China has historically been a small player in regard to patent filing. As recently as a decade ago,[i] China’s patent office, SIPO, which serves a country with three times the…
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Up the creek without a paddle: downstream exclusion threatens Qualcomm.
With echoes of the blockbuster Apple v Samsung case (see past IPilogue coverage here, here and here), The United States International Trade Commission (ITC) announced on Oct 6th that it will move ahead with…
US Decision Baaa-d for Inventions Replicating Nature
In Re Roslin Institute, the U.S. Court of Appeals delivered a potential setback to the biotechnology industry when it confirmed that inventions which are identical to those found in nature cannot be…
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Alice Corp., Software Patents, and Lighting the Rabbit Hole of Abstract Ideas
It’s often hard to recognize the evolving nature of legal regimes amidst the fast-paced and so-called revolutionary social and technological changes facilitated by digital and networked technologies. Laws, norms, and…
1st Guiding Case on Intellectual Property Now Available in English!
The re-posting of this blog is part of a cross-posting collaboration with the Stanford Law School China Guiding Cases Project. (more…)
IP Intensive Program: Taking a Look Behind the Wizard’s Curtain – A Semester at the Canadian Intellectual Property Office
Off in the far-away land of our nation’s capital (actually, across the river in Gatineau, Quebec, to be specific) exists a mystical place. A building where applications are examined, rights…