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Karl Renner and Dorothy Whelan of Fish & Richardson reflect on the state of post-grant patent practice in the US, the evolution of the inter partes review and new developments on the horizon

The French law no. 2019-486 of May 22 2019 on business growth and transformation, known as the Action Plan for Business Growth and Transformation (PACTE) Law, introduces important changes into the French patent system, including conditions for infringement and invalidity actions for all industrial property rights.

Managing IP rounds up the latest news and analysis from patent-focused businesses

The minimum requirements for securing a filing date (and priority date) of a Malaysian patent application to be issued by the Malaysian IP Office (MyIPO) are: a) the name and address of the applicant(s), b) the name and address of the inventor(s), c) a patent specification comprising a description, claims and any necessary drawings; and d) the country and filing date of any earlier application whose priority is claimed. It is preferable, although not essential, to file the following additional information and documents with the initial application; e) the serial number of any priority application and the symbol of the International Patent Classification (IPC) allocated to it (if available), f) the state of incorporation/nationality of the applicant; g) an abstract of the invention; h) an Appointment of Agent form signed by the applicant and i) if the applicant is not the inventor, a statement explaining how the applicant derives its right to the patent from the inventor(s), normally by virtue of assignment, employment or any other agreement.

As data reveals that German and French attorneys lag behind their UK counterparts on the tests for appearing at the EPO, Managing IP asks why the UK leads the field

Volvo Cars, Lotus and others say car companies are becoming more accepting of suppliers using open source technology as their need for software increases, but that they have to be more vigilant of restrictive licences as a result

In-house counsel from generic drug companies believe pharma innovators are abusing divisional patent filings to give them extra protection

Counsel at Capital One, Wells Fargo and the Clearing House Payments Company say they file patents when there is an appropriate business case and only look at patent eligibility requirements as a secondary issue

On April 26 2019, the Supreme People's Court (SPC) issued special rules on its technical patent investigators (provisions), effective as of May 1 2019, which formally stipulate the procedures, duties and liabilities related to the participation of technical investigators in the trial of IP cases. The issuing of the provisions is also an acknowledgement of the successful trial run of the technical investigator system in the last four years.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his political party Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), once again won the elections with a clear majority and formed the government in May 2019. This is the party's second term in a row. Interestingly, during the election campaign, one of the adverts released entitled "Transforming India's IP Landscape" counted, among others, the following achievements: