European law states: European patent law covers a wide range of legislations including national patent laws, the Strasbourg Convention of 1963, the European Patent Convention of 1973, and a number of European Union directives and regulations in countries which are party to the European Patent Convention. For certain states in Eastern Europe, the Eurasian [...]
The suits have been filed in U.N District Court of Northern District of Illinois, feature the assertion of single patent technique to combat online software privacy by protecting executable computer program from unauthorized use. U.S. Patent No. 6330549: The functionality of “protected shareware” is controlled by digitally signed messaging protocol. Protective code within the [...]
There is a fall in number of US patent for CleanTech since past few years as seen from 2014 to 2016. There is no easy explanation as to why number of CleanTech patents granted in the U.S. fell drastically in the last few years, but according to Bijal Vakil, research and development to decarbonize [...]
Apple and Nokia announced that they were settling all pending litigation with each other. In a statement available on Apple’s website, Nokia stated, “This is a meaningful agreement between Nokia and Apple,” Maria Varsellona, Chief Legal Officer, Nokia. It moved their relationship with Apple from being adversaries in court to business partners working for [...]
Utility patents are one of the three kinds of patents present in the USA. A utility patent may be granted to anyone who invents or discovers any new and useful process, machine, article of manufacture or composition of matter or any new or useful improvement. In other words, a utility patent is an exclusive [...]
The Australian agricultural industry is technology intensive, and new plant varieties developed in Australia or overseas are adopted quickly to meet yield, market, disease and climatic demands. Importantly, in Australia, plant varieties, including genetically modified plants, can be protected under both the Australian Plant Breeder's Rights Act 1994 (the “PBR Act”) and the Australian [...]
