On 6th August 2007, an
Indian Court dismissed a Novartis lawsuit stating that Section 3(d) of Patent
Law 2005 was unconstitutional. The Court did not rule on the incompatibility
between the section in question and the TRIPS Agreement, saying that this must
be decided at the WTO. The Court’s resolution has had a great impact in
the media, and some NGOs have interpreted it as a huge victory. The lawsuit was
brought after the rejection of a 1998 patent application on a crystalline form
of imatinib mesylate, which is the active ingredient of anti-cancer drug
Glivec. It is significant that this patent has been granted...
There remains an information gap between public authorities’
expectations of an increase in the number of high technology companies or fast
growing enterprises (gazelles) and the risk adverse attitude of private
investors. Indeed, today the value of high growth companies is no longer based
on tangible assets but rather on their intellectual...
Most people associated with big business or who have a brand name to
protect are aware of IPR protecting strategies. However, IPR management is not
yet a main issue in academia. Most consortia in FP6 failed to deal with this
issue properly in all phases of the project...
In Switzerland and elsewhere, the cooperation between companies and
research centres is an appetizing prospect for both parties. Companies have the
chance to access competences, infrastructures, and sometimes sources of funding
that are usually difficult to find anywhere else. From the point of view of
universities and public research...
Stimulating inventions from universities,
technical colleges and non-university research institutions and bringing them
to the market quickly for commercial exploitation – Germany places a
particular emphasis on this goal ...
On 17th August 1982 the
first Compact Disc was produced in Hanover (Germany) by Philips company. First
records sold on CDs were The Visitors by Abba and the recording of Herbert von
Karajan conducting the Alpine Symphony by Richard Strauss. This year we
celebrate 25th anniversary of Compact
Disc, a device which sparked a global...
Imagine you had the brilliant idea to produce and market the hanger
depicted below. You want to know if it is worth applying for a patent to
protect it. Try to determine whether this invention is really new using
esp@cenet®. ...
The semantic Web will make searching much easier. Today, good
searches still involve Boolean operators and classification schemes. In a near
future, it is likely that natural language searching will make it easier for
laymen to retrieve relevant information or even allow automated searching. The
machine will understand patent claims...
In approximately 25 years, Gimac, the enterprise started by Giorgio
Maccagnan and Marina Scremin has been able to transversally revolutionise
sectors like Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices. Moreover, it has become the
4th largest contributor in terms of
intellectual property in the Province of Varese, which is a 20th century cradle...
