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  • A conference this week highlighted the different approaches that courts take to expert evidence in Europe. Will Europe’s new unified patent court (UPC) make things simpler, or more complicated?
  • As you probably know, I have been watching the Myriad lawsuit closely – that’s the case where the ACLU is challenging the patentability of a discovery that certain genes (ones isolated by the inventors) correlate with an increased risk of breast and ovarian cancer.
  • Trade mark owners have long complained that own-brand rivals use look-alike products to free-ride on their reputations and steal market share. But a new report presents a more complex picture of the relationship between the two
  • The White House announcement on patent trolls has certainly grabbed attention. But for real change in patent law, look to the US Supreme Court
  • In the latest twist in the long-running battle over Google’s mass book-scanning project, a group of academic authors has filed an amici curiae brief in support of the libraries that supplied the works to the search engine
  • Critics of China’s patent system often point to the proliferation of utility models as a sign of low patent quality, but research from the Intellectual Property Publishing House shows even among utility models, there is variation in quality
  • The Patent Controller’s failure to forward a crucial piece of evidence to the Opposition Board resulted in injustice, ruled the IPAB
  • Attempts by rights holders to increase IP protections online have faced stiff opposition often chalked up to misinformation and misunderstandings, but it may be more than that
  • For years, brand owners have been calling for the Madrid Protocol to become more truly international – something that has come closer with recent accessions. Now it is time to ask: what is the international trade mark system for?
  • Technological neutrality is a “highly relevant” consideration as the government looks for ways to update its copyright laws