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As Bas de Blank, Michael Chow and Tammy Su of Orrick explain, redesigning a product to avoid an ITC exclusion order is far different than in district court litigation

China IP specialists say that trademark squatting, patent quality and IP securitisation are priorities to focus on

Counsel at Alexion, Sarepta, Daniel and Di Blasi say the patent backlog and a Supreme Court case on patent terms are high on their agendas

High-tech industries are an important part of the economy in Taiwan. Given the rapid changes associated with technological advancement, cutting-edge tech companies usually have higher incentives to engage in technology transfer across country lines in order to keep pace with the most innovative technology available. This partly explains why Taiwan has experienced a steady growth in the number of technology transfers.

David Stone is a London-based partner and global head of intellectual property at Allen & Overy. He sits part time as a deputy High Court judge and juggles his busy career with teaching IP at various institutions. He tells Sanjana Kapila why he struggles with delayed trains and the advice he would give his younger self.

In In re Alabama Tourism Department, the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) issued an uncommon refusal to register under Section 2(b) of the Lanham Act the mark shown below owned by the Alabama Tourism Department (ATD), on the ground that the mark includes a simulation of the United States flag. In doing so, the TTAB sent a reminder that the benefits of federal registration may not be available to marks incorporating flag designs.

On January 15 2020, US President Donald Trump and Chinese vice-premier He Liu signed a trade agreement which President Trump has described as "the biggest deal anybody has ever seen." The deal promises to be the first phase of a larger new trade agreement between the US and China, announcing a significant de-escalation in the trade war between the two giants that has dragged along for more than one year. Of particular interest to those in the pharmaceutical industry will be Sections C and D of the first chapter of the trade agreement, which outline China's commitments to improve protection and enforcement of pharmaceutical-related patent rights, and in particular to creating an effective mechanism for early resolution of patent disputes between generic drug companies and pharmaceutical innovators, or a Chinese drug patent linkage system, as many may like to put it.

On April 21 2020, Beijing High Court issued the guiding opinions on the determination of damages in cases of infringement of intellectual property rights and unfair competition as well as the judging standards for statutory compensation ("关于侵害知识产权及不正当竞争案件确定损害赔偿的指导意见及法定赔偿的裁判标准") (opinions).

At the beginning of 1998, the EPO began allowing oral proceedings to be held as a video conference (OJ EPO 1997, 572). Video conferencing was only available for oral proceedings held before an examining division, i.e. prior to grant of the European patent. Oral proceedings before examining divisions are more suited to video conferencing as they are usually shorter and less complex than opposition oral proceedings, they are not open to the public, and only one party is present (the patent applicant).

In a much awaited preliminary decision, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruled on April 2 2020 (C-567/18 Coty Germany GmbH v Amazon Services Europe Sarl et al) on the responsibilities of Amazon warehouse-keepers in relation to the sale by a third-party seller on the online marketplace, Amazon Marketplace, of perfume bottles for which the rights had not been exhausted.