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Declaration of "sensitive" inventions with the DGA: clarified procedure
Lexology (registration) Summary: the obligation to declare patent applications for "sensitive" inventions is not new. The practical arrangements have recently been indicated in a Decree and an Order, and whose practical implications for applicants are summarized below. |
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Romania: Law 84/2014 on employee inventions
Lexology (registration) In Romania, a new law on employee inventions entered into force on 29 June 2014 (Law 83/2014). This new law abrogates former provisions on employee inventions set forth inter alia by the country's Patent Law (Law 64/1991). The scope of the Law 83/2014 … |
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A “central” victory for computer implemented inventions in Australia
Lexology (registration) The Court confirmed that, when determining manner of manufacture, the claimed invention must exhibit a physical effect and rejected the Commissioner's argument that the physical effect must be “substantial” or “central” to the claimed invention … |
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CIPO issues examiner guideline for computer-implemented inventions (PN 2013 …
Lexology (registration) After some prior iterations and commentary from the patent bar, the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) published a practice note dealing with computer-implemented inventions on March 8, 2013. The practice note is meant to clarify the position … |
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S.C. Supreme Court upholds confidentiality and “holdover” inventions …
Lexology (registration) In its most significant employment law decision of 2012, Milliken & Co. v. Morin, the South Carolina Supreme Court addressed the enforceability of provisions in an employment agreement designed to protect the employer's intellectual property from … |