Patent & IP news for March 16, 2018

The protection of genetic resources, traditional resources and folklore 35 meetings later… from ipkitten.blogspot.com


In a few days it  will be time for the next meeting (the 35th one in fact) of the Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore. Between the 19^{th ...}

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Startup Patent Licensing: Beating the Long Odds from ipassetmaximizerblog.com

Achieving meaningful revenue through licensing by startup entrepreneurs can be for all intents and purposes a “unicorn event:” much discussed, but rarely achieved. Notwithstanding this reality, a significant number of startup entrepreneurs who seek to ...

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Did EU Council Conclusions On IP Enforcement Leave Out Patent Trolls? from www.ip-watch.org

A coalition of companies holding patents in Europe has welcomed conclusions released this week by the Council of the European Union on tougher enforcement of intellectual property rights. But the group raised concern that the ...

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Global Health Governance Changing With Shift In Economic Centre Of Gravity, Speakers Say from www.ip-watch.org

Political and economic shifts have modified the post-war world order, and global health governance has to adapt to this new environment, speakers said at an academic event in Geneva this week. Among the changes: with ...

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Beating Alice: Improvement arguments win Apple claims on context-based to-do list item generation from allthingspros.blogspot.com

Takeaway: Apple Inc. inventors filed a patent application for an invention relating to context-based to-do list reminders, of the type that might be entered to a smartphone via voice command.  Pertinent to the claims at ...

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Cambodia First To Join Geneva Act On Geographical Indications. But Where Are The Europeans? from www.ip-watch.org

Cambodia has become the first country to join a 2015 agreement at the World Intellectual Property Organization aimed at strengthening protection of geographical indications (GIs). The Asian nation has several GIs it is seeking to ...

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WIPO Committee On The Protection Of Genetic Resources Meets Next Week from www.ip-watch.org

World Intellectual Property Organization delegates will meet in the coming week to try to advance work on the protection of genetic resources against misappropriation. Through its renewed mandate, the WIPO committee is expected to focus ...

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