The Old and New at ICANN- the Internet Key Holder
The Birth of ICANN The Domain Name System (DNS) allows users to navigate the Internet. Until 1998, the DNS was administered by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA). Disputes over domain...
View ArticleWorld Intellectual Property Organization holds an innovation consortium
GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Intellectual Property Organization launched a consortium on Wednesday that would allow the public and private sector to share intellectual property to promote the...
View ArticleWIPO battens the hatches against Pirate Party innovation
The United Nations agency devoted to intellectual property has excluded the Pirate Party from attending its meetings. The World Intellectual Property Organization isn't objecting to PPI's goals of...
View ArticleIntellectual property Huawei’s last line of defense
Huawei’s sordid intellectual property past has caught up to them. After nearly a decade of IP property theft accusations from networking gear rivals, last week’s House Intelligence Committee’s report...
View ArticlePatent Knowledge: International patent applications and the PCT
Each country has its own patent system, and no authority can issue a patent enforceable in any other country. Because today’s increasingly global economy demands global cooperation to protect...
View ArticleThe Cooperative Patent Classification
Two weeks ago, on the first day of the new year, the world collectively switched to a new way of thinking about innovation. The switch was to a harmonized, collective hierarchy of categories for the...
View ArticleLeading the Pack in Global Innovation: A Look at Top WIPO Filers in 2014
It’s a new year, and time to take a look back at the most innovative countries and companies in 2014. The World Intellectual Property Office (WIPO) has released its report on 2014 PCT filing data, and...
View ArticleThe WIPO And Fighting Global Design Knock-offs
By David Crowe Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, LLP Many American companies depend on strong global sales of key products featuring innovative product design. Foreign knockoffs of these designs...
View ArticleArbitration or Litigation, What is the Best Practice for SEP Patents?
Many of nowadays industry’s standards are based on patented technology. The most notorious examples come from the field of wireless communications with 2G GSM, 3G UMTS, 4G LTE, 5G, as well as...
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