Clean Tech Trends—Intellectual Property & Transactions
Ron EppersonIntellectual Energy LLC Myron KassarabaPluritas, LLC The clean tech market has been going through some major changes in 2013 and the beginning of 2014. Some of the signs continue to be negative such as bankruptcies and a soft initial public offering (IPO) market but there continues to be positive trends in many areas of […]
Assessing High Tech: Observations And Patterns Part Two
Annemarie MeikeLawrence Livermore Laboratory The modern business world operates on the widely held notion that by identifying and predicting patterns in the market, one can increase one’s ability to surf the waves to market success. This second of a multi-part series of papers, loosely arranged around observations and trends in the various industrial subsectors of […]
IPRs In Least Developed Countries: A Progress Report
Luc SavageOrange Group In 2014 we are celebrating 20 years of the TRIPS agreements aimed at harmonizing the treatment of intellectual property rights in global economic trade. The Doha agreements in 2001 gave the least developed countries (LDCs) extra time for adopting the TRIPS agreements. As the agreed deadline for this implementation was extended to […]
EU State Aid Policy: A Model To Assess Intellectual Property Rights And Knowledge Dissemination In R&D Cooperation Part 1
Mario CisnerosAustral University/ Maastricht University Cooperation between research organizations (ROs) and industrial organizations facilitates the flow and use of scientific and technological knowledge. Competitiveness of the industry and the rise in the welfare of societies is increasingly connected to the incorporation of innovative technology in products and services.1 An important objective of the European Union […]
Superman® And Statutes: The Case For Restructuring The U.S. Legal System And Awarding Copyrights To Authors Behind Works For Hire
Michael HavilandVillanova University School of Law Student In the early 1800s, an author was understood as “[o]ne who produces, creates, or brings into being; as, God is the author of the universe.” 1This antiquated definition heavily emphasized an author’s creation power and remains critical when understanding the original purpose of the copyright clause.2 Early American […]
Key Amendments To The Chinese Trademark Law
Zhou ZhongqiCCPIT Patent & Trademark Law Office The draft for the amendment of the Chinese Trademark Law was adopted at the 4th Session of the Standing Committee of the 12th National People’s Congress on August 30, 2013. The amended law will be implemented as of May 1, 2014. The key amendments to the Chinese Trademark […]
Australian And United States Court Decisions To Impact On Business Method Patent Licensing
David WebberDavies Collision Cave It is somewhat simplistic to say that licensing as a form of technology transfer relies heavily on intellectual property rights. When the validity of those rights is brought into question, the value of those rights as a licensable proposition diminishes.At the present time in the United States and in Australia the […]
Promotion And Protection Of Investment In South Africa Bill, 2013 — A Review
Dr. Madelein KleynOro Agri (Pty) Ltd and the University of Stellenbosch LifeScan Scotland, Ltd. v. Shasta Technologies On 1 November 2013, the South African Department of Trade and Industry published the draft “Promotion and Protection of Investment Bill” (the “Draft Bill”) for comments. The Draft Bill comes shortly after South Africa decided to unilaterally terminate […]
Recent U.S. Court Decisions And Developments Affecting Licensing
John PaulFinnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP, Brian KacedonFinnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP, LifeScan Scotland, Ltd. v. Shasta Technologies Giving Away Products Embodying an Invention Triggers Patent Exhaustion and Can Prevent Patent Owners from Collecting Royalties on Those Products The doctrine of patent exhaustion limits patent owners to a single compensation for […]
Selected Advanced Transportation Trends Part 1—The Giga-Factory
Michael CranerMediaComm Innovations There are a number of important advances happening in the transportation sector—from connected cars featuring self-driving capability and collision avoidance, and spawning privacy concerns, to plug-in hybrid electric / gas /diesel / compressed air / hydrogen / fuel-cell / solar and nuclear vehicles, to roadway-embedded and microwave-beaming charging systems; not to mention […]
