Welcome to Hangzhou! The AIPPI World Congress 2024
AIPPI World Congress 2024 opened its doors in Hangzhou, China, on Saturday, 19 October. All attending were warmly welcomed, and there was general excitement for the next few days of educational sessions, member meetings, and networking. Guoqing ZHANG, Vice Premier of...
Crystalizing plant variety infringement protection in India
On September 20, 2024, the Delhi High Court ruled in Pioneer Overseas Corporation v. M/s Evercrop Agro Science & Star Agrotech Pvt. Ltd. (CS(COMM) 759/2024), a significant case addressing plant variety infringement under the Protection of Plant Varieties and...
Pocketpair, I choose you… to sue: an early glimpse into the Nintendo-Pocketpair litigation
Out of the blue on September 19, 2024, video game company Nintendo and The Pokémon Company issued a joint news release via a post on the Nintendo website. The post asserted that Pocketpair infringed certain patents but contained sparse details about the alleged...
German criminal court finds three defendants guilty of fraud for sending misleading invoices to EUIPO customers
In September 2024, the Munich Court (Germany) found three defendants guilty of commercial gang fraud for sending misleading invoices to EUIPO customers. Each defendant was sentenced to one year and 10 months of imprisonment, suspended with a three-year probation...
Increase in patent fees in Russia
From October 5, 2024, the amount of patent fees collected in Russia has increased in accordance with the relevant draft government resolution. The changes will affect legally significant actions related to such intellectual property items as inventions, utility...
USPTO set for new fee structure for 2025
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is poised for a pivotal transformation in its fee structure, slated for fiscal year 2025. This overhaul, far from being a mere procedural update, represents a fundamental shift poised to redefine the landscape of...
EPO broadens ability to protect known ‘substances or compositions’ in medicine
In decision T 1252/20, the European Patent Office (EPO) has broadened the ability to protect known substances or compositions, for use in medicine. In the UK and Europe, patent claims to ‘methods’ are not permitted if the method is surgical, therapeutic, or...
The largest patent prosecution firms in Mexico
The intellectual property scene in Mexico experienced significant growth from 2018 to 2022. According to data from IP Pilot, a total of 89 patent prosecution firms in Mexico handled 72,632 patent filings during this period. Following the pandemic, the market quickly...
PUMA v. EUIPO: Rihanna’s Instagram post invalidates shoe design
Patents are a golden shield not only for the inventors but also for the ever-growing corporate world. However, there is one mistake that many inventors make that could risk their chances of securing a patent. In this article, let's analyze anticipation laws of patents...
PTAB upholds validity of all claims of OpenSesame’s patent
OpenSesame is a leading-edge technology company located in Portland, Oregon. In 2010, it invented and filed a patent application for an unconventional remote learning system titled “Open and Interactive E-Learning System and Method.” After a thorough examination, that...
Key Charpentier/Doudna CRISPR patent upheld by China National Intellectual Property Administration
Patent CN201380038920.6 upheld in response to invalidation challenge Dublin, Ireland, 26 March 2024 – ERS Genomics Limited, which was formed to provide broad access to the foundational CRISPR/Cas9 intellectual property co-owned by Dr Emmanuelle Charpentier, today...
Strengthening IP rights in Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine to support EU accession
EU4IP, a new EU-funded cooperation project on intellectual property (IP) matters, was launched by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), in partnership with the National Intellectual Property Center of Georgia (Sakpatenti), the State Agency on...
Recent amendments in Indian Patent Rules 2024: enhancing patent procedure and protection
In the dynamic landscape of intellectual property rights, patents stand as pillars of innovation, providing inventors with exclusive rights to their creations. Patents not only incentivize inventors to bring their ideas to fruition but also foster economic growth by...
Report launched into UK’s IP-backed finance landscape
Greater access to IP-backed finance could help firms, especially SMEs, leverage their IP to scale and grow A new report launched in London today finds the UK meets the right conditions to make IP-backed lending to SMEs viable The report – produced by the World...
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