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The India patent controller has rejected Gilead’s sofosbuvir patent application, citing the controversial Section 3(d) of the Patents Act

Businesses that put together databases of information can place contractual limits on how the information is used, as long as the database is not protected by copyright or sui generis rights, the Court of Justice of the EU ruled today

Apple and Samsung may have settled much of their multi-million dollar litigation, but that doesn’t mean that the smartphone wars are over. Now Apple and Ericsson are battling over royalty rates

Despite what critics have said, our popular events and network for women working in IP promote inclusive working cultures, networking, career progression and role models. What’s wrong with that?

In a recent decision, T 773/10 of October 24 2014 (published on January 7 2015), a Technical Board of Appeal of the EPO has decided that a new therapeutic use of a known medical device cannot confer novelty within the meaning of the European Patent Convention.

Unified Patents has released an analysis of 2014 at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board

It was a good idea to buy indulgence for sins committed in the Middle Ages. As time went on, humankind dropped the idea of buying expiation for money. However the idea survived through the ages and found a new expression in the market economy. The idea lacks inventive level or novelty but some people all the same are lured into believing that there may be something in it. It is like a Ponzi scheme: people plunge into the adventure, come out befooled, some time passes and other people believe they will have a better luck.

The European Patent Office received 273,110 patent filings last year, an increase of 3% on 2013, according to provisional figures

WIPO has unveiled a Global Design Database, which initially includes records of 185,000 records of registered industrial designs

After the National People's Congress Standing Committee announced its decision to establish IP specialised courts, Beijing, Guangzhou and Shanghai have opened their IP courts on November 6, December 16 and December 28 2014 respectively.