by Ubaka Ogbogu | Oct 20, 2011
The Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ) ruled this week that scientific research patents cannot be granted for human embryonic stem cell products under European Union (EU) law. The patent in issue, held by Dr. Oliver Brüstle, Director of the Institute of...
by Paul Krzyzanowski | May 17, 2011
Protecting inventions arising from publicly funded research is a polarizing issue for many scientists and the general public. One perspective views all the fruits of publicly-funded research as public domain, while another believes that same knowledge must be turned...
by Paul Krzyzanowski | Mar 9, 2011
Patenting report shows disconnect in Canada by Paul Krzyzanowski Got a patentable idea? You might want to move to Switzerland. A recent article in the Globe and Mail compared Canada’s patenting activity to other major countries, and the small European nation...
by Paul Krzyzanowski | Dec 14, 2010
One of the biggest choices graduate students and post-doctoral fellow face is whether to stay in academia or go into the business world. But what if the two weren’t really that different? Traditional advice about running a successful academic research group...
by Ubaka Ogbogu | May 25, 2010
On April 28, 2010, the Board of Appeals and Interference (BPAI) of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) reversed an earlier decision that upheld the claims of U.S. Patent Number 7,029,913, one of the trio of patents commonly known as WARF or Thomson patents....
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