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Another big name US IP boutique bites the dust
The venerable American IP law firm Darby & Darby has confirmed that it is in the process of dissolving. When it ceases to trade it will follow those other once seemingly impregnable New York boutiques Pennie & Edmonds, Morgan ... View postJoff Wild, IAM magazine | 13 Mar 2010
Patent quality and quantity rankings show significant differences
Intellectual Property Today has published a list of what it describes as the "2010 Top Patent Firms" in the US. It is based on the number of US patents obtained for clients in 2009. In the latest issue of IAM, published at the ... View postJoff Wild, IAM magazine | 12 Mar 2010
New report reveals IV's Ocean Tomo auction buying spree
Avancept LLP has published a new report entitled Publicly Auctioned Patent Buyers: Intellectual Ventures & Others. This seeks to identify the organisations that bought patents at te publicly-held Open Tomo auctions that took place ... View postJoff Wild, IAM magazine | 11 Mar 2010
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Half-baked press coverage of IP activities devalues patents and impedes innovation. Blame both reporters and patent holders for not knowing the facts. View article
Why Zale must learn a quality lesson
US jewellery company Zale Corporation has overlooked its primary intangible asset. Sales and market capitalisation have fallen as a result. But all is not lost. View article
Rights holders succeed in first IP rights enforcement case
The first case has been heard under Sweden’s new Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement Directive Law. A district court has ordered an internet service provider to provide five publishers with the identity of an individual who was allegedly responsible for the illegal dissemination of audio books over the internet. View report
Board of Appeals rules on the validations of European patents by successors to patent owners
The Patent Office Board of Appeals has ruled that the office is not obliged to verify an applicant’s right to patent validation and should simply presume that the applicant owns the patent right and is entitled to enforce it. The decision is good news for owners of transferred rights and should help them cut both costs and paperwork. View report
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