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First-in-Human Porcine Heart Transplant Performed
Surgeons at the University of Maryland School of Medicine performed the first successful porcine (pig) to human heart transplant, a procedure referred to as...
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Everyone lately has been really passionate about the blockchain technology but what is it and how it can help the intellectual property world? To put it in... Read More »
Nowadays internet marketing has gained huge importance especially after the pandemic during which the ecommerce begun a rapid growth. One of the best ways to... Read More »
Trade secrets are an old form of IP that some people argue it dates back to Roman times. They have always been a choice for people who want to protect their... Read More »
You have probably heard a lot about NFTs lately, but what are they indeed? Non-fungible token many might answer, but this still doesn’t make you understand ... Read More »
Trade secrets can be grouped in two kinds based on the reasons why their owners choose trade secret over patent. In the first group you would find different... Read More »
We have analyzed all the patent-related CAFC appeals, originating from the PTAB, ITC or district courts. The analysis covers a 5-year period, from January 1, 2016... Read More »
One of the reasons that the majority of countries in the world apply the “first to file” system, including the European Union and China, must be that ... Read More »
Day after day the world becomes smaller as more businesses expand overseas with their products or services. However, this comes with a risk of the... Read More »
Last month we released our fifth annual IPR Intelligence Report. This popular IP report evaluates all stakeholders in Inter-Partes Review (IPR) proceedings each year. ... Read More »
Nowadays with the development of the online world performing research, writing academic papers or articles seem to be really easy. There is some truth in this... Read More »
Just recently, in the Life Spine, Inc. v. Aegis Spine, Inc., Case No. 21-1649 (7th Cir. Aug. 9, 2021) (St. Eve, J.), the Seventh Circuit noted that “a... Read More »
A trade secret is a formula, practice, process, design, instrument, pattern, commercial method, or compilation of information that is not generally known or... Read More »
Especially now with the COVID-19 vaccine patent waiver debate, it comes to our mind the relationship between patent system and access to medicine. As in all... Read More »
Trademarks provide protection for both businesses and consumers, making them an important part of running a successful company. This importance makes its... Read More »
It’s been more than a week that the 2020 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXXII Olympiad and branded as Tokyo 2020 begun. But we are in... Read More »
One of the basic principles of the Berne Convention is that of “automatic protection”, which means that copyright protection exists automatically... Read More »
The International Cybercrime Prevention Act was reintroduced by U.S. Senators last June 17, 2021. Several sectors would create new criminal violations, and forfeiture ... Read More »
Tomorrow, we are releasing our Third Annual Patent Prosecution Intelligence Report, where we have analyzed the patent prosecution data for five consecutive years... Read More »
Virginia just became the second state to pass a comprehensive privacy law, the Consumer Data Protection Act (“CDPA”). Business and privacy professionals... Read More »
CASE OF THE WEEK
Uniloc 2017 LLC v. Hulu, LLC, Appeal No. 2019-1686 (Fed. Cir. July 22, 2020)
In this appeal, the Federal Circuit held for the first time that ... Read More »
