There's a new IPO report on designs infringement - game-changer or stating the obvious?

Four years is a long time in politics but not a particularly long time in the land of government reports. Just under four years ago the UK I...

Standards & Patents conference returns, and carries a 15% discount for IPKat readers

Kat standard If you are into standards and patents, then you may want to check out the forthcoming conference,   Standards & Patents , t...

Standards and Patents annual conference returns to London

If you are interested in and/or working in the field of patent law, then you may be happy to hear that the 12 th Annual Standards & Pat...

Public procurement of pharmaceuticals and the patent system, the first date of a stormy relationship?

P ublic procurement of medicines has proven to be a tricky business. A co-operation between the World Intellectual Property Organization (WI...

No deal Brexit - what will happen to patents - particularly SPCs and the UPC?

The guidance note talks about patents. As readers will know, much of the substantive UK patent law comes from international conventions. Con...

How Singapore Is Fast-Tracking FinTech Patent Applications (and making more "Crazy Rich Asians"?)

A leading banker in this Kat's national backyard observed last week that conventional banks that ignore FinTech do so at their long-ter...