013 held in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
  • The Supreme Court delivered a mixed ruling in the Myriad case in June, finding that some parts of the biotech company's patents on genes linked to breast and ovarian cancer can be patented while others cannot. The court unanimously ruled that isolated and purified DNA was a product of nature and therefore not eligible for patent protection under Section 101. But it said that synthetically created complementary DNA (cDNA) can be patented because it is not a naturally occurring substance.
  • Precedent set for copyright harmonisation Second WIPO treaty in 14 months Stevie Wonder makes last-minute appearance Groups representing blind people welcomed a new WIPO deal last month on accessing printed and audio material, claiming that it represents "a shift in power in global negotiations on intellectual property rights".
  • “[This decision] departs from the settled approach separating patent and antitrust law”
  • White House issues recommendations FTC launches investigation ITC announces pilot programme June was a bad month for US patent trolls, PAEs or whatever they want to be called. The White House issued a proposal for new laws and regulations, boosting existing bills in Congress, while the FTC announced an investigation and the ITC launched its own pilot programme to tackle them.
  • One of the best things about publishing the INTA Daily News at the Annual Meeting each year is the opportunity to interview in-house trade mark counsel based in or near the host city. We always try to find people from diverse industries and with this year's meeting being held in Dallas, Texas, we chatted to lawyers from AT&T, Dell, Fossil, Halliburton and Whole Foods Market.
  • Registration of trade marks in bad faith and the proliferation of well-known marks are targeted in the latest draft of China’s trade mark law. But the changes could throw up new problems of their own
  • The newest draft of China’s trade mark law looks to address some of the commonly cited complaints about the trade mark system, such as low damages
  • Patent lawyer Richard Willoughby will join D Young & Co’s dispute resolution and legal group in September, Managing IP has learned.
  • The US is the latest country to consider having a patent box. But Germany’s finance minister doesn’t like them.