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Use it and (maybe) lose it: prior use and patentability in Canada

Posted by Serge Shahinian

27 Oct 2022

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IP laws and practice (includes legislation, practice changes, case-law from around the world)

It is generally universal in patenting that an invention cannot have been previously disclosed to the...

Aesthetics and functionality: understanding EU requirements for trade dress protection

Posted by Ms Kanika and Ms. Bhavya Sangri

09 Sep 2022

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IP laws and practice (includes legislation, practice changes, case-law from around the world)

On July 14, 2021, the General Court of the European Union delivered leading cosmetics and skincare...

The Indian Biological Diversity Act: a review of the Amendment Bill 2021

Posted by Deepa Tiku

12 Aug 2022

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IP laws and practice (includes legislation, practice changes, case-law from around the world)

It is important for countries like India, with diverse biological resources, to have regulations on access...

A good night for Neurim Pharmaceuticals - Assistant Commissioner Luiten as an agent for controlling the release of an examined patent application

Posted by Dr Andrew Scott and Dr Sam Fraser

03 Aug 2022

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IP laws and practice (includes legislation, practice changes, case-law from around the world)

Neurim Pharmaceuticals was unsuccessful in overcoming the examiner’s repeated objections to its New Zealand patent application,...

3 ways to spot the signs of burnout

Posted by Clare Davis

27 Jul 2022

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IP as a business, practice management

So often I am asked, “How can I recognise when someone I work with is feeling...

Soda-ceptive – did a straw man suppress the true patent opponent’s identity from foaming over?

Posted by Dr Andrew Scott and Dr Sam Fraser

14 Jul 2022

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IP laws and practice (includes legislation, practice changes, case-law from around the world), IP news and developments

In 2015, Suntory Holdings Limited sought to patent a carbonated beverage comprising both Reb M and...

The Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand piles on DABUS

Posted by Nick Mountford and Dr Andrew Scott

07 Jun 2022

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IP laws and practice (includes legislation, practice changes, case-law from around the world)

... the broader implications of whether a “person skilled in the art” can be an AI...

Charting IP roadmaps for investments into Africa

Posted by Chinweizu Ogban

07 Jun 2022

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IP Asset Management, IP asset management (valuation, licensing, FRAND etc.)

Africa is the world’s fastest growing continent and six of its countries are among the world’s...

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