GALBAIAN ha sido incluida como firma destacada en la “IAM Patent 1000 – The World’s Leading Patent Professionals 2016” e Ismael Igartua como uno de los mejores expertos en patentes.
GALBAIAN ha sido incluida como firma destacada en la “IAM Patent 1000 – The World’s Leading Patent Professionals 2016” e Ismael Igartua como uno de los mejores expertos en patentes. A continuación se reproduce el extracto que hace referencia a GALBAIAN y a Ismael Igartua:
It’s been another bad week for America’s benighted patent system: a Texas jury ordered Samsung to pay a patent troll $16 million for using Bluetooth — even though the “inventor” admitted Bluetooth had been on the market for years before he patented it. The system is a mockery.
Today, Big Blue said, it topped the list of patent recipients in 2014 with a total of 7,534 patents, 34 percent more than second-place Samsung, which had 4,952, according to data from IFI Claims Patent Services.
It marked the 22nd consecutive year that IBM took first place. Among the most common industries impacted are analytics, security, cloud computing, mobile, and social.
National patent offices are attempting to set the price of the unitary European patent at a level too high to attract European companies to use it, European business representatives have warned.
The new patent – which has been approved by all EU member states, except for Italy and Spain – must be ratified in national legislation before new patents can be issued. But rules affecting the new courts, and the cost of registering and renewing patents, are still under discussion. Costs associated with the new patent will play a key role in determining whether companies use it.
Over the last two years, much has been written about patent trolls, firms that make their money asserting patents against other companies, but do not make a useful product of their own. Both the White House and Congressional leaders have called for patent reform to fix the underlying problems that give rise to patent troll lawsuits. Not so fast, say Stephen Haber and Ross Levine in a Wall Street Journal Op-Ed (“The Myth of the Wicked Patent Troll”).
This guide provides European SMEs with an overview of the different types of patents, the patent application process and how to enforce your rights in case of an infringement in the various ASEAN countries.
A patent is an exclusive right granted for the protection of new inventions, which are products or processes offering new technical solutions or providing new ways of doing something. Obtaining patent protection is a crucial aspect of business in the modern global economy. Increasingly, the economic strength and growth potential of a company is being assessed by its patent portfolio. This guide highlights the differences in patents and patent protection throughout the ASEAN region.
