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Brand Protection; Considerations of a UK SME With Global Ambitions
The Carbon Trust is a world leading authority on climate change. Our mission is to accelerate the move to a sustainable, low carbon economy and we do that by advising...Read more
Stephanie Hanson
Senior Legal Counsel, The Carbon Trust, UK
Navigating the Headwaters of Intellectual Property Risk in
the Pharmaceutical Industry
Intellectual property litigation may feel like familiar ground to many competitors in the pharmaceutical drug, medical device, nutraceutical, and other prescription markets. Yet intellectual property laws frequently interact in ways...Read more
Simon Jenner
General Partner, Baker Jenner, USA
Clarity in U.S. Patent Law: How Far Will the Pendulum Swing?
A number of recent US decisions suggest an ongoing trend toward requiring that US patents provide increased clarity and specificity in describing and claiming what has been invented. It is...Read more
Eric Curtin
Attorney, Crawford Maunu PLLC, USA
Shane Sondreal
Attorney at Law, Crawford Maunu PLLC, USA
Robert Pechman
Chief Intellectual Property Counsel, Seagate Technology LLC, USA
Intellectual Property Challenges in the Food & Beverage Sector
While distribution of food through the correct food channels may address the world’s ever increasing food needs to meet the growing population, food manufacturers will still need to deliver not...Read more
Afzana Anwer
Head of IP, Altilium Clean Technology, UK
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