My guests today are Andrew Gilden, Southwestern Law School, and Sarah R. Wasserman Rajec, William & Mary Law School. They join me today to discuss their recent paper, Patenting the Taboo: Sex, Drugs,…

My guests today are Andrew Gilden, Southwestern Law School, and Sarah R. Wasserman Rajec, William & Mary Law School. They join me today to discuss their recent paper, Patenting the Taboo: Sex, Dru...

By Guest Blogger Tyler Ochoa [Eric’s note: this is another Long Read post from Prof. Ochoa, clocking in at over 10k words.] Territoriality is a fundamental principle of international intellectual prop...

Excited to share preliminary findings from new patent paper, on the impact of patenting. Important work from the past decade found that first patents positively reshapes the trajectories of startup…

This dispute is reported this morning on Law360 and on ip fray .   When BSH v Electrolux came out earlier this year (see my blog post ...

The IPKat blog reports on copyright, patent, trade mark, info-tech and confidentiality issues from a mainly UK and European perspective.

by Dennis Crouch In April 2025, President Trump took initiative to sharply increased tariffs on imports, citing trade imbalances and …

Germany's Federal Court of Justice ruled that Birkenstock sandals are not works of art and are not entitled to copyright protection.

by Dennis Crouch In a January 22, 2025 decision, the Federal Circuit once again maintained validity of Ravgen's fetal DNA …

Abstract. Are non-practising entities (NPEs)—firms that specialize in the enforcement of patent rights rather than the commercialization of patented techno

But the report, on the experiences of 13 patients, found that the drug had no benefit for some people and that some who benefited said the improvement didn’t last.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit is pleased to announce that it intends to sit in and around Central North Carolina as part of its February 2025 session.  The Federal Circuit will con...