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Patents
US technology company InterDigital has agreed a licensing deal with Samsung, but has kept its finer details under wraps. 4 June 2014
Patents
Morrison & Foerster LLP announced yesterday, June 2, that Lynn Levine, former director of the US ITC’s Office of Unfair Import Investigations, has joined the firm’s IP group. 3 June 2014
Jurisdiction reports
A patent attorney should be consulted to assist with the assessment of patentability and drafting of the patent specification. 1 June 2014
Jurisdiction reports
National patent applications are filed at the UK Intellectual Property Office (UK IPO) by filing a specification with a description and claims. 1 June 2014
Jurisdiction reports
The Brazilian patent and trademark office is notorious for its backlog and the slow pace at which it operates. Despite its receiving only a small number of applications, a first decision there takes at least a decade. 1 June 2014
Trademarks
Can an applicant be stopped from taking a contrary stand to the submissions made by him at the time of prosecution of a trademark? Lucy Rana reports. 1 June 2014
Copyright
The report on the contribution of IP-intensive industries to employment and prosperity in the member states of the EU has been welcomed, but it has also raised some interesting questions about its methodology. WIPR reports. 1 June 2014
Trademarks
Many IP-related cases have been decided by Malaysian courts in the past year. Azlina Aisyah Khalid and Lim Eng Leong report on three of the most interesting. 1 June 2014
Jurisdiction reports
The tort of passing off is typically centred upon the basic principle that “a man is not to sell his own goods under the pretence that they are the goods of another man”—otherwise commonly known as the classic form of passing off. 1 June 2014
Jurisdiction reports
Many risks arise when a company formed in one jurisdiction enters into an exclusive commercial licence and distribution arrangement with a company formed in another jurisdiction, particularly when the contract involves granting the licensee an exclusive licence to operate in a defined territory which is not home to either of the parties. 1 June 2014
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