http://www.inventorsdigest.com/archives/7262 Now that passage of the America Invents Act (patent reform) is all but certain its only awaiting the Presidents signature It is clear that the current first-to-invent system almost never benefits the independent inventor. Further, the cost of proving who was first to invent, under the current system, is prohibitive to small businesses …
Tag: Patent
May 03
Your DNA may be patented (US context)
Watch CBS News Videos Online http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/04/01/60minutes/main6354069.shtml?tag=currentVideoInfo;segmentTitle Below are some interesting extract from the article.. “Myriad Genetics controls all testing on the two breast cancer genes because they own the genes, lock stock and barrel. They patented them and no one else can legally test for them, or look at them, or even develop potential therapies …
Sep 04
Inventor urges patent law change
A major British inventor is calling for a change in the law to strengthen protection against those who try to steal ideas. Trevor Baylis, who invented the wind-up radio, has written to the business secretary urging him to criminalise the theft of intellectual property. The move would involve a fundamental change to the law on …
Aug 03
Strategies For Managing Pharma/Biotech/Chemical Patent Portfolio
Please be informed that Institute of Intellectual Property Research & Development (IIPRD), one of the leading Intellectual Property Consulting Firms in India with Sughrue Mion, PLLC (USA) and Khurana & Khurana, Advocates and IP Attorneys (India) is holding a Three-Days Symposium on “STRATEGIES FOR MANAGING PHARMA/BIOTECH/CHEMICAL PATENT PORTFOLIO” at Mumbai from 2’nd – 4’th Sep …
Jun 16
Faster patent protection
LOCAL inventors who want to license their creations can now benefit from the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH), a new pilot cooperation initiative between the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) and the Japan Patent Office (JPO). http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_391070.html http://www.ipos.gov.sg/leftNav/pat/PPH+(IPOS-JPO).htm
Oct 14
Singapore Patent Seminar to NTU
(14 Oct 2003) Our President, Kim Tean, represented SIDA to speak to students at Nanyang Business School at the invitation of NTU’s Dr Assafa Endeshaw (Assoc Prof), Convenor of the Management of Intellectual Property and Innovation Course. This talk on Achievements and Chellenges of Singapore Inventor’s and Innovators was held on Tuesday, October 14, 2003 …
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