Time to fix patents, says The Economist, but how?

This picture illustrated the cover of the August 8th-14th 2015 issue of The Economist. In the leading article (p. …

What can we expect from 2015 in the field of IP and ICT?

Starting from this post I will try to regularly update you, IPdigIT readers, on the latest legislative developments taking …

Fixing the software patent problem

In an article published  the New York Times on October 7, 2012, Charles Duhigg and Steve Lohr give a critical view of …

La politique de l’Inde en matière de médicaments génériques

On entend souvent dire à propos de l’Inde qu’il s’agit de la « pharmacie des pays pauvres », mais qu’induit cette …

What to think of ‘patent trolls’? The return

In a previous post last year, I was presenting different views on so-called patent trolls, which are sometimes defined as …

Which language regime for EU patents?

Last month (November 10, 2010), the EU Competitiveness Council (which is composed of EU ministers for research and industry) …

Can the US patent reform be voted by the “lame ducks”?

For a few years, the US legislator has worked on a deep reform of the US patent system. Major …