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‘Uber-izing’ the IP Function
Sam Zellner, AT&T’s point man for patent portfolio development and monetization, was caught in a bind. With 5,000 issued and pending wireless patents under his charge, Zellner’s job was first of all to make [...]
Plain Packaging for Tobacco Products
According to many media this morning, citing anonymous sources, the World Trade Organization Dispute Settlement Body has reached a decision in a dispute challenging Australia’s tobacco product plain packaging law. Australia appears to have [...]
Interplay Between Inter Partes Reviews (IPRs) And ITC Section 337 Proceedings
Until recently, IPRs have not played a significant role in International Trade Commission (“ITC”) Section 337 investigations. While the ITC is unlikely to stay a Section 337 investigation, pending IPRs will likely have an [...]
India will take many years to grow in patent activity market
There are lot more activity awareness around intellectual property in both large and medium size companies. A couple of years back even large automotive companies and urban industrial houses did not really care much [...]
Delinking Cancer Drug Prices from R&D Costs
During the upcoming World Health Assembly, taking place from 22-31 May, a resolution on cancer is expected to be before the Assembly, following a discussion in January at the World Health Organization Executive Board [...]
YouTube and others hide behind Safe Harbors’
If piracy is still very much a concern of the music industry, the growing shadow of free online streaming platforms, in particular YouTube has now become bigger stinger, according to speakers from the industry [...]