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“Asexual Reproduction Prohibited”? Plant Propagation and Patent Law

IPilogue

In Monsanto Canada Inc v Schmeiser , the SCC outlines a clear distinction between the uniqueness of a plant (potentially PBR eligible) versus the innovative production or technique associated with the life form (potentially patentable). . This includes processes like the production, sale, and imports/export of the plant variety.

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Q&A with Betty Chen for Corporate Counsel Business Journal

Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

Trial attorney Betty Chen was recently interviewed by Corporate Counsel Business Journal for the article, “Keeping Pace with Ever-Evolving Intellectual Property Disputes.” Betty Chen: There is a substantial threat of prolific 5G patent litigation, but I don’t believe that will stop the rollout of actual technologies at all.

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Monday Miscellany

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Events IFIM - IP and Regulatory Rights in the Age of Personalized Medicine - 15 March 2022 The Institute for Intellectual Property and Market Law of Stockholm University (IFIM) will hold the webinar "IP and Regulatory Rights in the Age of Personalized Medicine" tomorrow (15 March 2022, from 2:00pm to 4:00pm (CET)).

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SEPs & FRAND: Misnomers & Maladies

SpicyIP

We recently came across one such short paper on “ SEP Litigations & Issues in Determining the FRAND License ” published in the September 2023 issue of the Journal of Intellectual Property Rights (see here ) and extended a guest post invitation to its authors to discuss their key arguments.

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Book Review: Intellectual Property Law in China, 2nd Edition

The IPKat

The authors must have been quite busy, particularly in the past two years, diligently tracking the frequent IP law revisions (Trade Mark Law, Anti-Unfair Competition Law Revisions in 2019; Copyright Law and Patent Law Revisions in 2020) and, of course, the promulgation of the Civil Code (and the IP-related provisions therein) in 2020.

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Secrets in the Pitlanes : Navigating IPR In Formula 1

IIPRD

Although, patenting can be used in specific innovations that are extremely useful for the automotive market. A notable example would be that of the Kinetic Energy Recovery System (2009) Therefore, a patent would prove to be obsolete in this rapidly evolving sport. 18, Harvard Journal of Law & Technology.

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[Guest post] Book review: ‘Developments and Directions in Intellectual Property Law: 20 Years of the IPKat’

The IPKat

And, speaking of the book, we are happy to re-publish the review that Bill Patry (Mayer Brown) provided of it, as just published by the Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice. Surely don’t take upon yourself ‘building’ a vague, general policy, like a ‘truly’ internal market.