• Bother of invention

    Under UK patent law, an invention made by an employee during the course of his or her normal duties will belong, by default, to the employer – unless there is an express agreement specifying otherwise. This may not, in itself, be entirely surprising. In return for remuneration to employees, an... Continue reading

     
  • Newsmakers

    Stephen A. Mason has joined the Austin office of Munck Wilson Mandala as senior counsel in the firm’s technology/intellectual property law group. Mason represents clients in a wide variety of patent and trademark matters, with a technical emphasis in financial software products, encryption and security, …

     
  • Claiming Intellectual Property

    Alexander Graham Bell would receive a patent for his invention of the telephone after having fixed (or perhaps commercialized) it in some form. Assuming the invention complies with the threshold requirements of patent law, the set of protected embodiments would include all substantially similar …

     
  • (Copyright)

    (Copyright)  Yonhap News Full coverage

     
  • Patent

    To carry out extensive Prior art searches & Patent analytics on latest technology. To carry out Patentability & Invalidity searches. To prepare Landscape studies, conduct Freedom to Operate studies. Salary:INR 3,00,000 – 6,00,000 P.A.. Industry: KPO / Research / Analytics. Functional Area: Legal …

     
  • Conley, Twombly, and Iqbal

    Conley, Twombly, and Iqbal are different standards of proof to successfully initiate patent litigation. This varies between states. Some states have higher standards than others. So consider incorporating your company in a state with higher standards.

     
  • Uganda President refuses to sign Bio-safety bill into law books

    KAMPALA Uganda (Xinhua) — Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni declined to sign a bill into law which allows genetically modified organisms (GMO) into the … “This law apparently talks of giving monopoly of patent rights to its adder and forgets about the communities that developed original material.

     
  • Analyzing Advanced Disposal Services (NYSE:ADSW) and Marathon Patent Group (MARA)

    Analyzing Advanced Disposal Services (NYSE:ADSW) and Marathon Patent Group (MARA)  The Ledger Gazette Head-To-Head Analysis: Advanced Disposal Services (ADSW) and Marathon Patent Group (MARA)  Week Herald Full coverage

     
  • If a product has a patent pending and you sell a part of it, can I give away the patented portion and …

    If a product has “patent pending,” and you are knowingly infringing on the patent, then the patent owner may later come after you and ask for damages. I am not exactly sure how you can “give away the patented portion,” or how you can “avoid patent law.” The only way... Continue reading

     
  • Why Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s future youngsters may NOT be prince or princess

    But the Queen could change this, as she did for the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’ children, by issuing a new Letters Patent. … Princess Charlotte’s future offspring, meanwhile, will – as the law currently stands – not be given official royal titles, but her brother Prince George’s offspring will... Continue reading