• Patent Appeals to the District Court: Win or Lose, You Pay Attorneys’ Fees?

    As clearly explained in a recent Law360 article, the case has to do with a previously-neglected section of the Patent Act, which provides that parties who “appeal” USPTO decisions directly to a district court (as opposed directly to the Federal Circuit) must pay “all expenses” incurred by the USPTO, win... Continue reading

     
  • Japan patent law

    Revisions Made to the Japan Patent Law. , as well as in Japan. Commissioner’s Message Laws called “Legislation Relating to Commercial Marks and Product Marks” were enacted for the first time in France in 1857. (Ratification of acts of persons lacking legal capacity). Issued in April 1999. are very …

     
  • Insight Briefing on Patents and Exclusivity at CPhI North America 2018

    Feldstein, PhD, is a partner at Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garratt & Dunner. Feldstein focuses on US district court litigation, primarily concerning the enforcement of US patent rights and trade secret issues, and post-grant trial proceedings at the USPTO, including inter partes review and post grant …

     
  • Patents in biotechnology ppt

    The European Patent Organisation. 10. (*Slides adapted and updated from U of T – Patent Law 2011 Biotechnology from Michelle Nelles). Legal monopoly limited in scope and duration (20 years). La nanomedicina è l’applicazione medica delle possibilità derivanti dalle nanotecnologie. Laws of Nature.

     
  • Heritage minister gets assurances from China on protection of intellectual property

    … have been given assurances on protection of intellectual property should they enter the Chinese market. Canadian companies have raised concerns repeatedly with the Liberals about the lack of transparency in China’s regulatory system and shortcomings in how it protects intellectual property rights.

     
  • UHV SBDC to offer workshop about patents, trademarks

    Understanding the Patent and Trademark Processes is a free workshop focusing on the general concepts of intellectual property, how to identify subject … Information about available resources will be provided, including pro bono and pro se programs, assistance centers, resource centers and local law …

     
  • Parul Institute of Law’s International Conference On IP Laws [28th April; Vadodara]

    Parul Institute of Law is organizing a one-day ‘International Conference on Recent Advances in Intellectual Property Rights Law’ on 28th April 2018 on the occasion of World Intellectual Property … Via demand draft in favor of “Parul Institute of Law” or online in the account with the following bank details.

     
  • USPTO Director Andrei Iancu on Patent Policy

    The cumulative result is a system in which the patent grant is less reliable today than it should be. This onslaught has come from all directions: There has been major reform legislation, and proposed legislation. There have been massive changes brought about by major court cases. And the USPTO itself …

     
  • USPTO Director Andrei Iancu on Patent Policy

    USPTO Director Andrei Iancu on Patent Policy  Patently-O 2A Armament Receives Regulated Bolt Carrier Patent  AmmoLand Shooting Sports News United States: USPTO Prepares To Celebrate The Issuance Of The Ten Millionth US Patent  Mondaq News Alerts Full coverage

     
  • Monsanto Doesn’t Have Patent On GM Cotton Seeds, Says Delhi High Court

    New Delhi: A court ruled on Wednesday that Monsanto cannot claim patents on its genetically modified (GM) cotton seeds in India, the domestic company that brought the case said. Citing an Indian law that excludes seeds from being patented, Nuziveedu Seeds Ltd (NSL) argued that the US seeds …