Ed White sits down with The Patent Lawyer to discuss the findings of the recently released Top 100 Global Innovators™ 2022 report.

Ben Stasa, Patent Attorney at Brooks Kushman, evaluates the current status of AI inventors across the globe and what may need to change for patent law policy in this rapidly evolving division.

Kirk Sigmon, Shareholder at Banner Witcoff, provides useful tips for drafting reputable patents in light of Sony’s 2013 PR nightmare over U.S. Pat. No. 8,246,454 to Zalewski.

Dr. Brent Johnson and Dr. Jennifer Zhou of Maschoff Brennan review the benefits and strategic advantages Track I and applicant’s age accelerated examination can lend to patent prosecutors in the US.

Dr. Manuel Lopez, Associate at Uhthoff, Gomez-Vega & Uhthoff, reviews the latest developments in the metaverse and what it means for the development of technology and patent protection.

A negative limitation refers to a claim limitation that expressly excludes a feature from the claim scope. David McCombs, Eugene Goryunov, Alan Wang, and Li Yang of Haynes & Boone examine the current state of the law on the written description requirement for negative limitations in view of the latest opinion from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Novartis Pharmaceuticals v. Accord Healthcare Inc., No. 2021-1070 (Fed. Cir. Jan. 3, 2022).

Ludmila Lisovskaya, Patent and Chemical Specialist with Zuykov and partners, evaluates the development of inventions in response to the coronavirus pandemic and the resulting applications and grants for protection.

Dr. Ádám György, Partner and Attorney-at-Law at SBGK Attorneys at Law and Patent Attorneys, evaluates the state of compulsory licensing in Hungary, revolutionized due to pressure from the pandemic.

Dr. Joshita Davar Khemani, Managing Partner & Principal Attorney at Law at L.S. Davar & Co., evaluates the current situation for women in STEM and addresses what needs to change.

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10 of the best law firms from each of the top Americas & Caribbean jurisdictions, including North and Central America, Mexico, and The Caribbean.

Pravin Anand, Managing Partner & Head of Litigation at Anand & Anand, evaluates the benefits that the implementation of a time-slot culture would bring to the Indian IP litigation system by drawing on industry and jurisdictional comparisons.

Sergey Kalachev, Deputy Head of the Chemical & Life Sciences Department at Gorodissky & Partners, reviews the differing regulations of the PCT, Eurasian and Russian law to provide an overview of which lends best to which type of application.

Rachna Bakhru, Partner with RNA, Technology and IP Attorneys, previews the new Patent Suit rules implemented in Indian litigation that has introduced elements such as video conferencing, hot-tubbing, and confidentiality clubs to act as a step-by-step manual aiming to provide clarity for enforcement.

Agata Granis-Rafferty, Polish and European Patent Attorney at Patpol, predicts the impact that the unitary patent will have on filing trends at the Polish Patent Office.

DPS Parmar, Special Counsel at LexOrbis, explains the implications of morality in the patent examination process, identifying aspects that will prevent successful grant.

Anna sits down with The Patent Lawyer to discuss the new breed consultancy model that is Two IP and the benefits this alternative model brings to attorneys under the ecosystem and clients alike.

In this six-part series Dr. Suzanne Wertheim, of Worthwhile Research & Consulting, talks to The Patent Lawyer about diversity, equity, and inclusion: what it means; the current challenges; DEI in law; gender bias; and what we can all do to improve.