According to this, Brazil is preparing to infringe patents on US pharmaceutical products, in retaliation against US subsidies for its 25000 cotton farmers. The World Trade Organization (WTO) has just set conditions (see below) for how Brazil can retaliate against the United States over its cotton subsidies.
Brazil said the ruling would entitle it to about $800 million in sanctions against the United States this year, including $340 million of "cross-retaliation" against intellectual property or services.
The United States said the sanctions would be worth about $300 million, and that Brazil would be unlikely in the near future be able to retaliate against intellectual property -- for instance, lifting patent protection on pharmaceuticals, rather than simply raising tariffs on U.S. goods.
More: Link to the decision
Monday, August 31, 2009
Sunday, August 30, 2009
Did You Know? Filings In Japan Decrease
In China patent application filings keep increasing, this is a fact. This is another story in Japan. In this country, whether it is domestic patent applications or patent applications originating from foreign countries, the figures were down for 2008.
Take domestic patent application, the number of filings in 2008 was 330110 while in 2007 the number of filings was 333498.
For the patent applications originating from foreign countries, the number of filings in 2008 was 60892 while it was 62793 in 2007.
I do not believe that 2009 will be brighter than 2008!
I have a suggestions for the JPO: cut the filing/maintenance fees!
Source: http://tr.im/xwdz
Take domestic patent application, the number of filings in 2008 was 330110 while in 2007 the number of filings was 333498.
For the patent applications originating from foreign countries, the number of filings in 2008 was 60892 while it was 62793 in 2007.
I do not believe that 2009 will be brighter than 2008!
I have a suggestions for the JPO: cut the filing/maintenance fees!
Source: http://tr.im/xwdz
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Chinese Defense Industry Ready To Fight Outside the Battleground
The Chinese patent office has announced that in 2008, the Chinese defense industry has filed 10,983 patent applications, 67.4% of which were for inventions. Interestingly this number is up 35.1 times what it was in 1998.
Will courts become a new battleground for this industry?
Will courts become a new battleground for this industry?
Thursday, August 6, 2009
Busting patents Using Open Source Advocacy?
An interesting article on cnet.com (link) about a theory that Open Source is used by Google as a tool to escape patent lawsuits.
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