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Induced infringement finds its basis in 35 U.S.C. § 271(b) and holds a person, liable if he actively causes infringement, even if the actor himself is not the direct infringer....Read more

Protection of confidential information disclosed in litigation used to be insufficient in Germany. For a long time, it was only regulated fragmentarily. Despite the implementation of the Trade Secret Directive...Read more

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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