5 effective ways to cope when feeling overwhelmed
18 May 2023
Clare Davis discusses how to cope when feeling overwhelmed. We need to be careful in this situation because overwhelm may cause us to have...
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Divisional applications in Brazil: a brief comparison with other jurisdictions
02 May 2023
Divisional applications are a useful tool when considering patent strategy in Brazil. This blog touches on the main points of the prosecution of divisional...
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The dawn of a new litigation model for intellectual property?
22 Feb 2023
A draft EU Directive will provide new private funding options to those litigants who otherwise would refrain from starting certain proceedings, due to legal...
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Making the USPTO Patent Bar more accessible
11 Feb 2023
Sharon Crane analyses the efforts USPTO is making to increase diversity and minimise gender bias in the Patent Bar...
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FICPI-India’s representation on IPO notification and issuance of revised notices
31 Jan 2023
Members of FICPI-India considered the content and the implications of impromptu notices issued by the Indian Patent Office in December 2022......
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Use it and (maybe) lose it: prior use and patentability in Canada
27 Oct 2022
It is generally universal in patenting that an invention cannot have been previously disclosed to the public in order to qualify for patent protection....
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Aesthetics and functionality: understanding EU requirements for trade dress protection
09 Sep 2022
On July 14, 2021, the General Court of the European Union delivered leading cosmetics and skincare label Guerlain a win in its fight to...
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The Indian Biological Diversity Act: a review of the Amendment Bill 2021
12 Aug 2022
It is important for countries like India, with diverse biological resources, to have regulations on access and use of biological resources. At the same...
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