News and articles

  • Article
  • 06 August 2010

What tune are you playing?

Music is great for creating ambience for retail businesses - whether it's played in-store or on your phone messages.  But some businesses do not realise that music is intellectual property and subject to copyright. More...

 
  • Article
  • 06 August 2010

Patent settlement agreements and EU competition law

When the European Commission released its July 2009 report into competition and patent issues in the European pharmaceutical industry, it promised to monitor the situation.  In particular, the Commission wanted to keep an eye on patent settlement agreements which kept generics out of the market in return for some 'value transfer' from originator pharmaceutical companies. More...

 
  • Article
  • 19 July 2010

Can you really patent that?

To people outside the food industry, the idea of patenting food may seem ridiculous.  Some might even consider food patents a little unfair, given the fundamental importance of food to us all.  But many new food products are, in fact, patented.  More...

 

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