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How foreign applicants can take advantage of China’s updated patent regime
By Benny Liu | Posted on January 27, 2025
China implemented the fourth amendment to its Patent Law, which came into effect on 1 July 2021. The amended Implementing Regulations and Guidelines took effect on 20 January 2024. This fourth round of amendments introduced several positive elements for foreign applicants. Procedural Changes Restoring Priority In line with patent practices in the UK, European Union,...
Tags: applicants, china, designs, examination, patents, priority, Procedure
Business of IP – Understanding and Creating Value
By Anders Isaksson | Posted on March 23, 2022
In this article, Anders Isaksson explores some of the key factors and motivators for why companies small or large should obtain intellectual property. The aim is to help you understand when and how you can create value from IP, especially when considering the long and short-term goals of a company. Venture Capital Whether you are...
Tags: business, designs, IP, patents, trademarks
The Business of IP – Understanding and Creating Value: Part 6 – Costs of IP
By Anders Isaksson | Posted on January 17, 2022
In this six-part series, Anders Isaksson explores some of the critical factors and motivators for why companies, small or large, should obtain intellectual property. The aim is to help you understand when and how you can create value from IP, especially when considering a company’s long and short-term goals. In the previous article in this...
Tags: costs, designs, patents, trademarks
IP Pitfalls When Creating a New Product Line (Or a New Company) – Part 2: Patents, Designs and IP Contract Considerations
By AWA | Posted on December 2, 2021
When creating a new product line or starting a new company, many types of considerations and preparations are necessary. Experience shows that the IP considerations are often near the bottom of the to-do list. However, not giving IP due focus may lead to substantial problems and headaches down the road. Some of these problems can...
Tags: contracts, designs, patents
Design Protection
By Eva Carlsson | Posted on December 17, 2020
Maria Dam Jørgensen and Eva Carlsson explain what it takes to obtain design protection and how this IP right can be used in the protection of your products. This webinar is in Danish.
Court decisions highlight challenges using copyright to protect designs in Denmark
By AWA | Posted on June 24, 2020
Two eagerly-awaited decisions from the Danish courts serve as a reminder that registered design rights offer greater protection over copyright in cases concerning lookalike products Both designers Ilse Jacobsen with rubber boots and Anne Black with a hanging flower pot, vase and jar with lid stated these products enjoyed copyright protection, but as seen in...
Tags: copyright, Denmark, design rights, designs, Infringement, marketing
Danish outerwear brand Rains wins court battle against Zara
By AWA | Posted on May 28, 2020
This case concerns whether three raincoats produced and marketed by Zara infringed on two raincoats from Rains, the Long Jacket and Parka Coat, under the Danish Copyright Act and the Danish Marketing Act. The Danish Maritime and Commercial Court handed down its judgement on May 15, 2020 between Rains Aps and Zara Denmark A/S and...
Tags: copyright, designs, marketing, Rains, Zara
EPO and EUIPO study finds link between IPR and SME growth
By AWA | Posted on July 9, 2019
A recent study by EPO and EUIPO explores the relationship between prior IPR activities of SMEs and the likelihood of experiencing a high-growth period. The purpose of the research was to investigate the following questions: Can the filing of IP rights be used as a reliable predictor of the likelihood that an SME will experience...
Tags: designs, EPO, EUIPO, high-growth, IPR, patents, SMEs, trademarks
‘Soft Brexit’ provides for creation of comparable UK trademarks and designs
By AWA | Posted on August 23, 2018
Owners of existing EU trademarks (EUTM) and designs (RCD) had been left somewhat in the dark about what will happen to their intellectual property rights on 29 March 2019, but The UK Intellectual Property Office is now shedding some light on the situation. Existing EU trademarks and designs will, under the provision that the withdrawal...
Tags: Brexit, Britain, designs, EU, EUTM, Intellectual Property, RCD, trademarks, UK
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