An interesting corner of the growing world of AI is its adoption in the automotive industry. As automakers are racing to develop driverless vehicles for widespread adoption, they recognize that leveraging AI-powered solutions and features will be the key differentiators for their brand....
Along with a $900-billion COVID-19 relief package and the $1.4 trillion government funding for pandemic aid, the FY 2021 Omnibus Appropriations Bill, signed December 27, 2020, also includes two acts and two amendments relevant to intellectual property (IP) law. CASE Act The ‘‘Copyright Alternative in Small-Claims Enforcement Act of 2020’’ or...
The European Union Intellectual Property Office and the OECD reported that trade in counterfeit and pirated products amounts annually to around €460 billion worldwide, with the EU’s import market affected by counterfeit and pirated products by as much as €121 billion annually....
Parola Analytics looks into recent news in the healthcare sector concerning intellectual property beyond the COVID-19 vaccine...
We looked into pending patent applications filed at the USPTO in 2020 and here are some of the inventions that may be just be built for the holiday season...
Ericsson announced in December that it filed a lawsuit against Samsung in the US for allegedly violating its contractual commitments related to patent licences and royalty payments. The patent dispute may negatively affect the Swedish company’s operating income by SEK 1- 1.5 billion ($118-$177 million) per quarter starting from 2021...
Ericsson announced in December that it filed a lawsuit against Samsung in the US for allegedly violating its contractual commitments related to patent licences and royalty payments. The patent dispute may negatively affect the Swedish company’s operating income by SEK 1- 1.5 billion ($118-$177 million) per quarter starting from 2021...
The European Commission published in late November a new Action Plan concerning patent licensing guidelines which proposes to upgrade the bloc’s patent framework to balance intellectual property (IP) policies to help companies, particularly small and medium sized enterprises, to capitalise on their inventions amid health and economic crises, as well...
On Oct. 2, India and South Africa proposed that member states of the World Trade Organization be able to waive patents and intellectual property rights to items for the “prevention, containment, or treatment of COVID-19.” Such items may include vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna, which are currently on the way...
Just weeks after Pfizer and Moderna unveil successful clinical trials for their COVID-19 vaccine candidates, a third pharmaceutical giant makes headway with its potential answer to the pandemic. On November 23, Britain’s AstraZeneca published interim trial results for AZD1222, a vaccine it co-developed with the University of Oxford....