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17 Mar 2013, 10:41 pm
The IPKat would be delighted to hear from patent attorneys, policy-makers, SMes and, yes, even economists who either have a useful insight into Andrew's points, or who know where to find one. [read post]
19 Oct 2015, 3:22 pm
In contrast, "Pilot project with Microsoft and other big filers will directly help SMEs, not hinder them, says EPO" is IAM editor Joff Wild's post on the IAM Blog, following the World Intellectual Property Review story, "EPO defends claims it favours big applicants", along similar lines last Wednesday. [read post]
17 Jan 2023, 8:34 am
I agree with the EGDF that "Microsoft is paving the way also for European game industry SMEs [small and medium-sized enterprises] that do not have sufficient financial resources for the upcoming legal fight to defend their new rights against Apple and Google. [read post]
3 Mar 2019, 8:53 pm
These small- and medium-sized European services (SMEs) will not be able to afford to license the catalogues of the big movie, music, and book publishers, so they'll have to rely on filters to block the unlicensed material. [read post]
20 Nov 2015, 6:06 am
IP Tango hosts a guest piece by Vicente Zafrilla Diaz-Marta (IP expert, Latin America IPR SME Helpdesk) on the Trans-Pacific Partnership and what it might mean for European businesses doing business abroad (in Latin America, for instance?) [read post]
1 Oct 2019, 7:02 am
The guidelines, called: CEN-CENELEC Workshop Agreement 95000 "Core Principles and Approaches to Licensing Standard Essential Patents", were presented at the meeting in Berlin.As a next step, the App Association will be publicly issuing a rapporteur's report on Monday's meeting, summarizing key discussion points and making recommendations on next steps to advance innovation and fairness in SEP licensing policy and law.The App Association represents over 5,000 SMEs located… [read post]
28 Mar 2019, 8:58 am
Karas and his Österreichische Volksparty (Austrian People's Party) plan to require a quantity that they say startups simply won't reach.The practical problem is that this would benefit startups only as long assuch an "Austrian SME rule" isn't successfully challenged in the Court of Justice of the European Union, and(the real issue!) [read post]
28 Oct 2024, 11:02 am
Geographical Indications Conference ‘Safeguarding our Heritage, Cultivating our Future’.The European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), in collaboration with the Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (DG GROW) and the Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development (DG AGRI), will hold the Geographical Indications (GI) Conference ‘Safeguarding our Heritage, Cultivating our Future’. [read post]
19 Jan 2024, 2:00 am
All this has implied a certain difficulty, especially for SMEs, in fighting GIs’ infringement, misuse and reputation. [read post]
12 Nov 2019, 12:37 pm
In the decision, Lord Justice Floyd provided further guidance on the law of sufficiency, in particular insufficiency due to ambiguity (or uncertainty) and excessive claim breadth.The release of an in-depth analysis paper ‘EU Patent and Brexit’ (requested by the JURI committee) in the EU was perhaps the most covered news of the last week - this was covered by the IPKat (here), but you can find other articles on the topic from the Kluwer Patent Blog and EPLaw,… [read post]
29 Oct 2014, 8:47 am
In Abbott Judge Hacon clarified that the £500,000 cap is pretty well set to cover everything, unless the parties agree to lift it.The government has been determined to encourage use of the courts by SMEs and litigants in person. [read post]
2 Jun 2014, 12:33 am
The figures come from a press release from the highly respectable magic circle law firm Allen & Overy but this press release does not indicate the methodology by which the results were compiled, the nature of the companies surveyed [it would be great to know what proportion consisted of, for example, SMEs, pharma companies, FRAND licensors or patent trolls other entities which make specific demands on the patent system] or the size of the sample surveyed. [read post]
21 May 2014, 3:43 am
Raising awareness among SMEs and start-ups is the wrong place to start: what they want is to be able to buy safe off-the-peg software that they can trust, rather than having to invest in developing their own protection.A further speaker, representing the police, urged the audience to trust the police -- which, in his jurisdiction, was guided in all operative matters by the provisions of the European Convention on Human Rights and data protection legislation. [read post]
24 Feb 2020, 12:56 pm
Skykick – Part 2: trade marks registered with no intention to use | AG Campos in Brompton Bicycle advises CJEU to rule that 'exclusively' functional shapes do not deserve copyright protection | Google does not communicate to the public by hotlinking | Reader discount on CUP IPKat Book of the year titles | Book review: Licensing and access to content in the European Union | A few forthcoming IP events with a special 25% discount for IPKat’s readers | Gantry-Gate: Have your say… [read post]
4 Jan 2024, 11:22 pm
They also wish to inform IPKat readers that they can claim a 10% discount in the registration fee by mentioning ‘IPKat’ in their registration forms.The webinars are:Intellectual Property for Commercial Lawyers (24-25 January)Freedom to Operate for Life Sciences and Pharma (7-8 February)IP Licensing for Life Sciences and Pharma (6-7 March)IP Essentials for Scientists and Engineers (10 April)Protecting IP Rights, FTO and IP Strategy for Start Ups and SMEs (24-25 April)Protecting… [read post]
14 Sep 2013, 2:58 am
The risk of the law becoming overly prescriptive in pursuit of that goal was flagged up to us as was the need to ensure that SMEs could operate the law both as rights holders and persons affected by threats. [read post]
12 Feb 2020, 12:55 pm
Other IP Topics: Education, SMEs, Cybersquatting, IPKat TeamDo you believe that P6/FD4 fails to access a candidate’s fitness to practice? [read post]
8 Nov 2022, 1:36 am
Intellectual property (IP) - the copyrights, patents, trademarks and other similar rights upon which creative and innovative products and services rely upon - have an important role in growing the economies of developed and developing countries all over the world.5 IP protection benefits the economy, promotes innovation, helps firms monetize their innovations and grow, helps small and medium enterprises (SME), and finally it benefits consumers and society. [read post]
7 Feb 2017, 7:04 am
They refer to increasing reliance of European businesses on innovation and creativity to compete in the global market place, and the problems faced by SMEs lacking resources to combat IP infringement.Citing the growth of counterfeiting as a major obstacle to the creation of a safe and sustainable environment for businesses and consumers, the letter notes global trade in counterfeit and pirated goods to the value of €411 billion in 2013 (the equivalent of the GDP of Austria). [read post]
18 Feb 2020, 12:01 pm
Skykick – Part 2: trade marks registered with no intention to use | AG Campos in Brompton Bicycle advises CJEU to rule that 'exclusively' functional shapes do not deserve copyright protection | Google does not communicate to the public by hotlinking | Reader discount on CUP IPKat Book of the year titles | Book review: Licensing and access to content in the European Union | A few forthcoming IP events with a special 25% discount for IPKat’s readers | Gantry-Gate: Have your say… [read post]
