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Seven months until Appellate Body apocalypse: time to prepare for the worst case
3 May 2019Now is high time to prepare for life without the Appellate Body—hopefully it will only be temporary, argued Maastricht doctoral researcher Jens Hillebrand Pohl at a guest lecture he gave at Nagoya University, Japan, on 23 April 2019. -
Patent aggregation, innovation, and competition law: setting the stage
30 April 2019Electronics companies increasingly engage in patent aggregation, that is to accrue patents without using them for manufacturing purposes. So far, it is unclear whether such behaviour has negative effects on innovation. If it did, could EU competition law remedy it? -
The timeline of e-personhood: a hasty assumption or a realistic challenge?
25 April 2019E-personhood is a term proposed in a draft report by the EU Parliament, about civil rules and laws on Robotics. This legal status aims at ensuring rights and responsibilities for the most capable AI agents. An intense debate about its usefulness is taking place in the EU. -
How can a formal IP/legal training for scientists improve the overall quality of patent applications?
15 April 2019The quality of a granted patent is dependent on the quality of the patent application. For the companies where scientists write their own patents, IP legal training for scientists can help improving their patent drafting skills.
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