Tech-tonic: Technology industry patent law newsletter

22-May-2008  |  Patents, Technology, Media & Telecoms


Tech-tonic - May 2008 edition

In this first issue, we look at:

  • the conflict between patents and standards - recent cases in Europe
  • refusal to licence IPRs post Microsoft
  • successfully exploiting the lack of harmonisation of patent law and procedure in Europe
  • new proposals for reform of the European patent system
  • a new agreement which aims to reduce patent translation costs
  • the Patent Prosecution Highway - reducing the costs of patent prosecution
  • IPRs and the draft UNCITRAL legislative guide to secured transactions

Lawyers Christoph de Coster, Martin Baker, Helen Cline, Kathleen Fox Murphy, Edward Vickers, Dr. Dietrich Kamlah

 
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