In the second part of their two-part series, Juhua Luo and Weiwei Han from CCPIT continue their exploration of patenting regenerative medicine thinking about practical applicability, issues, and future perspectives.

Janett Lumbreras from Uhthoff, Gómez Vega & Uhthoff, S.C. considers the patentability of the biological use of antibodies in relation to Mexican Intellectual Property Law.

Wolfgang Danner from Billtrader Pty Ltd outlines the huge monetary loss IP professionals are currently facing and details the Billtrader platform that has helped companies find a solution.

Laura Enflo, Swedish Patent and Registration Office (PRV) in Stockholm, Sweden, explores the current and future use of artificial intelligence

Hui HU from Jiaquan IP Law explores invention applications of materials by closely considering the inventive concept and looking at a case study where inventive concept in a response to an inventive-step objection was used.

Renata Campello Afonso from Luiz Leonardos & Advogados
investigates how divisional applications work in Brazil and whether the claims of a divisional application can be broader than those of the earlier (parent) application.

Mr. D. P. S. Parmar from LexOrbis studies a recent Indian case over patent IN251037 on the ground of non-compliance of Section 8(1) and outlines the unusual developments it has encountered so far.

Mr. Zhang Ya zhou from Unitalen Attorneys at Law has collected some relevant data for patent infringement cases in China in 2017

Daniel Sánchez and Jorge Juárez from OLIVARES explore the current practices of Unity of Invention and Divisional Filings in Mexico and outline the proposed changes to the laws.

Nikolay Bogdanov from Gorodissky & Partners explores the transformation of patent law, specifically of utility models, in Russia over the past 25 years.

Pham Vu˜ Khanh Toan from Pham & Associates explores and outlines the patent opposition and invalidation process in Vietnam, giving insight to some recent statistics and studies.

Piotr Dynowski, LL.M. and Piotr Zawadzki from Bird & Bird outline the recent amendments under the implementation of the (EU) 2016/943 Trade Secrets Directive.

Jean-Baptiste Thiénot from CMS Francis Lefebvre Avocats focuses on the contractual arrangements that can be useful to get the most out of the UPC and Unitary Patents.

Maria Zamkova from Fenix Legal KB outlines some projects in Sweden that best display the high level of creative outputs and innovation.

Jim Hines from TechInsights outlines the advancement of the automotive industry and automotive technology leading to higher innovation and a changing IP landscape.

Jason Resnick and James Gray from Minesoft explore why it is so important for business survival to understand your competitors’ patent portfolios

Lech Bury & Marek Bury explore nullity action risk management in light of the possible conversion of the European Patent Application to the Polish Utility Model.

Edith Rivero and Verónica Avilez outline the recent intellectual property law amendments made in Mexico in April 2018 focusing on patents, utility models, and industrial designs.

Yuqing Feng and Richard Huang from ZY Partners closely consider the Chinese Patent Reexamination Board

Dean Parry from Patent Seekers Limited discusses what a patent landscape is and how to carry out patent searches to glean the most information from them.

Neeti Wilson, Arpita Kulshreshtha, and Gitika Suri from Anand and Anand explore a recent and ongoing case in India in the pharmaceutical sector, which is over the Prevnar 13® patent.