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Written Description Requirement of Patentability
One of the requirements for an invention to be patentable is written description, which requires that the invention be described in sufficient detail for one of ordinary skill in the...Read more
Anagha Tendulkar
In-house Patent Counsel, Cipla, India
A right to copy, right?
Copyright is an intellectual property right that vests automatically. The question arises, whether the right has international enforcement due to the nature of the right. Copyright subsists the moment it...Read more
Madelein Kleyn
Chief Legal and IP Officers, Omnisient Rf Pty, South Africa
Copyright Protection of Websites
Russian Civil Code does not explicitly recognize websites as objects of copyright. This does not mean that websites are not protected by copyright, but implies the following questions instead: What...Read more
Natalia Gulyaeva
Office Managing Partner, Hogan Lovells (CIS), Russia
Vadim Nyunyaev
Head of the Intellectual Property Projects (Ph. D. in Law), Marketing Communications Department, Corporate Communications Block, Gazprom Neft, Russia
Freedom to Operate Conundrum
Growing a patent portfolio by protecting the innovation derived from research and development investment is merely the beginning to the creation of value.
Freedom to use, sell and otherwise...Read more
Madelein Kleyn
Chief Legal and IP Officers, Omnisient Rf Pty, South Africa
Going off Grid: A New Idea for Systemizing Intellectual Property Enforcement from TED Conferences
Last year’s COVID-19 mandated shift to virtual environments forced many companies to start producing new types of content tailored principally to online consumption. This seemingly overnight transition to digital distribution,...Read more
Hunter Vanaria
Associate Counsel, TED Conferences, USA
2020s Strategic Patent Portfolio Management -
Challenges and Opportunities of a new Decade in a Traditional Product Producing Company
In the early twenties, traditional product producing companies face rapidly transforming business environments with ongoing technology shifts, converging industries and increased global competition. This changing world puts increasing demands on...Read more
Hanns Hallesius
Former Head of IP Electrolux and Senior Advisor Strategic IP Management, Hallesius Consulting, Bromma, Sweden
Management and Risk Control Framework for Securing Intellectual Assets Transactions.
Adopting corporate governance standards for cross-jurisdictional transactions is a norm for an efficient business ecosystem. Globally, we find de facto and de jure standards, like Basel norms for banking, OECD...Read more
Utsab Banerjee
Manager Legal, Cognizant Technology Solutions, India
Prakash Deb Roy
Senior Associate – Legal , Cognizant Technology Solutions, India
Patent Protection of Plants in AATF Biotechnology Project Countries
The basis of this article stems from the evolution of protection of plant biotechnology culminating in the extension of intellectual property rights to plant biotechnology. The World Trade Organization’s (WTO)...Read more
Alhaji Tejan-Cole
Legal Counsel, African Agricultural Technology Foundation, Kenya
Marcelin Tonye Mahop
IP Rights Consultant, African Agricultural Technology Foundation, Cameroon
Aprinah Magarinah Shikoli
African Agricultural Technology Foundation, Cameroon
Howard Okiror
Legal Counsel, African Agricultural Technology Foundation, Kenya
Pitfalls and the Opportunities of Commercialising and Managing Co-Created Intellectual Property
Intellectual property rights bestow certain rights upon the creator thereof. In particular the right of ownership.
In compliance with the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) ...Read more
Madelein Kleyn
Chief Legal and IP Officers, Omnisient Rf Pty, South Africa
Building a Global Brand Protection Program from Inside a Small Company
It was his first time at the Canton Trade Show and Tim Demarais, Vice President of ABRO Industries, Inc., was shocked. He had just turned a corner in the cavernous...Read more
William Mansfield
Director of Intellectual Property, ABRO Industries Inc, USA