US Firms Rush To File Patents Ahead Of Driverless Car Boom 26/09/2017 by Bruce Gain for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment The socioeconomic impact driverless cars are expected to have is often compared to that of the internet, or going further back in time, to the industrial revolution. As fleets of vehicles that pilot themselves approach commercial rollout thanks to developments in artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, and other technologies; original equipment manufacturers are aggressively filing patents for their self-driving vehicle designs. These players include General Motors and its Cruise Automation subsidiary, German automotive supplier Bosch, Ford, which owns a stake in driverless car start-up Argo AI; and Google sister company Waymo.
EU Copyright Reform Meets Resistance From Stakeholders, Some Governments 13/09/2017 by Dugie Standeford for Intellectual Property Watch 5 Comments With a vote in the lead European Parliament committee imminent on European Commission plans to revamp copyright rules, industry stakeholders, digital rights activists and even some EU member states are troubled by various legislative amendments and EU Presidency compromise proposals.
Software Paid For With Public Money Should Be Open Source, Groups Say 13/09/2017 by Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment Publicly financed software should be open source, more than 30 signatories of an open letter are proclaiming, calling for others to sign the letter.
EU Commission Position Paper On IP And Brexit: Trademarks, Designs, GIs 12/09/2017 by Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment To say Brexit is a conundrum is almost a euphemism, the list of issues to settle between the 27 remaining European Union members and the United Kingdom seems bottomless. Intellectual property is no exception, and the European Commission Brexit-dedicated task force has issued a position paper on IP, setting out principles for the “UK’s orderly withdrawal from the EU.”
European Libraries’ Five Principles For Open Access Negotiations With Publishers 07/09/2017 by Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment European research libraries have issued five principles for libraries to use when holding open access negotiations with publishers, seeking to prevent over-charging and promote transparency and sustainable access.
Better Data On Fake Drugs Needed To Fight The Scourge 30/08/2017 by Tatum Anderson for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment The problem of fake medicines is a big one. But precisely how big? The problem is, when reporting numbers, news stories, reports and institutions have historically bundled the different kinds of medicines together, says an expert at the WHO.
Case Study – Building Effective IP Coverage Efficiently Within An International Engineering Conglomerate 29/08/2017 by Guest contributor for Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment This article describes how to build up an effective IP coverage for an international industrial conglomerate by defining the basic IP shield construction for all group companies, setting up IP generation programs and developing an IP focus while doing this efficiently by engaging the management into the IP decisions and managing the mix of internal and external IP service resources.
US Lobby Group Fights China’s Inclusion Of Generic Food Names In EU GI Deal 28/08/2017 by William New, Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment China and the European Union appear to be on track to complete a deal on geographical indications that could include protection of some 100 products each from the EU and China. Comments have been received on the proposed list and are undergoing translation. Among them, a United States lobby group said the list for China to protect unfairly includes several generic food names that should not belong solely to the EU.
Deadline Next Week For Swedish Sida Training On Genetic Resources And IP Regulation 25/08/2017 by Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment Applications are due by 4 September for an all-expenses-paid Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) Advanced International Training Programme aimed at building capacity in intellectual property and genetic resources in support of innovation.
Access To Medicines Foundation Details Methodology For 2018 AMR Benchmark 24/08/2017 by Intellectual Property Watch Leave a Comment The Amsterdam-based Access to Medicines Foundation today published the methodology it will use for its 2018 framework for evaluating how pharmaceutical companies are taking action to limit antimicrobial resistance, addressing the rising the global problem of overuse of antibiotics leading to resistance with few new ones in the pipeline.