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In general, among the three types of patents, patent for invention offers protection of the broadest subject matters, including products, processes and usages. Patent for utility model aims at protecting product with the shape, structure, or their combination. Accordingly, method, usage, ingredient and the like cannot be protected by utility model. Patent for design protects the appearance of product in the form of shape, pattern, or their combination, or the combination of the color with shape or pattern of product, which creates an aesthetic feeling.

Recent US intellectual property news included Broadcom’s takeover bid for Qualcomm, the PTAB’s request for briefing over Allergan’s Native American tribe deal, the Supreme Court’s denial of Samsung’s appeal of a $120m damages award to Apple, a US district court’s ruling that Google does not have to obey a Canadian court order requiring it to take down information around the world, a trade group letter asking the USTR to prioritise trade secrets, and the USPTO’s two-year diversion pilot programme

Usually people are concerned with what they have inside their head rather than outside. We are used to the knowledge that inventions push forward technology and open new ways to human progress. Sometimes it happens otherwise.

The EPO’s annual report reveals the top patent filers in Europe in 2017. Managing IP analyses the most interesting filing trends, including a 5.8% increase in patent applications from the US and 16.6% growth from China

The New Turkish Industrial Property Code entered into force on January 10 2017. The IP Code replaces the Decree-laws pertaining to the protection of trade marks, patents, geographical indications and designs by unifying them into a single code.

In an exclusive interview with High Court judge Richard Arnold, reporters Charlotte Kilpatrick and Max Walters learn the dos and don’ts of getting on his good side, his views of his high-profile IP cases and how he decides matters; and gets an exciting glimpse at his bookshelf

Facebook’s head of patents Jeremiah Chan expressed frustration with outside counsel’s non-engagement with patent data and lack of measurable goals at Managing IP’s Innovation and Litigation Summit

June included an increase in Patent Trial and Appeal Board petition filing, two PTAB-related bills being introduced in Congress and the first reversal of a PGR final written decision

In an exclusive interview with UK High Court judge Mr Justice Arnold, Patent Strategy learns the dos and don’ts of getting on his good side and how he decides cases; and gets an exciting glimpse at his bookshelf

UK High Court judge Mr Justice Arnold speaks about how judges can set the agenda and dealing with obfuscating counsel in an exclusive interview with Managing IP