Tag: Patent

China to drive on to the Patent Prosecution Highway

According to a USPTO press release, the intellectual property offices of China (SIPO) and USA (USPTO) have signed a

Read more...

BRCA patents in Europe

An ongoing lawsuit in the US has attracted a lot of attention worldwide. The American Civil Liberties Union has,

Read more...

Is the era of cascading divisionals coming to an end?

Filing a divisional used to be a common procedure before oral proceedings as well as before grant of a

Read more...

Is your supplier really cheap or just a wolf in sheep’s clothing?

It is well known that many companies, for cost reasons, choose to manufacture and buy products in low-cost countries,

Read more...

Centocor (Johnson & Johnson) awarded the largest patent verdict in U.S. history

1.67 billion U.S. dollars, $1.16 billion in lost profit, and $504 million in royalties. That’s what Centocor is awarded

Read more...

Recent Trends in Chinese IP enforcement

As has previously been mentioned on this blog, Schneider Electric Low Voltage (Tianjin) Co. Ltd., a joint venture of

Read more...

EPO’s fight against divisional applications

EPO is seeking to limit the submission of divisional applications, which would be a severe blow to small, newly

Read more...

Can “bad” patent applications be profitable?

I’d like to share with you a few ideas on a subject that is not entirely uncontroversial – not

Read more...

Mobile Sliding Menu