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Sylvan Browne suggests a way to deal with the problem of hindsight bias when assessing the obviousness of a patent application

Proposals are afoot to change Benelux trade mark law. First of all, appeals against the Benelux Office's decisions – refusals and oppositions – would be dealt with by the Benelux Court of Justice, which up until now has limited its decisions on interpreting Benelux trade mark law following questions put forward by the national courts. The courts of appeal of Brussels (Belgium), Luxembourg or the Hague (the Netherlands) would therefore lose their competence.

As patent holding company NPT sues a group of software and mobile companies and Oracle attacks Google, James Nurton and Eileen McDermott explain the context to these latest battles in the smartphone wars

Australia has just had its second federal court decision involving our rather controversial second tier patent system, the innovation patent. In the case, Seafood Innovations Pty Ltd v Richard Bass Pty Ltd [2010] FCA 723 (July 12 2010), the plaintiff sued over two innovation patents in the field of fish processing machinery. It is noteworthy that the second of the innovation patents was granted after the litigation had commenced and the plaintiff had seen a detailed response from the defendant on non-infringement.

Simon Crompton, London

Clean energy innovation has taken centre stage for the US and China. Rodger Sadler, Chi Cheung, Xiang Wang and Yali Hu provide tips for companies seeking to enter the market in this increasingly essential sector

Peter Ollier, Hong Kong and Simon Crompton, London

Eileen McDermott, New York, Peter Ollier, Hong Kong, and Simon Crompton, London

Companies involved in disputes over patents that may be essential to a standard need to rethink their usual litigation strategies. Nicola Dagg and Eibhlin Murray explain why

The European Patent Office is to clarify its rules for filing divisional applications