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Key Recommendations From The Australian Pharmaceutical Patents Review

by Carol Burnton, James Cherry | Freehills Patent Attorneys on 4/11/2013

The Australian Government has continued with the trend of reviewing Australian patent law by commissioning a review of laws relating to patents for medicines ie pharmaceutical patents. The Pharmaceutical Patents Review Panel...more

Protection By Design: Industrial Design Law In Canada

by Neil Kathol, Richard Stobbe | Field Law on 3/6/2013

Bodum – a maker of popular coffee-press and glass products – wanted to protect their design for a double-walled drinking glass in a competitive marketplace. Apple wanted to protect the design of their popular handsets like...more

BVI introduces comprehensive revamp of trade mark laws

by Jacqueline Daley Aspinall, Leonard Birmingham | Harney Westwood & Riegels on 2/28/2013

For the first time in several decades there will be a comprehensive revamp of the trade mark laws of the British Virgin Islands. The Trade Marks Act (Cap.158) of the Laws of the Virgin Islands (Existing Act) and the...more

Should I Get a Copyright or a Creative Commons License?

by Donna Ray Berkelhammer | Sands Anderson PC on 1/22/2013

In short, yes. It often makes sense to both register your work with the US Copyright Office and get a Creative Commons License if you want an easy way to share your work. Copyright is a bundle of exclusive rights that...more

If You Don’t Want Your Registration Cancelled, Grant Your Opponent a Covenant Not to Sue

by Janet F. Satterthwaite | Venable LLP on 1/16/2013

The United States Supreme Court, which rarely gets involved in trademark cases, has ruled that when a Defendant in a Trademark infringement case countersues to cancel the Plaintiff’s registration, the Plaintiff can divest a...more

IP 101 – 10 Things to Know About Copyrights

by Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP on 1/11/2013

1. What is a copyright? Copyright protection exists in any original “expression” of an idea that is fixed in any physical medium, such as paper, digital media, or film. Copyrights cover such diverse things as art,...more

An APP STORE by Any Other Name Would Still Smell Like Apples

by Aaron & Sanders, PLLC on 7/13/2011

I use a well-publicized decision to teach some important concepts about intellectual property law to non-specialists. The idea is that non-specialists, even non-lawyers, would benefit from this basic knowledge, even if they...more

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