Global Patent Warming

The old term "Global Patent Warming" comes to mind when one assesses the neoliberal approach of today's EPO, where the sole goal is making piles of money by granting loads and loads of illegal European Patents

Eurasian Industrial Design - The List Of Countries Is Expanding - Intellectual Property - Worldwide

Since June 1, 2021 the Eurasian Patent Office has started accepting and examining applications for the issuance of Eurasian patents for industrial designs, which allows obtaining legal protection...

Sustainable Polymers: Finding the sweet spot (via Passle)

A recent report from the European Patent Office (EPO) - Patents for tomorrow’s plastics: Global innovation trends in recycling, circular design and alte...

Sigma-Aldrich Files Substantive Preliminary Motion 1 to Change the Count in Interference No. 106,133

By Kevin E. Noonan -- On November 19th, Senior Party Sigma-Aldrich filed its Substantive Preliminary Motion No. 1 in CRISPR Interference No. 106,133 (where the University of California, the University of Vienna, and Emmanuelle Charpentier,...

European Parliament signs off on strengthening drug regulator's ability to tackle shortages

The European Parliament on Thursday endorsed a plan to increase the powers of the European Medicines Agency, which will be better equipped to monitor and mitigate shortages of drugs and medical devices. By a vote of 655 to 31, parliament signed...

The Danger Of Using Your Name As A Trade Mark - Intellectual Property - UK

Registering your own name as a trade mark for your business may seem a good way to build up a reputation in your chosen industry. However, business owners should also be aware of the potential danger of doing so.

Gruyere cheese and Tennessee whiskey: A trade story

Data reveal that consumers do not make the link between gruyere and Switzerland or France.

Secondary patents prove to be key in biosimilar blocking strategies, researchers find

While the US biosimilars industry has generally been a disappointment since its inception, with FDA approving 33 biosimilars since 2015, just a fraction of those have immediately followed their approvals with launches. And more than a handful of...

USPTO To Propose Paperless Patents

In a Director’s Forum blog post published December 10, 2021, the USPTO announced plans to issue proposed rule changes relating to the format in which U.S. patents are issued, making el

Post-AIA Patents Are Not Shielded from Interferences

Addressing the applicability of interference proceedings to patent applications filed after the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (AIA) was enacted, the Patent Trial & Appeal Board (Board) found it

Companies got fewer patents in 2021 – in-house explain why

Counsel at Siemens, HPE, Honeywell and IBM say COVID and patent eligibility challenges are to blame for the drop in issuances last year and in the future

Medlab receives grant to develop NanoCelle nasal vaccine for Covid-19

Medlab Clinical has obtained a New South Wales Government grant for developing a proof-of-concept NanoCelle Nasal RNA vaccine for Covid-19.

Vaccine Profits Minted 9 New Billionaires While Vaccine Apartheid Drove Omicron

The super-rich have prolonged the pandemic as 99 percent of the world's people have seen their incomes drop.

WHO Chief Says Pandemic Is "Nowhere Near Over," Warning About Vaccine Inequity

Just 9.6 percent of people in low-income countries have received at least one vaccine dose to date.

WHO Chief Says Pandemic Is "Nowhere Near Over," Warning About Vaccine Inequity

Just 9.6 percent of people in low-income countries have received at least one vaccine dose to date.

Why Pay Less? The US Strategy for Vaccinating the World

Earlier this month, Dr. Peter Hotez announced that his team of researchers at Texas Children’s Hospital and Baylor University had developed an effective

Bank Blocks Donations Supporting Cuban Effort to Vaccinate World

"A European bank, established in the Netherlands, has decided to put the interests of the U.S. government above the lives of millions of people."