A famous joke that must now be over 30 years old quips about the strength of the (German) patent attorney profession: „If all German patent attorneys and their families decide to settle in a single…
A report on OxViews 9th IP and Competition Forum and the Osnabrücker Patenttage 2024
The question on how intellectual property and specifically patents can contribute to sustainable innovations that…
While it is my impression that the IP profession, on the whole, has not had to suffer much under the current COVID-19 pandemic, the same is unfortunately not true for our patent attorney trainees. It…
On 20 September 2018, the Treasury Laws Amendment (2018 Measures No. 5) Bill 2018 (Bill) was tabled in Australia’s House of Representatives. Among the amendments proposed was the repeal of Section…
The Finnish act on the right in inventions made at higher education institutions is in the process of being amended. The reason behind the underlying revision is to enhance the commercialisation of…
The interesting six-jurisdiction patent case between two of the world’s leading enzyme manufacturers, the Danish companies Danisco A/S (now part of DuPont) and Novozymes A/S has already been subject…
