On March 1, 2017 the Venezuela Patent and Trademark Office increased their official fees (in some cases nearly doubling) for a variety of procedures, including registration fees, fees for recording a change of ownership, change of name or change of...

The Supreme Court of the United States on Friday, January 13, 2017  granted a review of the Amgen v. Sandoz patent dispute case in regards to the FDA licensing of “biologics” (which are products such as viruses, vaccines as well as...

Former NBA basketball star Michael Jordan has won back the rights to his last name in China, as written in Chinese characters.  On December 8th, a Chinese high court determined that Qiaodan Sports, a sportswear company with around 6,000 stores in...

On December 6th, 2016, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Samsung v. Apple that when considering the basis for awarding damages based on the profits from infringing a design patent, it is not necessary to base these damages on the profit made on the...

On December 2, 2016, the United States Supreme Court granted certiorari to review the en banc decision of the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals in Lexmark v. Impression. The Federal Circuit held that, unlike the situation in U.S. copyright law, there...

Though the European Union’s (EU) Unitary Patent Convention and its associated EU patent had originally been expected to come into effect in 2017,  this was dependent upon ratification of the agreement by thirteen EU countries (one...