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US Seeks Comments on Text for WIPO Genetic Resources Treaty

Summary - Last year the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), under a threat of a vote, accelerated negotiations on an international legal instrument related to intellectual property (IP) and genetic resources...more

Smart & Biggar

A long and winding road: Canada nears the end of an ambitious project to modernize patent, trademark and industrial design laws

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On July 30, 2019, Canada acceded to the Patent Law Treaty. This accession marks the near completion of a long and ambitious journey by Canada to modernize its patent, trademark and industrial design laws and to harmonize...more

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Actavis v. Eli Lilly1: Back to the future - The UK Supreme Court changes the test for patent infringement

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The UK Supreme Court rarely hears patent cases, and will only hear cases that it considers to be fundamentally important. The court's July 12 judgment is most significant for changing the test for infringement in the United...more

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Patent Grace Periods and Public Disclosures: Finding a Saving Grace (Period) to Minimize Impact of Pre-Filing Public Disclosures

We have all been there. Despite best efforts to minimize public disclosures from the company, you get an email (likely on a Friday at 5 PM) that a company scientist submitted an abstract to a conference without notifying the...more

McGuireWoods LLP

IGPA 2015 Focuses on Biosimilars, Quality, and Harmonization in Toronto-Part One of Two

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On September 16-18, 2015 the International Generic Pharmaceutical Alliance (IGPA) held its 18th Annual Meeting in Toronto, Canada. IGPA is composed of members: the Canadian Generic Pharmaceutical Association (CGPA-Canada),...more

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The USPTO Is Off-Key With International Patent Law Harmonization

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As a leader in science, technology and innovation, the United States long has played a central role in global intellectual property matters. As the world’s largest economy, the United States has played a central role in trade...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

USPTO to Hold Roundtable on Patent Law Harmonization

In a notice published in the Federal Register last week (79 Fed. Reg. 56070), the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office announced that it would be holding a roundtable to obtain public input on several issues related to the...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Guest Post: Myriad-Mayo Guidance -- Consistency With International Harmonization and TRIPS

It is strongly arguable that insofar as the USPTO's Myriad-Mayo Guidance dismisses as non-eligible newly isolated substances (including small molecules), nucleotide sequences and microorganisms having new utility (US...more

Ladas & Parry LLP

The European Design Regime

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1. Introduction - In 1993, the Commission of the European Union issued proposals for a directive for harmonization of design laws within the member countries of the EU and for the creation of an EU-wide design regime...more

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No Claims, No Drawings, No Problems

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As part of efforts to unify international procedural rules for patent applicants, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) recently released new rules that have important procedural consequences generally deemed...more

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International Harmonization of Patent Laws

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The USPTO and other patent offices around the world are studying the feasibility of the international harmonization of patent laws....more

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