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In addition to the foreign applicants who have been constantly investing in China’s patent assets, recent years have also witnessed some big Chinese software companies applying for a large number of invention patents containing algorithms or business ...

On Tuesday 13th September the High-growth technology business community (HTBC) initiative organizes the seminar on “Software and patents in medtech: boosting your growth as SME”. The HTBC event is powered by the EPO in cooperation with the CEIPI IP bu ...

Imagine that you do business in a foreign country and your business partner or commercial agent in this country has registered your trademark in his name and is not willing to transfer it to you. Or imagine that you have filed an international applica ...

Dr. Eiselt, you are an experienced IP manager who has also worked in several international companies. Why do you think IP management is becoming increasingly important for companies? As a holder of a doctorate in physics and a long-time executive, I a ...

First stop in an expensive patent dispute July 1st. 2022, the Oslo District Court ruled in favor of Norwegian bindings and ski-companies Rottefella and Madshus in their patent case against Amer Sports (Salomon and Atomic). This very Norwegian case, co ...

Like most creative works, it is an established principle that copyright protection is extended to photographs. The water becomes murkier when the photographs in question are of public figures because, in addition to copyright over the artistry of phot ...

Mr. Kopf, you are an experienced patent attorney who is also involved a lot in international patent litigation, especially for large multinational corporations. Why do you think IP management is becoming increasingly important for companies and also f ...

The Metaverse hast just begun to emerge. It iterates further by placing everyone inside an embodied or virtual 3D version of the internet and on a nearly unending basis. In other words, we will constantly be within the internet rather than have access ...

New EU requirements June 7th, 2022, EU adopted USB-C as a mandatory common standard for all mobile chargers. By autumn 2024, USB-C (Universal Serial Bus C) ports will be the standard for all new mobile phones, tablets, digital cameras, headphones and ...

The digital transformation not only leads to completely new players coming together, but also to more and more new companies expanding the competition to established companies. As a result, every entrepreneur has to face the digital transformation. DI ...