In an article published on IP Watchdog, Professor Paul Cole critically examines a recent trend in US courts, lately confirmed in Athena Diagnostics v. Mayo Collaborative Services, to play down “incremental inventions”, even when they result from pioneering work of world-leading research institutions. “The Mayo/Alice framework needs reconsideration to place pioneering or breakthrough inventions and incremental inventions on… Read more » about Paul Cole on Athena Diagnostics v. Mayo
Bournemouth University invites applications for a fully-funded PhD research studentship in law, with an expected starting date of September 2019. Applicants are invited to submit research proposals on the theme of Intellectual property and information rights in the European Digital Single Market: legal, regulatory and normative issues. The research will be conducted at the Centre… Read more » about Funded PhD Studentship
CIPPM / Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence for European Intellectual Property and Information Rights invites applications for short-term residential fellowships, to carry out independent research and study at Bournemouth University. Fellowships are open to early-career, mid-career as well as experienced researchers with a specific interest in any of the focus areas of the Centre. The selected applicants will… Read more » about Short-term residential fellowships 2019