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What is intellectual property (IP)?

Patent Trademark Blog

What is an intellectual property right? Intellectual property (IP) can seem abstract. At its core, intellectual property is a legal right. Let’s look into what those intangible assets might be, and how they can be protected. It’s often called intangible. So what is IP exactly?

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[Guest Post] The wisdom of Dune and copyright litigation

The IPKat

Kat friend Hans Eriksson discusses an interesting decision (only available in Swedish) concerning copyright protection and originality, namely whether the sequence of twenty words in an instruction manual may be regarded as being enough for copyright to arise. This Dune tells us, every member of the secretive Bene Gesserit sisterhood knows.

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Practicing Generic Pharmaceuticals at TEVA: Practicing Working as a Full-fledged Lawyer

IPilogue

This semester, as part of Osgoode’s Intellectual Property Law & Technology Intensive Program, I had the pleasure of participating in a 10-week internship at Teva Canada (“Teva”), a (mainly) generics pharmaceutical company, and it was the highlight of my tenure thus far at Osgoode. In practice, these two are connected.

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Form versus Function – Protecting Products with Design and Utility Patents

More Than Your Mark

If you think patents are all about protecting something “technical” or something only a scientist or engineer could appreciate, you are mistaken. Patents can protect how things look as well as how they work. If you want to protect how something works, you need a Utility Patent.

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[GuestPost] Opinion: Patent trolling threatens the market of taxi aggregators in Kazakhstan

The IPKat

Merpel does not like this form of taxi Friend of the Kat and Legal Head of Delivery for Gett in Moscow, Konstantin Voropaev has been following some developments out of Kazakhstan relating to an uptick in litigation in the taxi-app space. The patent is valid until 21 December 2023. So what is going on? Let’s start at the beginning.

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IP Scholarship, Citations, and Knowledge Governance: Some Insights from the History of IP Teaching in India

SpicyIP

Basheer raised in his 2018 post on the Politics of Patent Citation. Mr. Kadirgamar traces it back to 1970 when WIPO conducted two surveys: one, on the teaching of industrial property law and the second on the teaching of copyright law teaching. Otherwise, everything appeared hunky-dory at first.

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What is a freedom to operate search and opinion?

LexBlog IP

Patent Rights defined. How a search is performed. Other patent search options to consider. How to Secure Your Innovation. Patent Rights. This is because many patents are granted upon products that improve other patented products. important;}.thegem-template-wrapper.wpb_wrapper.thegem-custom-621e9d93aaa3b116{flex-wrap: