Excerpt: "In general, a patent is only valid in the country (or, in some cases, countries) where the patent office that issued it has responsibility. With so many patent offices around the world, how does one decide in which...more
12/21/2021
/ Canada ,
Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) ,
Grace Period ,
Innovation ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Inventions ,
Jurisdiction ,
National Security ,
Patent Applications ,
Patent Ownership ,
Patents ,
USPTO
Imagine that you are a founder of a revolutionary technology startup in Canada. Your company is about to release its blockbuster product that will disrupt the entire industry and catapult your company to fame and...more
3/10/2020
/ Berne Convention ,
Canada ,
Copyright ,
Cross-Border Transactions ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
IP License ,
IP Litigation ,
Madrid Protocol ,
Paris Convention ,
Patent Cooperation Treaty ,
Patents ,
Trade Relations ,
Trademarks
Agenda:
• UK Supreme Court Decision on Infringement
– “Equivalents”
– Use of the prosecution history
• Doctrine of Equivalents in the United States
• Plausibility before the EPO and UK courts
– Inventive step of...more
8/21/2017
/ Corporate Counsel ,
Doctrine of Equivalents ,
EU ,
European Patent Office ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Prosecution ,
Patents ,
PHARACOL ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Popular ,
Public Benefits ,
UK ,
UK Patents Act ,
Utility Patents ,
Young Lawyers
Voters in the U.K. recently passed a referendum paving the way for the U.K. to leave the European Union (EU). In response, British Prime Minister David Cameron resigned on Wednesday, July 13, 2016, with Theresa May as his...more
7/15/2016
/ Article 50 Treaty of the EU ,
community ,
Community Designs ,
EU ,
European Patent Office ,
European Union Trade Mark (EUTM) ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Patents ,
Referendums ,
Trademark Registration ,
Trademarks ,
Treaty of Lisbon ,
UK Brexit ,
UK Intellectual Property Office (UK IPO) ,
Unified Patent Court ,
Unified Patent System ,
Unitary Patent
CUBA -
Six months have passed since President Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro made the historic decision to reestablish diplomatic relations between the U.S. and Cuba. Although Congress has not yet voted to lift...more
6/20/2015
/ Cuba ,
Design Patent ,
Embargo ,
First-to-File ,
France ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
International Trademark Protection ,
Patents ,
Trademark Application ,
Trademark Registration ,
Trademarks