The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has presented an offer to startup companies to license NASA patents with no up-front payment. This allows startup companies to choose from a…
Awapatent ranked as number nine in PCT survey
The industry magazine Managing IP’s annual ranking of the number of PCT applications filed has just been published. In the “EPO” category Awapatent is ranked number nine with 260 PCT…
No copyright protection for yoga
A United States court of appeals recently declared that yoga poses are not entitled to copyright protection. The Indian yoga teacher Bikram Choudhury had previously accused the founders of the…
Apple has been appointed the world’s most valuable brand
Apple has been named the most valuable brand after their release of the smartwatch and iPhone 6s. According to a study of the top 100 brands made by Interbrand, Apple…
New agreements struck in Sweden concerning competition clauses and employee inventions
In some cases companies make the employee sign a non-competition clause to ensure loyalty and confidentiality during a certain period after termination of the employment. The newly struck agreement applies…
Decision on calculation of SPC-term in favour of Pharmaceutical companies where every day counts
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has confirmed the Advocate General’s Opinion Case C-471/14Seattle Genetics Inc. Read the whole article here
Unified Patent Court (UPC) one step closer to realization
The plans for the opening of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) are moving ahead. Last week, seven EU member states signed a protocol which clears the way for the UPC…
Next step in unifying the European patents
The Unitary Patent that is evolving for the European market has taken another step forward and Italy has initiated the process to join the UP as well. By doing this,…
New report on the “3-for-1” approach in the world of trademarks
The Intellectual Property Office of the United Kingdom (The UK IPO) has published the report “Cluttering and Non-Use of Trade Marks in Europe”, which brings up the issue of too…
Pharmaceutical companies in the EU are dependent on a right SPC term – Every day counts
On 15 October 2014 two questions were referred to the CJEU on a preliminary ruling regarding a SPC regulation; Is the date for the first Marketing Authorisation (MA) which is…