Australian Patent Filings Up in 2021, Aided by Innovation Patent’s Demise

Australian patent filings hit a record high in 2021, with applicants snatching their last chance to access the innovation patent system.

USPTO News Briefs

By Donald Zuhn -- Updated First Office Action Estimator Tool Now Available In a Patent Alert email distributed earlier today, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office announced that an updated First Office Action Estimator online tool is now available...

The Curious Case Of Xenobots Part 1 – Patenting Of Living Machines - Intellectual Property - Canada

Since the 1970s when genetically-engineered bacterium capable of breaking down crude oil was held to be patentable subject-matter, much attention has been paid to the patenting of living inventions.

Put patent policy to work to achieve climate goals

Saturday Opinion: Fabrice Mattei of Rouse says two measures that emerged from last month's COP26 climate summit can reshape the future of the patent system

IPO & Harrity Analytics Release List of Top 300 Patent Holders for 2021

Life Sciences "Top 55" By Donald Zuhn -- Earlier this month, the Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) and Harrity Analytics announced the release of the 39th annual list of the top 300 organizations receiving U.S. utility patents (see...

FTC Highlights SEP Antitrust Abuses — Unified Patents

The recent remarks of FTC Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter on standards essential patents (“SEPs”) are commendable, as is her emphasis on the role antitrust law plays in curtailing anticompetitive abuses of them. The abuses Slaughter...

320+ Scientists: Suspend Vaccine Patents to Prevent Future Variants

"Allowing huge numbers of people in low- and middle-income countries to remain unvaccinated is a reckless approach to public health."

Progressives to Biden: Force Pharma to Share Vaccine Recipes Globally

"The longer the global pandemic is allowed to run rampant, new, more virulent variants will continue to threaten health and economic wellbeing across the planet."

Only 10 Percent of Africa's Population Is Fully Vaccinated

Vaccine inequity is prolonging the pandemic and fueling variants, Africa's CDC director says.

EU court sides with Intel in appeal of $1.2B antitrust fine

A European court announced Wednesday that it overturned a $1.2 billion fine on Intel, which the European Union had imposed on the semiconductor chip manufacturer in 2009 over alleged violations of antitrust laws.

Union Calls for Regulator “Oversight” of Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard Buy

The Communication Workers of America's request comes after Raven Software, a studio owned by the video game holding company, announced an "organizational change" affecting workers who recently declared their intention to form a union.

FTC Mum on Microsoft-Activision Deal, Proposes Review of Merger Guidelines

The deal would elevate Microsoft in an even more favorable position in the games-as-a-service market.

POZ - Health, Life and HIV

POZ serves the community of people living with and those affected by HIV/AIDS with daily news, treatment updates, personal profiles, investigative features, videos, blogs, forums, personals and an extensive online social network.

Pharmaceutical Trade Marks - Top Tips - Intellectual Property - UK

Choosing a unique trade mark is important in any field; however, the pharmaceutical industry features some unique trade mark challenges.

Five Patents In Nanotechnology - Intellectual Property - UK

Nanotechnology: building materials and devices by controlling matter at the atomic and molecular level. An interdisciplinary field with far-reaching applications.

Global Patent System

Trans-Atlantic negotiations are potentially being used to override local patent laws and assimilate them to US patent law (which permits software patents)