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EU Unitary Patent and Patent Court
Introduction In 1973, in response to concerns about the costs of securing patent protection in Europe, the European Patent Convention was signed to set up a common patent office to examine patent applications for any European country that wished to...
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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RESOLUTIONS FOR THE C-SUITE
Innovative solutions are the foundation of almost every successful company. Tied to almost everything your company creates, every item it produces and sells, every service it provides and every way in which it is marketed, are potential intellectual...
Read ArticleSOFTWARE AS PATENTABLE SUBJECT MATTER POST ALICE
The issue of patent eligible subject matter under 35 USC § 101 affects many different types of inventions including those which incorporate software technology for controlling conventional machines and devices. Although the Alice v. CLS Bank...
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INDIA’S NEW NATIONAL INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS POLICY
On May 12, 2016 India published its National Intellectual Property Rights Policy (National IPR Policy) to raise awareness about the importance of IPR’s as a tool for financial and economic advancement. The mission of the National IPR Policy is to...
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IP DEVELOPMENTS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY AND TRADE SECRETS
2016 has been a year of IP changes and these changes have had an effect upon biotechnology as well as trade...
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