Consumers have grown accustomed to purchasing goods and services through various online channels, and these new e-commerce models have made IP rights infringement even more widespread. This is presenting fresh challenges in brand protection, evidence collection, enforcement models and legal applications.
Although application numbers are on the rise, the cost, length and venue of litigation are just some of the deterrents preventing rights holders from filing litigation in the Philippines. It is imperative to meet these challenges in order to incentivise enforcement and encourage innovation.
The legal industry has been left permanently altered from the pandemic. Five thought leaders provide their exclusive take into what these changes look like from the inside
While WTO member states have expressed general sympathy for the goal to provide broad access to vaccine technology during the pandemic, Germany continues to favour patent protection over compulsory licensing.
16 November 2022
Turkey’s recent compulsory licence decision shines a light on the questionable use of compulsory licence provisions around the world in relation to the pandemic. The creation of the covid vaccine has sparked discussions on IP rights and where the real regulatory focus should be.
28 September 2022
Dr Michael A Sartori and Sarah Hassan of Baker Botts explore the impact that covid-19 has had on new application filings and application abandonments, revealing some interesting contrasts with previous financial disruptions
13 September 2022
Dolby Laboratories’ director of IP strategy and operations provides best practices for building valuable patent and trademark portfolios against a backdrop of global crises
08 September 2022
Companies seek non-infringement and invalidity judgment against CureVac, which launched a suit against them in Germany in July
06 September 2022
Disputes increased the most in technology centres covering computers, semiconductors and networking while patent owners won favourable determinations in many cases
22 August 2022
Courts striking-out those who have not had covid-19 jabs may unintentionally be eliminating people from diverse demographics holding multiple world views
16 July 2022
German mRNA innovators poised for fight over vaccine revenues in the Dusseldorf Regional Court
08 July 2022
The pandemic has brought the difficulties of bypassing life sciences IP into plain view
02 July 2022
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