Singapore patent system proposed change
Article taken from Today (http://www.todayonline.com) on 16 Jan 2012
America First-To-Invent to First-To-File
http://www.inventorsdigest.com/archives/7262
- Now that passage of the America Invents Act (patent reform) is all but certain – it’s only awaiting the President’s signature
- It is clear that the current first-to-invent system almost never benefits the independent inventor.
- Further, the cost of proving who was first to invent, under the current system, is prohibitive to small businesses and independent inventors. It costs an average of $400,000 to $500,000 in legal fees to engage in interference proceedings to determine who invented first.
- So the facts demonstrate that the current system of first-to-invent actually favors those with deep pockets and works to the disadvantage of small companies and independent inventors with limited resources.
Your DNA may be patented (US context)
Below are some interesting extract from the article..
- “Myriad Genetics controls all testing on the two breast cancer genes because they own the genes, lock stock and barrel. They patented them and no one else can legally test for them, or look at them, or even develop potential therapies that are based on them without Myriad’s consent.”
Inventor urges patent law change
A major British inventor is calling for a change in the law to strengthen protection against those who try to steal ideas.
Trevor Baylis, who invented the wind-up radio, has written to the business secretary urging him to criminalise the theft of intellectual property.
The move would involve a fundamental change to the law on patents.
Currently, inventors have to sue those they believe have stolen their idea through the civil courts.
Strategies For Managing Pharma/Biotech/Chemical Patent Portfolio
Please be informed that Institute of Intellectual Property Research & Development (IIPRD), one of the leading Intellectual Property Consulting Firms in India with Sughrue Mion, PLLC (USA) and Khurana & Khurana, Advocates and IP Attorneys (India) is holding a Three-Days Symposium on “STRATEGIES FOR MANAGING PHARMA/BIOTECH/CHEMICAL PATENT PORTFOLIO” at Mumbai from 2′nd – 4′th Sep ’09 with focus on United States, Europe, and China Scenario.
Click here for link
http://www.iiprd.com/seminar_sep_2009.htm
Faster patent protection
LOCAL inventors who want to license their creations can now benefit from the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH), a new pilot cooperation initiative between the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) and the Japan Patent Office (JPO).
Singapore Patent Seminar to NTU
(14 Oct 2003)
Our President, Kim Tean, represented SIDA to speak to students at Nanyang Business School at the invitation of NTU’s Dr Assafa Endeshaw (Assoc Prof), Convenor of the Management of Intellectual Property and Innovation Course.
This talk on Achievements and Chellenges of Singapore Inventor’s and Innovators was held on Tuesday, October 14, 2003 at 2.45 pm in Seminar Room 2 at Block S4 of the Nanyang Business School in NTU.