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US legislators and government agencies take aim at pharma patent strategies

The Senate Judicial Committee has advanced several IP bills targeting life sciences rights owners

13 February 2023

Greater transparency needed at the EPO, says Deutsche Telekom’s patent chief

Alexander Haertel talks about the Industry Patent Quality Charter, the UPC and German injunctions in an exclusive IAM interview

09 February 2023

UK Supreme Court judge and IP Hall of Fame inductee Lord Kitchin announces retirement

From the archives: Lord Kitchin's in-depth interview with IAM

03 February 2023

The challenges that trade secrets pose to IP stakeholders

For companies, policy makers and service providers, the growing importance of know-how as a quantifiable asset presents dangers and opportunities

02 February 2023

New US trade secrets law a ‘potential sledgehammer’ in dispute negotiations

President can now pick out foreign entities and subject them to a series of sanctions

01 February 2023

Ten things to know about the controversial Humira patent saga

With Amgen’s biosimilar finally set to launch in the US, IAM looks back on arguably the most interesting set of pharma patent disputes in recent years

30 January 2023

The FTC’s war against US technology competition with China

Saturday Opinion: Supporting the legality of fair non-compete agreements will enhance foreign investors’ reasonable expectations of protection by the US IP system

28 January 2023

New head of Mexican IP office begins work amid IP community concerns

Director General José Sánchez Pérez meets with local lawyers to discuss enforcement and implementation of IP law

25 January 2023

Collaboration not confrontation is the route to US patent reform

Individual inventors and innovative small businesses have a compelling story to tell about a system that does not work for them, but it has yet to hit home

19 January 2023

Former USPTO Director Andrei Iancu calls for robust IP regime to keep pace with China

America risks losing ground in the next tech revolution he warns in an interview with Burford Capital Managing Director Katharine Wolanyk

17 January 2023

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