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Federal Circuit revises its decision in the “Comiskey case”
By AWA | Posted on January 28, 2009
On January 13, 2009 the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) published an amended decision in the Comiskey case, revising its original decision from 2007. The Comiskey patent application claims a method and system for mandatory arbitration involving legal documents such as wills or contracts. In the original decision the CAFC...
No conflict between scientific research and commercialisation
By AWA | Posted on January 7, 2009
It’s a widely held myth in the world of medical research that patent is a dirty word, merely a way of making money out of your research. In actual fact, applying for a patent has much in common with publishing a paper in a scientific journal. The difference is in the purpose of the exercise....
Customs and police – reluctant to help?
By AWA | Posted on October 22, 2008
Are Swedish customs officers and police reluctant when it comes to helping IP rights holders combat illegal copying? It may look like that – at least when they are compared with their colleagues in Germany. Recently we have seen proof that their German counterparts can mobilise huge resources when this is necessary. At the IFA...
UK Court grants software patent
By AWA | Posted on October 15, 2008
In its ruling on October 8, 2008, the British Court of Appeal confirmed the decision of the High Court that the invention claimed in GB application 0325145.1 by Symbian Ltd is patentable under UK law. The claimed invention relates to a new and improved way to access DLL (dynamic link library) files in an operating...
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Field all your players if you want to win the game
By AWA | Posted on May 12, 2008
Imagine a football manager who bemoans the fact that the opposition is invincible and his team never wins. Yet match after match he fields only nine players instead of the full complement of eleven. He’d be branded as a madman – and his career would probably be very short-lived. The war against the pirates is...
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