EXCLUSIVE: Apple seeks dismissal of India apps market antitrust case, cites tiny market share

Apple Inc has asked India's antitrust watchdog to throw out a case alleging abuse of market power in the apps market, saying it is too small a player in the South Asian country where Google is dominant, a filing seen by Reuters shows.

General Court on genuine use: Coffee in Cl. 30, Coffee out Cl. 32 - Kluwer Trademark Blog

As you may recall from our post on the ‘Sony Vita’ invalidation case, where a trade mark is registered for a product but only used for something viewed by consumers as a different product, the trade mark right for the registered product for which...

Bolivia calls on Canada to waive patent and export COVID-19 vaccines

The Canadian government is facing mounting pressure to waive the patent on the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine to allow a Canadian manufacturer to export a low-cost version to Bolivia.

Jury's out on ‘creative’ alliance from LATAM e-commerce king

In-house and law firm counsel say Mercado Libre is more engaged than others on counterfeiting, but that measures such as strict ID checks must come next

Sigma-Aldrich Joins the CRISPR Interference Fray

By Kevin E. Noonan -- On June 21st,* the Patent Trial and Appeal Board declared two new interferences involving CRISPR technology. The first, Interference No. 106,132, named Sigma-Aldrich as Senior Party and the University of California/Berkeley,...

Sen. Tillis Writes to U.S. Trade Representative (Again) Regarding TRIPS Waiver

By Donald Zuhn -- Earlier this month, Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC), the Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Intellectual Property of the Senate Committee of the Judiciary, wrote to United States Trade Representative Katherine C. Tai to express his...

IP, contested technologies and the freedom to grow

As your growth takes off, IP attacks from direct competitors and indirect prospectors will intensify. So don’t let them take you by surprise and disrupt your competitive strategy, says Mathias Karlhuber at Cohausz & Florack in a book about how...

Patents for Humanity: The USPTO Recognizes Innovation Relating to COVID-19

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has announced the final deadline for submission of applications for its Patents for Humanity COVID-19 award: The submission deadline i

Opinion | Omicron Reveals How Leaders Stick Their Heads Into the Sand of Reality

"Covid-19 will never go away: we need to learn to live with it. That means reacting appropriately and thoughtfully to new variants and being intentional about our trade-offs."

The Big Pharma Holdup vs. the World’s Need For Covid Vaccines: An International Travesty

Almost two years into the pandemic, the unmet need for COVID vaccines worldwide has become an international crisis. Covax, the global immunization

We Need a Coordinated Global Response to the Pandemic

There is a board-game called Pandemic that has been around for years before Covid 19 circled the globe. In Pandemic, you and your fellow players are

More Than 100 Firms Across the World Can Make the mRNA Vaccine If Tech Is Shared

A group of vaccine experts say it's one of the most viable solutions to combat the spread of variants like Omicron.

As Omicron Spreads, 100+ Firms in Africa, Asia & Latin America Can Make mRNA Vaccine If Tech Shared

As the coronavirus variant Omicron spreads across the world at an unprecedented rate, a group of vaccine experts has just released a list of over 100 companies in Africa, Asia and Latin America with the potential to produce mRNA vaccine. They say...

The Linux Foundation Does Not Truly Care About Diversity and Inclusion, It's Just Using That

The Linux Foundation has just released a whole cluster of pages, statements, and paid-for press releases about Diversity, Equity and Inclusion; it says "[t]he Linux kernel community adopted inclusive language in the Linux 5.8 release, showing its...

WHO Warns 'Vaccine-Deprived' Africa May Not Hit 70% Covid-19 Inoculation Goal Until 2024

"In a world where Africa had the doses and support to vaccinate 70% of its population by the end of 2021," says World Health Organization Africa director Dr. Matshidiso Moeti, "we probably would be seeing tens of thousands of fewer deaths from...