Superconductivity Is Celebrated This Year, Further Work Needed To Tame It 09/04/2011 by Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment A hundred years ago, Dutch physicist Heike Kamerlingh Onnes and his student Gilles Holst discovered a property that was to launch decades of fervent research to understand the phenomenon: Superconductivity. Today, researchers are still trying to find ways to use this remarkable property, but are celebrating the centenary of its discovery.
WIPO Slowly Advances Industrial Design Treaty, Eyes ISP Liability For Trademarks 04/04/2011 by Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment Governments meeting last week to discuss a possible new treaty on industrial design harmonisation snagged slightly at the end over how to chart a course to a treaty negotiation, but otherwise reported a smooth week of talks. Officials also agreed to plan a meeting on internet service provider liability.
WIPO Discusses Industrial Design Treaty, Trademark Protection On Internet 30/03/2011 by Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment World Intellectual Property Organization members congregated this week to advance work on a potential treaty on industrial designs, and to look into trademark protection against infringement on the internet, including through social media. But they ended early after nominal progress in these promising new areas for the United Nations agency.
Intellectual Property Creates Space For Competition In Innovation, WIPO Head Says 29/03/2011 by Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment Intellectual property is an available space in which any country can compete, but certain policies are helpful, the head of the World Intellectual Property Organization said today. And he described a global geographic shift in innovation away from Europe and the United States.
Experts Meet To Weigh Health And Environment Scientific Innovations 28/03/2011 by Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment Scientific advances in life sciences, in particular health, are being evaluated by experts this week in Lyon, France, with the stated hope of bringing new answers to global health challenges, such as funding, costs, and innovation.
Pharma Industry Seeks To Bring A Fresh Face To Public Health Policy 23/03/2011 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment The research-based pharmaceutical industry is working to bring a fresh face to the international public health policy arena in Geneva, most recently through a new initiative on technology transfer. Working through the industry’s Geneva-based trade association, the effort to be seen in a more positive light comes after years of doubts about the transparency of its involvement in these issues and could change the tenor of international negotiations.
Briefs Filed In Supreme Court Case On Lowering Patent Validity Test 21/03/2011 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment A list of briefs were filed Friday in support of maintaining the high standard in the United States for questioning the validity of patent. The decision of the Supreme Court expected in the coming months could have a major impact on patent law.
New Head of European Pharmaceutical Industry Group 18/03/2011 by Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment A top European pharmaceutical industry association has named a new director general, coming from Sweden.
US Court Rulings May End Plague of False Patent Marking Suits 17/03/2011 by Steven Seidenberg for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment Companies doing business in the United States have, for the past 15 months, found themselves in the cross-hairs. Bayer, Nike, L’Oreal, Sony, Wal-Mart, Novo Nordisk and hundreds of other firms have been sued for making or selling products displaying incorrect or expired patent numbers. And the liability for such false patent marking can be astronomical, with a defendant potentially facing fines of billions or even trillions of dollars.
Would US Senate Patent Reform Bill Harmonise US Law With The World? 16/03/2011 by William New and Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment The bill to reform United States patent law recently passed by the Senate purports to bring US law closer to laws of other major patent-filing nations. But how close would it come?