WIPO Reports Another Record In Cybersquatting Disputes In 2012 28/03/2013 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment It was another record year in 2012 for cybersquatting cases filed at the World Intellectual Property Organization Arbitration and Mediation Centre. In addition, WIPO announced results of a survey that show that its mediation services could benefit parties in technology-related disputes.
European Commission Eyes Modernisation Of EU Trademark System 28/03/2013 by Dugie Standeford for Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment European Commission plans to update Europe’s trademark system are generally good news for mark owners, a member of European brand owners’ association MARQUES has said.
Royalty-Setting For Standard Essential Patents Might Be Balanced By Prospect Of Injunction, Speakers Say 28/03/2013 by Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment Threats of injunction in cases of infringement of essential standard patents, which have raised concerns in Europe and the United States as being leverage for patent holders to get higher royalties, might in fact be a way to maintain an equilibrium in royalty-setting, according to speakers at a World Intellectual Property Organization event.
Former US Congressman Howard Berman Joins Lobbying Firm 27/03/2013 by Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment Former United States Congressman Howard Berman, a California Democrat regarded as a strong proponent of intellectual property rights protection, has joined law firm Covington & Burling LLP’s global public policy and government affairs practice.
Why So Many Patent Filings Were Filed In The US On Or Before 15 March 2013 27/03/2013 by Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment Attorney Charles Macedo addresses the question: Why did so many patent applicants rush to file patent applications before the America Invents Act (AIA) law changes went into effect – and what might happen if they didn’t?
United States Chided As TRIPS Scofflaw At WTO 26/03/2013 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment A clause unfairly protecting a rum company’s US market by denying trademark rights quietly stuck into a US Congress appropriations bill in the deep of night in the late 1990s continues to haunt the halls of the World Trade Organization – but that does not seem to trouble US trade authorities. And this is not the only intellectual property-related case being met with US indifference, an irony for possibly the biggest proponent of IP rights in the world.
Conference Addresses Current Issues For Corporate IP Counsel 22/03/2013 by William New and Kelly Burke for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment New York – A conference here this week aimed at corporate counsel for intellectual property addressed a range of issues of interest to that audience.
Samsung Lawyer Assesses IP Legal Battle With Apple 19/03/2013 by Linda Daniels for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment Cape Town, South Africa – Professor Charles Gielen, an insider in the epic design war between Apple and Samsung, has described the hostile standoff between the two corporate giants as a shape-shifting space for intellectual property laws following the different interpretations of IP law the case has evoked from the courts.
Pirate Bay Loses Its Appeal To European Court Of Human Rights 13/03/2013 by Monika Ermert for Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg in a judgment today rejected the appeal of Pirate Bay founders Fredrik Neij and Peter Sunde Kolmisoppi (application no. 40397/12) to the Court.
Intellectual Ventures Reaches Another Semiconductor Patent Settlement 06/03/2013 by Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment Intellectual Ventures (IV) announced today that another settlement has been reached in one of its three patent infringement cases involving nine manufacturers in the semiconductor industry.