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If Korea is serious about its royalty deficit, it must think technology first, IP second
Recently, a delegation from the Korean Intellectual Property Office visited Cambridge University to learn more about how it spins off so many successful licences despite filing relatively few patents. Korea averages 100 licences for every 600 patents filed, while Cambridge is converting one out of every two patents into licences. Although Korean companies file tens of thousands of patent applications each year, the country is battling a low rate of patent to licence conversions ...
Posted by Seher Hussain, IAM Magazine on 20 May 2013 @ 8:18AM
Despite potential flaws proposed US patent transparency legislation is worth supporting
Legislation introduced in the US House of Representatives yesterday by Democrat Congressman Ted Deutch aims to greatly increase transparency of patent ownership. The End Anonymous Patents Act would, explained a press release, “require any sales or transfers of patents to be disclosed to the Patent and Trade Office [sic], along with a notice of the real party in interest filing by the purchasing entity. The same disclosure requirements would apply to new patents at the time they ...
Posted by Joff Wild, IAM Magazine on 18 May 2013 @ 12:51PM
Europe's new patent regime - some of the key issues for US-based entities
Last week I posted a story from the US about how law firms in the country are receiving an increasing number of enquiries from clients about how the EU patent and UPC will affect their patent strategies in Europe, and what they should be doing to prepare for their arrival. I also mentioned that senior practitioners at one big firm – Ropes & Gray – had become qualified as English solicitors in order to offer formal advice on the new regime, while others were preparing ...
Posted by Joff Wild, IAM Magazine on 16 May 2013 @ 12:18PM
Software patents come under mainstream political attack in Germany
A few weeks back we ran a blog that looked at the on-going influence of the IP-sceptic Pirate Party in German politics. Although the party has seen its opinion poll rating slump, we said, it has succeeded in persuading mainstream parties to explore more hostile policy platforms. One manifestation of this is in the growing attacks on software patents being made by politicians of all hues in the country’s Parliament. Yesterday, the legal affairs committee of the Bundestag ...
Posted by Joff Wild, IAM Magazine on 14 May 2013 @ 4:53PM
IP is just as much about collaboration as exclusivity for oncology tech companies
IP advocacy group Ideas Matter showcased the pivotal role of IP in the development of cancer treatments at an event in London today. Representatives from a number of companies active in the field of cancer diagnostics attempted to counter the arguments put forward by IP sceptics by explaining the importance of IP to funding, product development, cross-industry collaboration and ultimately improving the quality of life for cancer sufferers. Dr Deryk Williams, chief medical officer of ...
Posted by Jack Ellis, IAM Magazine on 14 May 2013 @ 3:38PM
The UPC dodges a UK referendum bullet
Last week the British government announced that it is to introduce legislation that will, among other things, “enable the UK to implement the Unitary Patent Court Agreement”. This, you will remember was signed in Brussels in February and mandates the creation of a unitary court system that will hear disputes relating to the EU patent. The press release put out to explain the government’s move stated: “The Court is a central part in introducing a single patent ...
Posted by Joff Wild, IAM Magazine on 13 May 2013 @ 1:54PM
No, New Zealand has not abolished software patents
There has been a lot of excited reporting over the last 24 hours to the effect that New Zealand has enacted legislation that will ban the granting of software patents in the country (you can see some examples here, here and here). However, before writing a story about this I thought I would contact someone in the country who would know the true situation. So I got in touch with Kate Wilson, a partner based in the Hamilton offices of specialist IP law firm James & Wells. As I ...
Posted by Joff Wild, IAM Magazine on 10 May 2013 @ 11:18PM
The EU patent and court offer huge opportunities for US patent litigators and their firms
Those of us in Europe tend to think of the EU patent and unitary patent court (UPC) as European issues; framed, as they have been , in terms of making life simpler and cheaper for applicants and patent owners from the EU, especially SMEs (though whether that will actually be the case, of course, is an entirely different matter). However, the reality is that what is being formulated will, in fact, have a major global impact and will represent the most significant change to the ...
Posted by Joff Wild, IAM Magazine on 10 May 2013 @ 1:26PM
It's time to make the case for strong corporate trademark teams
The annual meeting of the International Trademark Association is now underway in Dallas. As is usual with INTA, the event seems to have overtaken the host city. Everywhere you walk in downtown today you’ll see delegates clutching their conference bags, with their ID badges around their necks. The convention centre, too, is packed with trademark practitioners from all corners of the world. In IP there really is nothing to match the event in terms of scope and size. There are ...
Posted by Joff Wild, IAM Magazine on 05 May 2013 @ 10:47PM
Why on earth does Google bother trying to sell patents it cannot get top dollar for?
Over on the IP Watchdog website, Gene Quinn is reporting on an exchange he has had with Google over whether the company sells patents to trolls or not. Yesterday, Quinn had reported that Suzanne Michel, senior patent counsel at Google, had stated at a conference that the company sometimes did. Today, he reports that Google has been in touch to deny that this is the case. It seems that there has been some misunderstanding about Ms Michel’s words. For what it’s worth, my ...
Posted by Joff Wild, IAM Magazine on 02 May 2013 @ 5:48PM
