It has been four years since amendments to the Patent Act and Patent Rules were made, bringing the Patent Law Treaty (PLT) into force in Canada. The most consequential changes have proven to be the ...

U.S. patents are currently subject to maintenance fees paid to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) at 3.5, 7.5, and 11.5 years from the date of grant to keep the patent live. The maintenance ...

Howard Lutnick has been universally criticized by industry for his reported proposal to tax patent values and revenue share ...

“Since it is the practice of some large companies to abandon applications or issued patents – sometimes in large numbers – before the first maintenance fee comes due, under the current fee schedule, ...

Years before semaglutide became a blockbuster drug for Novo Nordisk, the Danish pharma giant had the chance to maintain its patent in Canada but didn’t pay a small fee to do so, according to a recent ...

For business owners, decision makers, and the attorneys who represent them, perhaps 2022 brought great change. Did your or your client's company expand, downsize or restructure? Did your client, an ...

Filing and maintenance fees have been reintroduced on Italian patents, utility models and designs as from January 1 2007. The amounts to be paid and the applicable rules have been determined by a ...

Peter Ollier looks at a range of statistics at the EPO, USPTO and JPO to see if patent renewal rates are decreasing and analyzes the implications In an interview with Managing IP in July, the ...

IRS argued Viatris owed $50 million for legal fees Circuit court says legal fees from generic-drug patent cases are deductible (Reuters) - Viatris scored a win for generic drugmakers on Thursday when ...

Many startups push forward with a patent without assessing strategic alignment, which causes portfolios to get bloated with low-impact patents. The solution for this is patent pruning. Signs to look ...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--UnitedLex, a leading data and professional services company specializing in litigation, intellectual property, contracts, compliance, and legal operations, has announced the ...