On 20 January 2025, the newly inaugurated US President signed an Executive Order entitled “Ending Radical...
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The USPTO has made great strides to improve diversity both within the USPTO and in the...
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The Indian Patents Act, 1970, under Section 3(i), explicitly excludes the patenting of methods of diagnosis...
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Romania deposited the instrument of ratification of the Agreement on the Unified Patent Court on 31...
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Flexibility in patent invalidity – the limitation of patents in Poland as part of validity defence
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Polish practice as to limitation of patents as a part of a validity defence has undergone...
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China has made significant strides in aligning the Chinese Patent Law with the Patent Law Treaty
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The recent updates to the Chinese Patent Law, including the release of the Implementation Regulations of...
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Obviousness-type double patenting: best IP practices for international practitioners in view of In re: Cellect, LLC
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The impact of the court’s decision in Cellect was particularly acute because the reference patents on...
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The main obstacles to obtain patent protection for CAR-T cell-related technologies in Brazil
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As research and development efforts move forward in relation to Chimeric antigen receptor CAR-T cells, it is...
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