life in lockdown in france, blog 2: A few differences between a brilliant theory and its implementation...
15 Apr 2020
Finding a daily schedule that works for you
I’m writing this on March 30th 2020, at the end of our second week of social distancing...
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Life in lockdown, blog 1: experiences from France
09 Apr 2020
Living in confinement (aka lockdown).
I have been FICPI’s Treasurer General since 2006, living in France and enjoying my second year of retirement (other than...
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AI tech used in trade mark search
25 Feb 2020
How accurate is trade mark search powered by computer vision technology?
When we first began the Artificial Intelligence project with Lanternfish in 2017, we brainstormed...
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Will the US emerge from the subject matter eligibility abyss?
19 Feb 2020
Stakeholder dissension leads to practitioners trapped in the Section 101 quagmire
Hopes that at least one branch of the US government would address the...
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Fighting (and so far winning) the patent backlog in Brazil
11 Feb 2020
Good news from the Brazilian PTO: update on the project to fight the patent examination backlog
After years debating how to manage the patent...
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What to expect from a FICPI meeting
07 Feb 2020
Why is FICPI like a business community with family members from around the world?
The entire IP community the world over is privileged to meet...
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How will Brexit affect your clients’ IP rights?
29 Jan 2020
CET Vice President, Robert Watson, gives a personal view on the current legal position and some thoughts about what might happen next, along with...
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Patent and IP protection for AI inventions
21 Jan 2020
Joint Colloquium on Artificial Intelligence - spotlight on critical issues for IP experts
As we approach the first anniversary of the joint Colloquium on...
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