Trending in intellectual property at the moment: Apple ordered to pay US $502m plus compound interest to non practicing entity Optis in FRAND patent infringement appeal to UK Court of Appeal....

Here’s a quick update on recent and important IP issues. You still need to clear the way in UK pharma patent cases. Loss of first mover advantage still holds great weight....

A self represented litigant had applied for a trade mark for “BYRON BAY BEACHFRONT APARTMENTS” which was rejected. He appealed to the Federal Court, did not fully understand the process and...

Additional Damages are fairly unusual, but can be awarded in IP Litigation based on the flagrancy of infringement, the conduct of the defendant and other matters. In a Design Infringement case...

In the early stages of patent infringement proceedings, each of the respondents (defendants) argued that Scidera had not put its case sufficiently clearly to the court in its pleadings (Statement of...

There’s a lot of lip service given these days to ‘aligning IP with business goals’.  Most times there’s no indication at all about how to do that or any of the...

The team at Think IP Strategy created their list of top IP mistakes.   We’ve listed them here for you and we’ll give you a more detailed post on each and everyone....

The surest way not to be sued for IP infringement is to not infringe.  While this does not guarantee that you will avoid some IP assertions anyway, having not actually infringed...

In just a few months, the fruits of one of my favourite projects will be revealed.  It’s a detailed and strategic look at intellectual property and related issues in the pharmaceutical,...

[Post by Danny Friedmann] Intellectual property infringements in China are prevalent and a challenge for every company in every industry. If companies that do business in China take adequate precautionary measures,...