Today, there is no need to present the Nobel Prize, which is undoubtedly a reward of international significance. The prize was awarded for the first time in 1901, and aims to reward people who, through their inventions, discoveries and improvements, or their work for peace, have “brought the greatest benefit to humanity”. Alfred NOBEL was […]
Stephanie KWOLEK, the inventor of the kevlar, symbolizes women in the post-war scientific community having to make considerable efforts in comparison with her (male) peers, having to leave the lot significantly to be kept in office. Born in New Kensington, Pennsylvania, in 1923, from Polish parents in the United States, Stephanie KWOLEK early became much […]
Following the filing of the French trademarks and the filing of French designs, the General Director of the French Patent Office issued a decision on last November 8, concerning the filing of French patent applications and other national proceedings to be made exclusively online, with effect from November 19, 2018. Previously, it was possible to […]
One more or less uniform paradigm in various jurisdictions, is that the invention of the employee belongs, because of the employment contract, to the employer. Some specificities may exist in certain jurisdictions but the principle is generally this one. Under French law, schematically, when the inventor had an inventive mission, the employer must give him […]
Lise MEITNER (November 1878 AT – October 1968 UK) is renowned for her work on radioactivity and nuclear fission, as well as the discovery of protactinium. She received 48 nominations and 21 scientific awards for her work, including: -1925: Lieben price for the study of beta and gamma rays; -1947: Award of honor of the […]
Let’s start with a story that can be that of your company. After long efforts, the company may have products recognized by its clientele as qualitative, including its distinctive signs and its constant search to offer high-performance products. Whenever the customer recognizes the color, the name, the form, he expects to renew a more than […]
EU law allows a regime of keeping goods in detention under customs control, when they are suspected of infringing industrial property rights. Needless to say, it is important that rights must first be registered to justify the use of this regime. Under this scheme, the procedure in France allows custom agents to retain imported goods […]
The case (C-149/17) pits the German publishing house Bastei Lübbe against a private individual, Mr Michael Strotzer, who has an internet connection which would have been used to share, and make downloadable, an audio book on a platform Peer-to-peer with an unlimited number of users. For the record, French law established the entity HADOPI (High […]
For the record, the French government has made draft law to boost the French economy through business development. This is the PACTE (Action Plan for Growth and Transformation of Enterprises) draft law. The law was adopted at first reading by the National Assembly on October 9, 2018. We will do another a post to inform […]
For the background of the case, the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (“WARF”) sued Apple in january 2014, before the Wiscounsin District Court. The WARF argued that Apple was infringing U.S. Patent No. 5,781,752, essentially concerning instructions executions in a predictive way by processors. The WARF argued that the A7, A8 and A8X integrated circuit chips […]