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Next week we’ll be hosting a free webinar on successful early resolution strategies for IP disputes, featuring Edward A Mas and Leland G Hansen of McAndrews Held & Malloy and Vaishali Udupa of Hewlett-Packard

The European Patent Office has launched a project called Early Certainty from Search. The Office’s Vice President Guillaume Minnoye tells James Nurton why it is needed, and explains how it will benefit both applicants and third parties

International law firm Simmons & Simmons has hired George Chan as a partner in Beijing

Five lawyers have joined together to set up a new firm specialising in IP and IT in Vienna, called GEISTWERT

Patent Trial and Appeal Board proceedings are increasingly popular among pharma firms, in particular among generics eager to find a new way to invalidate big pharma’s patents. Marion Webb reports

On July 21 2014, the Vietnam government issued Decree 71/2014/ND-CP (Decree 71), which sets out the prescribed remedies for competition violations. These include sanctions in cases of antitrust, unfair dealings and unfair competition. While these measures are a step in the right direction, they potentially conflict with last year's Decree 99/2013/ND-CP on administrative sanctions in industrial property (Decree 99), complicating the enforcement of Decree 99.

The Asean Patent Examination Cooperation Programme (ASPEC) commenced on June 15 2009, but it is only in the year 2014 that the Intellectual Property Office in the Philippines (IPOPHL) has begun accepting ASPEC request forms, after rules implementing the programme have been modified or amended. The participating ASEAN member states (AMS) are nine: Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. The ASPEC is the first regional patent cooperation project among IP offices in the ASEAN to use the search and examination results from another participating AMS IP office as its reference in its own search and examination work.

In Seng Kong Shutter Industries Sdn Bhd & Anor v SKB Shutters Manufacturing Sdn Bhd [2014] 4 CLJ 1037, the Malaysian Court of Appeal overturned the High Court's decision in SKB Shutters Manufacturing Sdn Bhd v Seng Kong Shutter Industries Sdn Bhd & Anor [2011] 4 CLJ and clarified the legal principles on the issue of lack of novelty in patent infringement proceedings.

Patent owners have discovered that PTAB proceedings are an intense ordeal that leaves little chance for discovery or amending claims, while lawyers more used to district courts have endured a steep learning curve. Michael Loney reports on lessons learned from the PTAB frontlines

The working requirement in the Indian Patents Act is one of several provisions unique to the jurisdiction that raise concerns about patent holders. Mohan Dewan explains the reasoning behind the requirement and how to navigate its intricacies