We are living in a rapidly evolving world with a dynamic lifestyle. As a result, newer diseases are emerging as well as existing diseases such as hypertension are becoming more prevalent. The theme of World Hyp...
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) established World Intellectual Property Day that is celebrated every April 26, to increase public awareness about intellectual property (IP) and its role in...
The fashion industry, like its counterparts in other industries, has been using technology to meet its sustainability goals. Luxury brands like Prada, and fast-fashion ones like H&M, have been using ECONYL®...
This article is a sequel to our earlier discussion about “Develop products with confidence using early-stage Freedom-To-Operate (FTO) searches”. It is our continued commitment to emphasize the importance of FTO...
CONNECT-THE-DOTS In today’s rapidly changing business environment, R&D organizations must constantly renew their technology strategies by leveraging both internal and external knowledge. The internal ...
Invalidation – an introduction An invalidation search, also known as an opposition search or validity search, is a search conducted to determine if one or more claims of a granted patent are valid. The term ...
It is the intention of both “Standards” and “Patents” to encourage innovation, where a “Standard” offers access to technology to drive compatibility and interoperability betw...
A recent conversation with one of our clients prompted us to reinforce our belief that early-stage freedom to operate searches are business critical. Our client, a corporate R&D organization, informed us of...
Patentability An Introduction: “Patentability” refers to the substantive conditions that must be met, for an invention, to be patented. The invention must satisfy the requirements under the context of a nationa...
Freedom to Operate (FTO) – an introduction: Freedom to operate search is an imperative due diligence step to be performed for any organization prior to commercializing a newly developed product or process. Free...