Dan Whalen is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School At a meeting held in Brussels last week, EU delegates came no closer to reaching consensus on a unified European…
Tag: patent reform
Patentability of Computer Programs in Europe
Robert Dewald is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School On May 12, 2010 the Enlarged Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office (EPO) responded to several questions…
Proposals to Reform the Patents County Court (PCC)
Recently the Working Group of the Intellectual Property Court Users’ Committee for reform of the Patents County Court, England and Wales, has published proposals for reforming the Patents County Court…
U.S. Stem Cell Patents and Considerations for Reform
On March 9, 2009, President Obama signed an executive order removing restrictions on federal funding for research involving embryonic stem cells. Prior to the signing, he noted that the Federal…
United States Patent Reform – Give Up and Do It Right?
Lee Hollaar is a professor of computer science at the University of Utah, where he teaches engineering and intellectual property law as well as networking and operating systems. On June…
Patent Reform May Thwart Obama’s Alternative Energy Efforts
Stephanie Anderson is a first year J.D. candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. The United States has long been awaiting Congress to finally agree on proposed patent reform issues, and…