Is there a high chance of US and UK courts grappling with medicinal cannabis patents?

The US and UK patent offices have granted a number of patents relating to the therapeutic use of cannabis derived products. Paradoxically, b...

EUIPO publishes 436 page survey on pre-Directive EU trade secrets protection

The AmeriKat has been noticeably whiskers down in her day job over the past few months .  But now, with the frenzy of a new Court term still...

Has the CJEU quietly changed the conditions for safe harbour availability?

Kat on the beach Right before the summer break, on 7 August last, when most people had already turned their out-of-office auto-reply on or w...

10 million US patents since 1790... and counting (Part 3)

This is part 3 of a series of posts containing Andrew Waugh QC's review of US Patents since 1790. Parts 1 and 2 can be found by clicking...

Book Review: Copyright – What Everyone Needs to Know

by Graham & Brown The end of each summer brings its traditional review of teaching curricula and reading lists before the start of a new...

10 million US patents since 1790... and counting (Part 2)

This is part 2 of a series of 3 posts containing Andrew Waugh QC's review of US patents since 1790 - part 1 can be found by clicking he...

Can copyright be trumped by a penal law against obscenity?

Kat friends Adar Bengom (Ortal) and Jenia Melkhior , from Herzog Fox & Ne'eman in Tel-Aviv, report on how obscenity may render copy...

10 million US patents since 1790... and counting (Part 1)

How has US patenting changed over the past 230 years? Inspired by the announcement that the USPTO has just issued its 10 millionth patent, ...

Book Review: The Legal Challenges of Social Media

This Kat is particularly interested in the laws that relate to social media, since it now features in her teaching schedule and research age...