Tech-tonic: Technology industry patent law newsletter
22-May-2008 | Martin Baker, Valérie Budd, Helen Cline, Christoph de Coster, Kathleen Fox Murphy, Anna-Louise Glancy, Maria Held, Matthew Jones, Dr. Dietrich Kamlah, Yohan Liyanage, Gareth Morgan, Edward Vickers, Stephen Whitfield
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