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CRISPR patent revoked at the EPO
By Niklas Mattsson | Posted on January 31, 2018
The CRISPR system has revolutionised the gene technology field, opening up for a multitude of genetic engineering possibilities and harbouring huge potential for the treatment of diseases. In particular, one version of the system known as CRISPR/Cas9, has been modified to edit genomes. It is commonly called a “gene scissor”, i.e. it can cut a...
On the point of re-examination of SPC term #3 – End of discussion?
By Louise Jonshammar | Posted on January 31, 2018
Reflections on the Court of Justice of the European Union’s interpretation of Article 17.2 of the SPC Regulation As previously addressed in a Newsflash from Awapatent, and in two previous entries, the Swedish Patent and Market Appeal Court handed down eight decisions on 4 October 2017, in appeal cases regarding re-examination of SPC term. The...
IP within IoT and the fourth industrial revolution
By AWA | Posted on December 15, 2017
According to a new study Patents and the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR), conducted by the EPO the number of filed patent applications that relate to IoT, i.e. smart connected objects, are increasing rapidly. Over the last three years the increase amounts to 54%. Together with Handelsblatt Research Institute, the EPO has identified almost 50 000 applications...
Directors Beware: New Swedish judgment regarding personal liability for patent infringement
By AWA | Posted on December 8, 2017
The Swedish Patent and Market Court (PMD) announced an interesting judgment concerning the Board of Directors’ personal liability for patent infringement in October this year. The company Power Tools sued the company Royex, its chairman and president for patent infringement of cartridges for cracking stones. PMD found that the product “Royex Generation II” constitutes patent...
Tags: board of directors, directors, Infringement, patents, personal liability, sweden
Re-registered domain names used for trademark infringements
By AWA | Posted on December 5, 2017
The European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) has recently released a report based on phase two of a study concerning intellectual property infringements online. In the first phase, a qualitative study was conducted to investigate the different methods used for such infringements. It was followed up by the second phase, a quantitative study, in which...
Tags: domain name, domains, e-commerce, e-shop, EUIPO, Infringement, online, report
On the point of re-examination of SPC term #2
By Louise Jonshammar | Posted on October 25, 2017
Reflections on the Swedish Appeal Court’s reasoning regarding the balance of interests As previously addressed in a Newsflash from Awapatent, the Swedish Patent and Market Appeal Court handed down several decisions on 4 October 2017, in appeal cases regarding re-examination of SPC. This article is a sequel to the AWA Point published on Monday 23 October...
On the point of re-examination of SPC term #1
By Louise Jonshammar | Posted on October 23, 2017
Reflections on the Swedish Appeal Court’s reasoning regarding Article 17.2 of the SPC Regulation As previously addressed in a Newsflash from Awapatent, the Swedish Patent and Market Appeal Court handed down several decisions on 4 October, 2017, in appeal cases regarding re-examination of SPC. Requests for re-examination, or appeals to granted SPCs, have been lodged...
New trademark legislation determines the conditions for creative brands
By Angela Boman | Posted on October 20, 2017
As of 1 October 2017, new rules for registration of EU trademarks apply. One significant change is the abolishment of the requirement of graphic representation of EU trademarks. In an EU application, the trademark reproduction in any suitable form using publicly available technology will be accepted as long as the EU trademark can be reproduced...
Tags: EU, graphical, IP, law, Legislation, Trademark, trademarks
EPO and Brazilian Patent Office launch new PPH agreement
By Troels Peter Rørdam | Posted on October 16, 2017
The ever expanding PPH (Patent Prosecution Highway) network has once again gotten a new addition, and as always AWA Point sums up the new expansions and arising possibilities. To recall, for a given PPH agreement the PPH allows for requesting accelerated examination at the one office participating in this agreement based on the search results...
SSL Certificate: Protect your website visitors and improve your Google ranking with https
By AWA | Posted on October 13, 2017
As of the end of October 2017, the web browser Google Chrome will start to mark http websites with forms, search boxes or any kind of input sections as ‘not secure’. If you still haven’t implemented SSL Certificate on your website, this is a great reason for you to make this a top priority. Read...
Tags: Google, Google Chrome, Hijacking, http, https, Phishing, SSL, SSL Certificate, websites
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