Welcome to 2022: Intentional Lies Are 'Benefits' and 'Alternative Facts'

A crooks-run EPO, together with the patent litigation cabal that we’ve dubbed ‘Team UPC’ (it has nothing to do with science or with innovation), is spreading tons of misinformation; the lies are designed to make the law-breaking seem OK, knowing...

Patrick Breyer, Unlike Most German Politicians, Highlights the Fact That Unified Patent Court (UPC) and Unitary Patent Are Incompatible With EU Law

A longtime critic of EPO abuses (under both Benoît Battistelli and António Campinos leadership), as well as a vocal critic of software patents, steps in to point out the very obvious

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.

How Much Longer Can We Keep Doing This Without a Vaccine?

All parents are struggling during the pandemic, but those with kids too young to be vaccinated are barely holding on.

While the Poor Get Sick, Bill Gates Just Gets Richer

The billionaire’s pandemic investments, like much of his work, remain a secret.

Inventive AI: European Patent Office finds that only humans can be inventors | JD Supra

Patent offices and courts around the world have recently been grappling with the question of whether an AI system can be the inventor of a patent....

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

Major US airlines warn 5G expansion could cause ‘chaos’ for US flights

The chief executives of major U.S. passenger and cargo carriers on Monday warned of an impending “catastrophic” aviation crisis in less than 36 hours, when AT&T and Verizon are set to deploy new 5G s…

A fourth vaccine dose doesn't seem to fully stop omicron, study finds

Omicron's vaccine-resistant properties have prompted Pfizer to start work on an omicron-specific vaccine

The New Separation of Powers Formalism and Administrative Adjudication

Inventing While a Black Woman: Passing and the Patent Archive

SCOTUS okays Medtronic's $112 million loss in patent contract case

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined a request by medical-device maker Medtronic Inc to review a case involving surgical-screw patents, letting stand a $112 million verdict against the company for breaching a royalty agreement.

Nike sues Lululemon for patent infringement over Mirror home gym - National | Globalnews.ca

Nike claims Lululemon's electronic device for streaming workout classes and its accompanying mobile applications violate Nike's "robust portfolio of patents."

U.S. Chief Justice Roberts pledges to review patent venue rules

In a year-end report on the federal judiciary, U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts said he would direct the Judicial Conference of the United States to address how venue is chosen for patent cases.

Covid sparks surge in innovation with 5,070 new patent applications: Juliet Redhouse comments

5,070 global patent applications* relating to Covid-19 have been published since the start of the pandemic, shows a new analysis by leading intellectual property law firm Mathys & Squire.