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 won the case. The WTO is non-committal and says only a “confidential interim report” has been circulated. Australia is not [...]
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 increasing impact at the ITC, especially when an IPR proceeding reaches an advanced stage before or during the pendency of [...]
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 about protecting their intellectual property. Simultaneously the academic institutions are both aware and promoting IP creation. The corporations are realizing [...]
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 with no consensus on the language (IPW, WIPO, 2 February 2017). According to a source, WHO delegates met today at [...]
One of the most straightforward steps President Trump can take to steer the ship of state on its new course is to put good people in place throughout the government. This is particularly true if achieving one of his administrations’s stated goal making America economically and creatively great again truly is a high priority. [...]
The USPTO’s Patent Public Advisory Committee (PPAC) meets today (May 4) for its quarterly meeting. One of the interesting bits of information is presented below as part of the USPTO’s review of 10,000+ office actions. The information here is helpful, but is severely lacking because it does not separate Type 1 and Type 2 [...]
