The provision of the America Invents Act, 35 U.S.C, was touted originally as a check against patent challenges using inter partes review (IPR), proceeding to attack patent serially on same or similar ground. That provision precludes an IPR petitioner, or the real party in interest or privy of the petitioner, from asserting invalidity challenges [...]
The IP law section of the American Bar Association (ABA) outlined its recommended revisions of 35 USC, section 101 in a recent letter to the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).The association provided its interpretation and suggested revisions of section 101, which covers patent subject matter eligibility and has been the focus of a [...]
The United States was once again the top ranked country for intellectual property protection in the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s annual Global IP Index for 2017, but the rankings were closer than ever. Indeed, in 2017 the U.S., UK, Japan, and European Union (EU) economies ranked more closely together than ever before, which was no [...]
One of the most challenging exercises in the IP world is to imagine an alternative framework for fashioning the law. In the IP word where international agreements homogenize the way that we view intangible assets, it is refreshing sometimes to ponder, how things might be conceived differently. The review described the Jewish law as, [...]
The upcoming federal budget has been dubbed the innovation budget in Ottawa circles, but the founder of the centre of International Governance Innovation says it doesn’t mean much if the Canadian Government won’t heed calls to implement an intellectual right strategy. "Innovation without a national IP (intellectual property) strategy is philanthropy. You invent it, [...]
Intellectual Property (IP) has been traditionally categorized into Industrial property and Copyright. The term Industrial Property includes patents, trademarks, industrial designs, and geographic indications of source. Copyright protection is granted to protect literary, artistic and musical works. Rights related to copyright include those of performing artists in their performances, producers of phonograms in their [...]
