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Role of intellectual property in the UK: do smaller firms benefit?

Role of intellectual property in the UK: do smaller firms benefit?

Mark Rogers (Harris Manchester College, Oxford University) focuses on applied analysis of intellectual property and performance in his research.   He is an IP Osgoode Research Affiliate. The role of IP in the UK, as elsewhere, is under active debate. In 2006 the Gowers Review of IP looked at all aspects of IP, although with a particular […]

Patent Cures, Not Genes, Cancer Patients Argue: Easier Said Than Done

Patent Cures, Not Genes, Cancer Patients Argue: Easier Said Than Done

Australia is now at the centre of the global gene patent debate with a Senate inquiry that began last week in Melbourne. Senators in Australia began hearing public submissions on August 4th about the topic of gene patents in relation to the impact they have on health care costs. The inquiry centres around a bid […]

Patent Prosecution as Part of Business Models?

Patent Prosecution as Part of Business Models?

On Monday, July 13th, Mosaid Technologies Inc. filed a suit against IBM Corporation for patent infringement concerning six of Mosaid's United States patents. The suit was filed in the United States District Court in the District of Delaware. Mosaid, an Ottawa-based company, is well known for developing semiconductor technology. The patents involved in the suit […]

Should Formalized Training in Science or Engineering be a Prerequisite to the Practice of Patent Law?

Should Formalized Training in Science or Engineering be a Prerequisite to the Practice of Patent Law?

In a recent blog post by Prof. Shamnad Basheer at Spicy IP, he discussed the issue of whether or not patent lawyers should be required to achieve a certain level of training in science/engineering before being admitted to the patent bar. In his discussion, he addressed the question of whether individual academic institutions should be […]

Does Qualcomm's Value Chain Licensing System Survive Its Settlement With Broadcom? (Part Two)

Does Qualcomm's Value Chain Licensing System Survive Its Settlement With Broadcom? (Part Two)

Sean O'Connor is a Professor at the University of Washington School of Law and Chair of the Law, Technology & Arts Group, specializing in intellectual property and business law involving biotechnology, cyberspace/information technology, and new media/digital arts.  Professor O'Connor is an IP Osgoode Research Affiliate. This is the second part of Professor O'Connor's feature blog […]

Does Qualcomm's Value Chain Licensing System Survive Its Settlement With Broadcom? (Part One)

Does Qualcomm's Value Chain Licensing System Survive Its Settlement With Broadcom? (Part One)

Sean O'Connor is a Professor at the University of Washington School of Law and Chair of the Law, Technology & Arts Group, specializing in intellectual property and business law involving biotechnology, cyberspace/information technology, and new media/digital arts.  Professor O'Connor is an IP Osgoode Research Affiliate. Qualcomm and Broadcom finally seem to have ended their long […]

United States Doctrine of Inequitable Conduct Under Scrutiny Again

United States Doctrine of Inequitable Conduct Under Scrutiny Again

The controversial doctrine of inequitable conduct has once again garnered much attention in the patent law community due to the recent denial of certiorari by the US Supreme Court in Aventis Pharma v. Amphastar.  The doctrine of inequitable conduct allows courts to exercise equitable discretion to find a patent unenforceable if the applicant has failed to exercise his or […]