Intellectual Property Expert Group
Intellectual Property Expert Group
IPR illiteracy, a flavor of nationalism and an inkling for demagogy makes a toxic combination. We recall an incident in 2007-2008 when Indonesia made a big international fuss when it delivered a strain of Bird Flu virus (H5N1) to the…
It looks as if the discussion never ends. Yes we paying again attention to the patent that should be a “unitary” patent. Well not unifying, that’s for sure. Politicians may give the impression they reached a “compromise” but the fact…
A little knowledge can be a dangerous thing. This is clear to me from the reaction I sometimes get when I tell computer scientists that I am a patent attorney specialising in computer patents. Frequently the response is, “But you…
At a secondhand bookstore in Palo Alto, California (the location is relevant, as shall be seen below), I once paid US$5 for the first volume of Jean-Yves Tadié’s biography of Marcel Proust from the Éditions Gallimard “Collection Folio,” a book…
Today an interview with IPEG’s founder appeared in The Korea Times. The interview was taken by email by Technology reporter Yoo-chul Kim. The full text used for the interview read as follows Questions: *Is Apple really an innovation killer? If…
The Max-Planck-Institute for Intellectual Property and Competition Law, which has functioned as a politically and economically unbiased centre of legal competence for European intellectual property legislation ever since its foundation in 1966, is a well-recognized scientific commentator and advisor on…
The Economist Intelligence Unit – sponsored by Qualcomm – published 5 years ago, in 2007, a White Paper on how European companies approach IP and more importantly, how they value Intellectual Property Management. Based on interviews and surveys of major…
Geographical Indications (“G.I.s”) identify a product as originating in a certain region or country. So for a G.I. product, it’s reputation for quality or authenticity is intimately linked to its geographical origin. Europe, the US and Korea and Japan are…
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Apple this week missed earnings expectations as it faces stiffening smartphone competition from the likes of Samsung without its own blockbuster new hardware to satisfy eager consumers. Apple missed lofty analyst expectations for the fiscal quarter ending June 30. The…
While I am in Indonesia for an EU funded project to assist Indonesia to improve its trade and investment climate (TCF), I came across an example where IP rights and trade might collide. In this case export. In the Jakarta…
ACTA failed in European Parliament. What was the main objective? Protection of consumers against counterfeit products or rather protecting the intellectual property of the content industry? Precisely this confusion, the anti-piracy treaty ACTA (Anti-counterfeiting Trade Agreement) caused the deathblow. Last…
The luxury cruise ship “Rule of Law” has hit a new reef, called the unenforceability of intellectual property rights. This article by Prof. Feng Xiang argues that instead of the often misnamed and misunderstood scapegoat, the “China model”, it is…
Dr. Pagenberg, for long a standing member of the Expert Committee of judges and attorneys assisting the legislative process to create a single EU Patent Court, devoted most of his time in the last three years to this project, during…
Facebook has been shedding market value like a wet collie its winter coat. With Facebook’s share price down to just $72.7B as of May 22 from $104B three days after its IPO, Microsoft does not appear to be too concerned. Its…
Why are bright people uncharacteristically dense when it comes to understanding patents? Ignorance about a simultaneously technical, legal and commercial discipline is a factor, but there may be something else going on. The recent wave of assaults on patents and…
Following the conclusion of the TRIPS Agreement, much has been written on the potential costs and benefits of stronger Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) protection in terms of growth and technology transfer, particularly for developing countries. In a 2006 UNIDO[1] study,…
Das „Package“ der europäischen Patentgerichtsbarkeit besteht aus zwei Verordnungsentwürfen, der eine zur Sprachenfrage und der andere zum Einheitspatent („EU-Patent“), sowie dem Entwurf für ein Übereinkommen für ein einheitliches Patentgericht[1]. Nach erheblichem Widerstand aus Nutzerkreisen wegen zahlreicher Mängel von Abkommen und…
After the EU Commission has opened a formal antitrust investigation against Samsung a few weeks ago the dispute between the biggest stakeholders in the Telecommunication equipment market recently takes a new turn. The EU Commission has opened two further formal…
It was widely reported yesterday that AOL Inc. (NYSE: AOL) on Monday agreed to sell more than 800 patents and related products to Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) for $1.056 billion. It was also written that the struggling online services provider was under…