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2022 Design Patents Year in Review: Analysis and Trends: International Design Law: Global Law and Policy

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C. on 3/1/2023

Design protection continues to be a priority for governments around the world. Global design protection is gradually becoming more modern and harmonized. Building on earlier developments, China made progress to implement...more

2022 Design Patents Year in Review: Analysis & Trends

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C. on 2/21/2023

Last year, in our inaugural issue of “The Year in Review,” we reported that since the landmark jury verdict in the IP litigation between Apple and Samsung in 2012, which awarded more than $1B to Apple for infringement of...more

2021 Design Patents Year in Review: Analysis and Trends

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C. on 3/2/2022

This year, we will mark the 10-year anniversary of the first jury verdict in the landmark IP litigation between Apple and Samsung, which resulted in the jury awarding more than $1B to Apple. More than $500M of that award was...more

Are Patent and Trademark Deadlines Extended Due To COVID-19? (Updated)

Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC on 7/17/2020

As the COVID-19 pandemic progresses, patent offices worldwide are taking steps to minimize negative impacts that patent and trademark filers may suffer. Many offices have asked their employees to work from home,...more

Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Patent Offices and Federal Courts – April 12 UPDATE

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP on 4/15/2020

On March 11, World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom declared that the COVID-19 outbreak "can be characterized as a pandemic," cautioning that the WHO has "rung the alarm bell loud and clear." At the time...more

Intellectual Property Extensions Resulting from Coronavirus

International Lawyers Network on 3/27/2020

Currently, the USPTO is not offering extensions to patent and trademark application deadlines. The USPTO is, however, offering fee waivers to those affected by the coronavirus in the following situations....more

4 Tips to Protect Textile Innovations

Womble Bond Dickinson on 4/19/2017

Is innovation a key component of your business plan? Will you distinguish yourself with unique product offerings? Whether protecting our men and women in uniform, advancing the treatment of medical conditions, or adding to a...more

Can we patent products found in nature? It's complicated. An update on Australia's Myriad decision...

JD Supra Perspectives on 10/19/2015

It remains to be seen if this new Myriad decision in Australia will be extended as it was in the U.S. to prevent virtually any product found in nature from being patented....more

News from Abroad: High Court Rules Myriad's BRCA Genes Not Patentable Subject Matter in Australia

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP on 10/9/2015

Just over one year after the Full Federal Court of Australia unanimously upheld an earlier Federal Court decision that naturally occurring nucleic acid molecules are patentable in Australia, the High Court of Australia has...more

Australia High Court Rules Against Gene Patents

Foley & Lardner LLP on 10/9/2015

Colleagues in Australia have been spreading the bad news: The High Court of Australia followed the lead (?) of the U.S. Supreme Court and determined that Myriad cannot patent the isolated BRCA1 gene in Australia. Thanks to...more

Global Initiatives to Accelerate Examination of Cleantech Patent Applications

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C. on 3/20/2015

In an effort to promote the development and commercialization of technologies that conserve natural resources or reduce negative environmental impact, patent offices around the world have adopted programs to expedite the...more

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