With the European Commission heading towards a second reading of its patent legislation, there's still more heat than light in discussions on the subject. The UK Patent Office (UKPO) has of late been ...

An organization that uses its patents to generate revenue without manufacturing the products that the patents pertain to. The patents are often purchased from a third party, which may be bankrupt or ...

A U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee, seeking to reduce legal claims by owners of illegitimate patents, heard Thursday that it’s difficult to define just what is a bogus patent claim. The goal ...

The biotechnology industry won a significant legal victory last month, but the battle over the patentability of biology may not be over. The biotechnology industry won a significant legal victory last ...

Brenda [email protected] FRANCISCO-Patent lawyers are cheering a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit to take up a question central to every patent case: whether courts should ...

Tomotoshi Shimano of Shiga International Patent Office examines the implications of recent High Court decisions relating to the interpretation of ‘working of a patented invention’ IP High Court (IPHC) ...