2020 Year in Review – PRC Patent Laws and Practices
2020 was a year of change and challenge. This holds true not only for the way we live and work, but also in relation to the patent laws and practices in the People’s Republic of China (“PRC”). In the...
View ArticleCombating the unsustainable rise of patent application numbers in the PRC
In the last decade there has been an exponential increase in the amount of patent filing originating from China, which, according to a recently published USPTO report, can be attributed to certain...
View ArticleConsultation Open for Australia’s Medical and Biotechnology Patent Box
On 5 July 2021, the Government released its Discussion Paper setting out the Government’s proposal and seeking views from key stakeholders. The paper will be open for submissions until 16 August 2021....
View ArticleFederal Circuit upholds constitutionality of TTAB judges
This week the Federal Circuit rejected a constitutional challenge to the Secretary of Commerce’s appointment of administrative judges to the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (“TTAB”) at the U.S. Patent...
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Jaguar Land Rover vs. Land Wind: A typical case of simultaneous enforcement...
As an old Chinese proverb goes, “what one loses on the swings, he gets back on the roundabouts.” This is exactly what happened to Jaguar Land Rover in its claim against Land Wind (Jiangling Motors) in...
View ArticleHow does an offer for sale affect the patentee’s profitability – an economic...
Under the PRC Patent Law, the offering for sale of an infringing product constitutes an act of infringement, regardless of whether the product is actually sold or not. However, there are divergent...
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Design protection in China and abroad with a single filing
Design patents, sometimes referred to as industrial designs, protect the aesthetic appearance of a product. As with other registered IP rights, the protection offered is, generally speaking,...
View ArticleRussia enables free use of Russian patents and other intellectual property of...
On 7 March 2022 a decree of the Russian government took effect, announcing that compensation need not be paid for the unauthorised use of Russian patents, utility models and designs to rights holders...
View ArticleAre we (virtually) there yet? Waiting for the rise of the metaverse from a...
We are now almost one year on from Mark Zuckerberg’s much talked-about October 2021 letter announcing, among other things, the change of the name of his company from Facebook to Meta, reflecting the...
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