Today, court proceedings in Sweden concerning intellectual property (IP) rights are handled by several different lines of courts, which may not be optimal from a legal certainty point of view and with regard to procedural cost effectiveness. A reform of this system is on the way…

The German Patent and Trade Mark Office (GPTO) has revised the German Designs Act with effect from 1 January 2014 and major changes include: – The German term “Geschmacksmuster” has been replaced by the term “registered design”. – A design invalidity proceeding before the GPTO has been introduced. Before, a […]

On October 18, 2013 the Administrative Council of the EPO has voted to amend Rule 36 EPC to remove the highly controversial 24 month time limit applied to European divisional application filings. Starting April 1, 2014, the EPO will return back to ‘old’ practice, namely that …

The International Trade Commission on August 9, 2013, announced that certain Samsung smartphone products violate Section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, 19 U.S.C. 1337, by infringing Apple patents on headset plug circuitry and touch screen commands. The ITC issued an order to

Much is being written about the Supreme Court decision of 13 June 2013 regarding the patentability of naturally occurring DNA molecules.  In the words of the Court – “…genes and the information they encode are not patent eligible under [35 U.S.C.]§101 simply because they have been isolated from the surrounding genetic material.” […]

The International Trademark Association (INTA) is a global association of trademark owners and professionals dedicated to supporting trademarks and related intellectual property in order to protect consumers and to promote fair and effective commerce.

The Court of Appeals confirmed the District Court’s ruling that Occlutech’s occluder products do not infringe on an AGA patent. This is the latest in a series of legal victories for Occlutech in which KIPA provided technical litigation support.

Occlutech GmbH,  received a favorable Supreme Court ruling from The Hague in The Netherlands in litigation with AGA/St Jude Medical.  In this final ruling, the Supreme Court maintained favourable first instance and appeal court rulings. The Dutch Supreme court decision comes after Supreme Courts in Germany and the UK decided […]