Added patent subject matter by deleting from description
in Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice
May 2007; published online May 2007.
Journal Article. Subjects: intellectual property law; arbitration. 936 words.
This case concerns the unusual situation where the amendment of the description during the opposition proceedings by deleting some examples lead to a changed meaning of claim 1 which amounted to an...
Adding subject matter by deleting from claim
in Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice
June 2007; published online April 2007.
Journal Article. Subjects: intellectual property law; arbitration. 1163 words.
This case concerns a situation where a deletion of text from a claim amounted to an extension of the patent beyond the content of the application as originally filed. The Board drew a distinction...
Addressing the role of the WTO in the promotion of a world-scale market for electronic intangibles: what's next?
in Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice
November 2010; published online August 2010.
Journal Article. Subjects: intellectual property law; arbitration. 1120 words.
Adequately identifying trade secrets in California trade secret misappropriation litigation
in Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice
October 2009; published online October 2009.
Journal Article. Subjects: intellectual property law; arbitration. 1854 words.
The California Supreme Court left undisturbed a Court of Appeal decision that trade secret identification statements need only be reasonable under the circumstances, and that ‘[t]he identification...
Adjudication of patent validity is sent home
in Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice
October 2006; published online September 2006.
Journal Article. Subjects: intellectual property law; arbitration. 1217 words.
The Court of Justice restrictively interprets the Brussels Convention, frustrating the development of transnational adjudication of patent infringement claims by precluding a court from considering...
Admissibility of late objection in EPO proceedings
in Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice
April 2011; published online February 2011.
Journal Article. Subjects: intellectual property law; arbitration. 411 words.
The Board had to say whether an objection under Article 123(3) of the European Patent Convention (EPC) could be raised by the respondent-opponent for the first time in oral proceedings before the...
ADVANCED PERIMETER SYSTEMS LTD v KEYCORP LTD (MULTISYS TRADE MARK)
in Reports of Patent, Design and Trade Mark Cases
May 2012; published online August 2012.
Journal Article. Subjects: intellectual property law. 12351 words.
H1 Trade Marks—Application for registration—Opposition—Date of assessment of goodwill—Evaluation of evidence of goodwill and likelihood of misrepresentation—Similarity of goods and...
ADVANCED PERIMETER SYSTEMS LTD v KEYCORP LTD (MULTISYS TRADE MARK) (No. 2)
in Reports of Patent, Design and Trade Mark Cases
May 2012; published online August 2012.
Journal Article. Subjects: intellectual property law. 5219 words.
H1 Trade Marks—Application for registration—Opposition—Similarity of goods and services—Interpretation of specification—Appeal to Appointed Person—Amendment of specification—Fall-back positions—No...
Advanced therapies and the outer limits of DNA regulation: new horizons for patents or a scaffold too far?
in Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice
April 2008; published online February 2008.
Journal Article. Subjects: intellectual property law; arbitration. 1954 words.
This Regulation seeks to regulate existing and future advanced therapy medicinal products intended for the market in Member States, being either prepared industrially or manufactured by a method...
Advantage Kenwood: Court of Appeal rejects trade mark infringement claim in the battle of the food mixers
in Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice
December 2009; published online December 2009.
Journal Article. Subjects: intellectual property law; arbitration. 1302 words.
The Court of Appeal has shown how hard it can be to enforce trade marks for shapes by dismissing an appeal by Whirlpool, manufacturer and distributors of the KitchenAid ‘Artisan’ food-mixer, against...