Have there been any recent trends in the design filings department you have noticed in the past few years? Design filings in South Africa were steadily increasing up to 2013, after which filing numbers dropped and have not yet been able to reach pre-2013 figures. A drop of almost 14 % in the design applications […]
Timo Pitkänen reveals the different technologies impacting the patent world, as well if there is a ‘foolproof’ way of ensuring that a sufficient novelty search has been conducted, and how to pick a suitable IP strategy. What challenges do you foresee in the patent world, in regard to new technology developments? I believe that […]
‘The secret of success in life is to eat what you like, and let the food fight it out inside’ – at least, according to Mark Twain. But, what happens when the fiercely competitive food and drink industry starts a legal fight on the outside? Here Wayne Beynon, an intellectual property expert at Capital Law, […]
DLA Piper won a significant appellate victory this week in its representation of SteadyMed Ltd., a specialty pharmaceutical company, before the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. On November 14th 2017, the Court affirmed the March 31st 2017 ruling by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board of the United States Patent and […]
In the case of Google vs. Equustek, some weeks back a Canadian Supreme Court ordered Google to eliminate a number of search results from a previous distributor that was reportedly using its sites to sell, illegally, the defendant Equustek Solutions’s IP. On November 2nd 2017, a California district court granted Google’s request for a preliminary […]
“Problems with IP protection are usually a subject of choice for IP professionals”, says Marek Bury, an IP specialist in Poland. With technology quickly advancing, Marek speaks on how Poland is adapting to such change. “That is what we find interesting. Our reports often look pessimistic. It should be stressed that obtaining and enforcement of […]
Maggie Ramage’s role in the IP team at Edwin Coe is to support and work in the trade mark registration practice. “On a daily basis I deal with trade mark clearance, protection, defence, litigation, renewals and any area relating to trade mark protection worldwide. “I work closely with WIPO, the EUIPO and the UK IPO, […]
China has slowly creeped up and overtaken substantially in the IP world; with Japan being the previous leader in innovation and IP patenting, we decided to get in touch with legal expert Katsumori Iseki, who discusses how the Chinese patent growth is affecting Japan and its business. How would you describe the current growth […]
A District Court judge in California recently wrote in a retrial for the Apple Vs Samsung case surrounding three iPhone 3G patents. The retrial date is set to take place between May 14th and May 18th of next year. The patents in question relate to the "black rectangular front face of a phone with rounded […]
By Eva-Maria Strobel, Partner at Baker McKenzie The trademark landscape is evolving rapidly, with both brand owners and trademark professionals trying to keep up. The changes are mostly driven by the steep rise in trademark applications — there was a 13.7% increase in trademark filing activity in 2015, according to WIPO — and shrinking […]
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