Category: Insights

Trademark holders think it .sucks!

Defensive tactics should be a part of the brand protection strategy of every trademark owner. New developments within the

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Patents for protecting others from harm?

Well that would be really nice, wouldn’t it? My daughter came home from school a few weeks ago and

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Will there be any difference in the oral hearings between the EPO and the UPC?

Anyone who has been attending an oral proceeding at the EPO, either as an observer or as an active

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Spain’s actions against unitary patent protection dismissed

On May 5, a potential legal obstacle against the Unitary Patent and Unified Patent Court was removed when the

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Gorilla moves

Does your attorney suddenly start acting like a gorilla before, or even during, an oral hearing before the European

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Accelerated processing of Standard Essential Patent (SEP) applications?

Numerous industries have benefited from standard-setting organizations (SSOs), whose primary activities encompass developing, coordinating and producing technical standards intended

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First non-European country begins validating European patents

As earlier announced on the Awapatent IP Blog here, Tunisia and Morocco has signed an agreement with the EPO

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Fertile grounds for patent applications

According to a recently published survey by the Swedish Patent and Registration Office (PRV), geographical areas where universities and

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New IP courts major step forward in China’s judicial reforms

In November and December 2014, China announced the long awaited establishment of three specialized IP courts in the Tier

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The Indian Jungle – an IP perspective, part 2

To foreign applicants filing a patent application in India takes place “at the IPO”, but in reality there is

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