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Preserving Patent Rights to Company Technology
In the United States, patents are issued to the inventors and control of the prosecution of patent applications is presumed to be with the inventors. However, ownership of those patents...Read more
Michael Ram
Senior Counsel, Koppel, Patrick, Heybl & Philpott, USA
Brian Fitzpatrick
Associate, Koppel, Patrick, Heybl & Philpott, USA
Misunderstanding of Confucianism as an Obstacle to Copyright Enforcement in China
Copyright in international scope is deemed to be closely related to specific local culture. Echoed with this theory, many people also begin to analysis the current piracy problem in China...Read more
Xiaolu (Lulu) Choi
Assistant Corporate Counsel, Expeditors International of Washington, Inc., USA
Experience: A Patent Infringement Litigation in China
The intellectual property rights (IPR) protection of China has become a worldwide hot topic. China, as a manufacturing giant, will inevitably become a country with a large number of intellectual...Read more
Jeffrey Thurnau
Assistant General Counsel for IP, Gates Corporation, USA
Licencing of Patent Applications - Pre-Grant Royalty Earning
Research and development is costly. International patent portfolios even more so. The business strategy of most corporations, when filing a patent application, is to seek some return on R&D investment,...Read more
Madelein Kleyn
Chief Legal and IP Officers, Omnisient Rf Pty, South Africa
Assessing Commercial Success at the U.S. Patent Trial and Appeal Board
U.S. patents increasingly are challenged on validity grounds through inter partes reviews at the U.S. Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB” or “board”). In fact, from September 2012 through June...Read more
John Jarosz
Managing Principal, Analysis Group, Inc., USA
Robert Vigil
Managing Principal, Analysis Group, Inc., USA
Functional Claiming Under U.S. Patent Law
Functional claim limitations can be useful for providing robust patent coverage, protecting what has been invented as well as variations therein. Patents employing such limitations can be useful for developing...Read more
Eric Curtin
Attorney, Crawford Maunu PLLC, USA
Braden Katterheinrich
Senior Patent Attorney, Seagate Technology, USA
Shane Sondreal
Attorney at Law, Crawford Maunu PLLC, USA
Recent Patent Legislation and Court Decisions in the United States: Impact on Validity of Patents and on Obtaining, Licensing, and Enforcing Patents
The United States (US) Congress passed the America Invents Act (AIA) in 2011, enacting the broadest changes in US patent law in over six decades. The US Supreme Court has...Read more
Rodney Sparks
Senior Biotechnology Patent Counsel, University of Virginia Licensing & Ventures Group, USA
Chris Paschall
Licensing Manager, University of Virginia Licensing & Ventures Group, USA
'Re-Launch' of International Fashion Brands in India: Some Legal Issues
India was an emerging market in the mid to late 1990’s and an unchartered destination for international fashion brands. Brands that hitherto could be purchased only on the occasional foreign...Read more
Suneeth Katarki
Partner, IndusLaw, India
Shefali Shyam
General Counsel, Arvind Brands and Retail Business, India
The Battle for the Buy Button: Brand Owners' Curtain Call Against Online IP Infringement
There have been significant changes to brand protection considerations since Bass registered the UK’s first trade mark in 1876. Companies that once survived on a loyal local customer base now...Read more
Sarah Bazaraa
Associate Solicitor, Pannone Corporate, UK
Aidan Parsons
Legal Counsel, Bonnington Plastics Limited, UK
Intellectual Property Work in Key Figures
Intellectual property (IP) has always been, and will increasingly be, a critical success factor for a wide range of industries. Considerable efforts go into creating and safeguarding IP and this...Read more
Maik Ebersoll
Head of Legal Operations, Linde AG, Germany
Andreas Bong
Managing Partner, Otto Henning, Germany