Foreign companies now have more confidence in India’s patent system, but the economic boom is yet to produce much home grown innovation, says a new report.
International experts at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) have agreed to simplify the structure of the international system for classifying patents.
Everyone’s strapped for cash – except pharma. But the latest spending spree is no more of a fix for expiring patents than botox is for ageing skin, writes Nuala Moran.
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia has ratified the European Patent Convention and, on 1 January, became a member of the European Patent Organisation (EPO).
Depending who you ask, the long-awaited and final ruling on the University of Wisconsin’s WARF patent is either a landmark decision or signifies nothing.