A case in China involving a leading toy brand operator demonstrates the importance of employing consistent criteria when assessing the similarity of patent designs during infringement and invalidation proceedings.
The refusal of a judge in Amsterdam to grant the US company relief covering Ireland, France and Germany does not indicate major change to the regime
Two cases demonstrate the importance of a proactive filing strategy to prevent bad-faith design patent applications being granted to infringers producing similar products.
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19 March 2020
After a bruising WIPO director-general election process, Singaporean nominee’s first priority should be to build bridges between the US and China
07 March 2020
New dates for both events, which had been scheduled to take place in the last week of March, will be announced as soon as possible
06 March 2020
Getting to know what is in your portfolio – and why – is the first step to making the most of it
25 February 2020
Taking a longer term view would bring consistency and might help US innovation policy at a time of rising tech competition from China and elsewhere
22 February 2020
IAM's annual IP benchmarking survey opens today
18 February 2020
New suits have grown exponentially since 2015 while under pressure judges find themselves highly coveted law firm recruitment targets
22 January 2020
Intellectual property systems are becoming more complex and that makes law schools’ one-size-fits all approach looks increasingly out of date, says Franklin Pierce dean
02 January 2020
Jennifer Yokoyama previously led the company's IP litigation team and replaces Erich Andersen, whose departure was announced last week
18 December 2019
China has nominated agency insider Wang Binying for the director general post, but the US is said to favour Singapore's candidate
18 December 2019
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