This post is intended to highlight an interesting aspect or feature of Intellectual Property law to those who are uninitiated in the subject, and to provide IP professionals with some… read more →
Introduction Although owners of intellectual property rights are afforded exclusive rights of exploitation, freedom to exercise those rights may be limited by unfair competition laws. In particular, rules prohibiting anti-competitive… read more →
I believe that the collapse of enforcing Copyrights against end-users and retailers is not far away. In September 2016, the Delhi High Court (India) defends photocopying of university textbooks. Continue… read more →
It is rare to encounter medium-sized German, Austrian or Swiss companies who have successfully brought their businesses to Asia. A hypothetical example of how such companies often fail can be… read more →
Time and time again our Singapore firm encounters the same situation; the local branch director of a European company (often a German one) announces that he will soon permanently return… read more →
The European Court of Justice (CJEU or ECJ) yesterday gave judgment in McFadden (C-484-14) on the liability for user copyright infringement of those providing free Wi-Fi connections, see here http://curia.europa.eu/jcms/upload/docs/application/pdf/2016-09/cp160099en.pdf… read more →
If you work with software patents, you have certainly already encountered problems when it comes to absolute patentability criteria. I work with software inventions for more than 20 years and… read more →
Will you attend INTA? Yes? Then I can very likely predict how INTA will be for you. You will sacrifice 4 working days and also one weekend of your family’s time.… read more →
Must read this if you prosecute computer software patents before the EPO. I have seldom seen in practise a working inventive step attack based on common technical knowledge. This EPO… read more →
Martin Schweiger has published an article on LinkedIn. “Filing a trademark is easy. At least it looks easy. How is it Done? Most Intellectual Property Offices have a website which… read more →