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Role of Independent Director: In Era of Corporate Governance

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Over the course of the late 1980s and early 1990s, unethical business activities and dubious corporate policies plagued the global corporate sector, giving rise to the topic of corporate governance. WHO CAN BECAME INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR In order to improve governance, the Cadbury Committee of 1992 mandated the employment of IDs.

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WIPO publishes Guide to Patent Case Management for Judges

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Menell) and the Boards of Appeal of the EPO (led by Frédéric Bostedt and Nikolaus Obrovski). WIPO Director General, Darren Tang stated: "WIPO’s vision is for a balanced and effective approach to intellectual property that works for everyone, everywhere. while also " integrating pertinent patent law doctrines ".

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PTAB Updates and Expands the Director Review Process and Offers Transparency in Ex parte Appeals

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the Patent Office implemented an interim process for the Director to review Patent Trial and Appeal Board decisions in AIA trials. Expansion : The Director review process is expanding to permit parties to request review of the Board’s institution decisions in AIA trials. Arthrex, Inc. , Oren Techs., LLC , Case No.

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Saturday Sundries

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Submissions may be on any topic that uses economic analysis (theoretical or empirical) to better understand any issue related to copyright. & John E. Hansen IP Institute at Fordham Law School will hold its 31st Annual Intellectual Property Law & Policy Conference on 4 and 5 April 2024. Click here to register. More information here.

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On Final Day of PTAB Masters™ 2022, Iancu/Panelists Ponder the Road Ahead for USPTO and PTAB

IP Watchdog

The last day of PTAB Masters™ 2022 featured sessions on dealing with parallel litigation at the International Trade Commission (ITC) and district courts in Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) proceedings; life sciences and inter partes review (IPR); and the future of the PTAB.

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Federal Circuit Rules on Inventor-as-Lexicographer Definitions and the Proper Scope of Reply and Sur-Reply Briefing Following Patent Owner Responses to IPR Institution Decisions

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Vidal, Under Secretary of Commerce for IP and USPTO Director No. The Board granted institution without construing any claim terms, as neither party had raised any claim construction issues. 2022-1548, (Fed. The Federal Circuit also engaged in a fact-specific obviousness inquiry regarding capacitor elements disclosed in the prior art.

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EUIPO BoA IP Case Law Conference Report #5 : “Copyright in flux: What does the future have in store?”

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The session started with the highly disputed topic of copyright unification with Prof. Should the EU unify copyright laws? Rosati highlighting that the journey of EU copyright harmonization is a long one involving a great number of directives, a few regulations, and multiple interventions from the Court of Justice of the European Union.