一般消息 Daniel Chew当选为英国特许专利代理师协会历史上首位亚裔主席 4th November 2022 Daniel Chew 周冠冲博士,HLK慧智林的合伙人兼亚洲业务小组负责人,以及业内顶尖的移动和电信专家之一,当选为英国特许专利代理师协会(CIPA)的首位亚裔主席。Daniel于2022年11月2日在第140届年度理事大会上当选,其任期将于2023年1月1日开始。
知识产权洞察 单一专利和统一专利法院 – 案例研究 28th October 2022 我们八月份的新闻简报探讨了单一专利(UP) 和统一专利法院 (UPC) 相关被许可方和许可方所有权方面的一些潜在问题及注意事项。本文介绍了七个案例研究,说明了其中的一些问题
知识产权洞察 问卷调查结果揭示了专利权人对单一专利和统一专利法院的态度 25th October 2022 今年夏天,我们HLK慧智林欧洲知识产权事务所对不同行业的欧洲专利权人和申请人进行了一项调查,以评估他们对即将推出的单一专利(UP)和统一专利法院(UPC)方案的态度。以下介绍我们在调查中的一些发现。
知识产权洞察 材料科学新闻简报 – 2022 年 9 月 27th September 2022 自青铜时代开始,冶金就对人类具有极其重要的技术意义,它在第一次和第二次工业革命期间钢铁行业的爆炸式创新中达到顶峰。虽然我们目前生活在工业 4.0 时代,对数字技术和生物技术发展的依赖日益增加,但金属仍然是交易量最大的商品之一,铁矿石也是除沙子、砾石和水泥外开采量最大的材料。
知识产权洞察 单一专利与统一专利法院 — 被许可方和许可方的所有权问 题及注意事项 31st August 2022 我们之前新闻简报介绍了单一专利(以下简称“ UP ”)和统一专利法院(以下简称“UPC”)体系。本新闻简报探讨了UP 和 UPC 相关被许可方和许可方所有权方面的一些潜在问题及注意事项。
知识产权洞察 UPC选择退出:专利组合策略 30th August 2022 我们在之前的资讯中列出了可能帮助您决定对单个专利是否退出的因素。然而,还有一个更广泛的问题就是对您的欧洲专利组合选择退出的策略。
知识产权洞察 UPC选择退出:是还是否? 23rd August 2022 考虑到单一专利(UP)和统一专利法院(UPC)体系即将生效,欧洲专利权人应考虑是否将其现有和未来的欧洲专利和申请退出UPC的管辖。
知识产权洞察 单一专利和统一专利法院 28th July 2022 单一专利(UP)和统一专利法院(UPC)预计将于 2023 年初开始生效。本新闻简报对 UP 和 UPC 体系作了解释,并对专利所有者和申请人在该体系生效之前需要考虑的事项作了探究。
一般消息 2022年国际知识产权服务机构推荐 15th July 2022 我们很荣幸地宣布,Haseltine Lake Kempner (HLK) 慧智林被《中国知识产权》杂志评为2022年最受推荐的国际知识产权服务机构之一。
知识产权洞察 化学与生命科学新闻简报 28th June 2022 专利申请中公开的生物序列(例如 DNA、RNA、肽)要求使用符合适用 WIPO 标准的序列表提供。对该类信息实施国际标准化,旨在方便 IPO 开展搜索工作、简化申请人的申请流程并允许与公众共享序列。
Quantum Computing Just last week, the EPO published the second in a series of insight reports related to quantum technologies, in which it presented its findings as to the increase of new filings and the number of patent families over the last 30 years, and provided analysis on how roughly 10% of recent European patent applications in the field have several applicants, indicating cooperative research around the world. Visit UK site
Rethinking the Novelty of Selection Inventions: Board in T 1688/20 Reverts to First Principles Assessing the novelty of a patent claim in the materials science space (as well as in chemistry and the life sciences) often involves determining whether a “selection invention”, as it is known at the EPO, has been made. Visit UK site
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HLK Once Again Partners with Converge HLK are once again partnering with Converge – Scotland’s largest company creation and enterprise programme for the university sector. Dispelling the myth that you need to call yourself an “entrepreneur” to set up a business, Converge helps staff, students, and recent graduates from Scottish universities to launch their own businesses aiming to highlight the impact on both people and on the planet that founders can have through their companies. Visit UK site
Changes to the Handling of UK Trade Marks and Designs Before the UK IPO Following MARCO POLO On 25 January 2023, the United Kingdom (UK) Intellectual Property Office (IPO) released its long-awaited Tribunal Practice Notice (TPN) on the effective service of official documents for trade marks and design registrations that do not have a valid UK address for service (AFS). Visit UK site
Evolution of Computer Storage - Part Three The latest developments in the now 9-year long saga of a discarded Hard Drive containing 8000 Bitcoin (or roughly 2.5 billion Dogecoin for adopters of a rival, Shiba-Inu-faced alt-coin) involves plans to search a Welsh landfill site using mechanical arms to pick through the rubbish and robotic dogs to scan the rubbish-heap with cameras (rather than to ward off potential light-fingered data-poachers – to my disappointment). Visit UK site