29 Jan’19

Helsinn v. Teva Decision: Secret Sales Qualify as Prior Art under the AIA

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The Supreme Court issued its decision on Helsinn Healthcare S. A. v. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. on January 22, 2019, upholding and applying the pre-AIA on-sale precedent to post-AIA matters. This holding establishes that a sale or offer to sell, including secret sales and sales that do not publicly disclose the details of the invention, […]

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16 Jan’18

Insights from WIPO’s “World IP Indicators 2017” Report: Key Patenting Trends Around the Globe

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The World IP Organization (WIPO) has recently published its annual report titled: “World Intellectual Property Indicators 2017”, covering world IP filing activity for 2016.  The report is a comprehensive coverage of global patent and trademark filing trends, comparing and ranking the world’s leading regional patent and trademark offices (“IP Offices”) by their level of activity […]

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