Intellectual Property Law and Copyright Laws

After years of preparation and a decidedly rocky start to ICANN’s New gTLD Program due to a glitch in the gTLD application system, the applications are in, and ICANN will soon begin evaluating the TLD candidates.

Over the last couple of years, it has become clear that Trademark and Copyright owners have a tense relationship with the Internet Service Providers.

Under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP), there can be a relatively fine line between the permissible use of an acronym as a domain name and the impermissible use of a trademark.

On June 8, 2012, Genentech’s lawsuit seeking a declaration that US Patent No. 6,733,752 was invalid and not-infringed by Genentech’s trastuzumab product (HERCEPTIN).

Health Canada specifically contemplates certain proteins as SEBs in its Guidance, although Health Canada has not limited SEBs to only particular classes of drugs.

On May 23, 2012, the Federal Court held that Merck Frosst Canada Ltd. ("Merck") is liable to Apotex Inc. ("Apotex") for damages under section 8 of the Patented Medicines (Notice of Compliance) Regulations (the "Regulations"), but exercised its discretion to reduce the amount of compensation payable based on a defence of ex turpi causa.

On 21 May 2025, the European Parliament and Council reached a provisional agreement on a new Regulation which establishes an EU-level framework...

专利开放许可制度作为普通专利实施许可的特殊形式，是我国专利制度体系的重要补充。

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has published a draft Reflection Paper proposing a streamlined pathway for the approval for certain biosimilar medicinal products (biosimilars) in the EU...

In a significant development for AI developers, on May 24, U.S. District Judge William Alsup has ruled in Bartz v. Anthropic PBC that training AI models on copyrighted books may qualify as fair use under U.S. copyright law...

최근,중국 최고인민검찰원은 "지식재산권검찰청"의 공식 출범을 알리고 "2024년 지식재산권 검찰 업무 백서"를 발표함...

A federal district court in San Francisco ruled that training AI models with copyright-protected works is fair use.