Does the patent really encourage innovation? This question, that has haunted economists for decades, is important because encouraging innovation is one of the main modern justifications for patents. In fact, the answer to this question is far from bin ...
Read MoreIn 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 ...
Read MoreImagine 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 ...
Read MoreLike 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 ...
Read MoreIP Litigators Face Several Key Questions Litigating an Intellectual Property dispute raises important questions: When does an insurer have to pay for a defense? Who should notify insurers and when – and which insurers? What if the insurers all s ...
Read MoreThe new Chinese patent law came into effect on June 1, 2021. This amendment involves many aspects, such as introduction of partial design, service invention, distribution of patent monetization, abuse of patent rights, patent term extension, voluntary ...
Read MoreBack in 2001, the OECD defined biotechnology as “the application of science and technology to living organisms as well as parts, products and models thereof, to alter living or non-living materials for the production of knowledge, goods and services”. ...
Read MoreThe book combines comprehensive knowledge with applied skills to strategically transform innovations into viable businesses for commercial or social ends and provides researchers and students of Business, Science, Technology and Engineering discipline ...
Read MoreWhy should entrepreneurs care about IP management? This was our starting point to analyze the role of intellectual property management in new business ventures. With particular reference to the innovative potential of small firms in Latin America, we ...
Read MoreThe latest data from the European Patent Office (EPO) on patent activities within the fourth industrial revolution (4IR) shows the dramatic development with a global growth in IPFs of 1,400% since the year 2000 and a growth of 54% in the last three ye ...
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