Legal Briefs
Damage control
Competition law is coming under an increasing amount of scrutiny in Europe and the US. Dr Volker Soyez summarises the latest proposal from the European Commission...  »
Unlawful competition: is your data safe?
Norton Rose LLP’s Jonathan Ball and Paul Griffin set out the rules of redress in England and Wales should ex-employees use data unlawfully...  »
Pharma in European Commission probe
The European Commission opened a pharmaceutical sector inquiry in January 2008 following concerns that pharmaceutical companies were using the patent system in a market-distorting and unjustified way.....  »
US pharma industry calls for increased patent protection
Following the European Commission’s pharmaceutical sector inquiry into market distortion through patent abuse, Robert P Reznick and James B Kobak Jr present the US perspective....  »
The IP guide to: Software patents
A recent decision by the UK Court of Appeal seemed to suggest that initial blocks to software patentability could be relaxed. But the outcome is still not clear. By Kenneth Mullen...  »
Continuation-in-part: an alternative method for protecting US innovations
US patent law prohibits adding new material to a patent application, says Stephen Albainy-Jenei. But the introduction of the continuation-in-part (CIP) patent application could help inventors to prote....  »
How to put the right LPO contract in place
Contract management is a tricky business. Make sure that you put a robust strategy in place and, more importantly, choose the right LSO provider to manage your IP contracts...  »
Can LSO compromise data security?
Privacy laws in the US and UK – together with closely related data protection directives – are of paramount concern to law firms that prize client confidentiality. Does LSO put data at risk?...  »
Trademark owners cash in on geographical indicators
Geographical indicators provide IP Rights owners with an enviable method of building brand loyalty and market share in the jurisdictions that support them, says Michael Blakeney...  »
US patent court does away with ‘point of novelty’ test
With the elimination of the ‘point of novelty’ test by the US patent court, the case for registering design patents in the US becomes more compelling says Daniel C DeCarlo...  »