Switzerland remains a comparative front-runner of European ingenuity, according to the European Patent Office. As a measure of what it calls “the inventiveness of Europe’s leading economies”, the patent office reported on Thursday that the Swiss have the highest ratio of European patent applications to population. In 2015, Switzerland had 873 applications per million inhabitants, … Read more
Samsung is appealing to the US Supreme Court to take on its legal fight with Apple over smartphone designs, where more than half a billion dollars is at stake. The South Korean electronics company is making a last-ditch effort to overturn a ruling that it says applies patent law too broadly and could impede competition … Read more
* DECREE-LAW NO.551 PERTAINING TO THE PROTECTION OF PATENT RIGHTS * IN FORCE AS FROM JUNE 27, 1995 Provisions in bold, in Articles 43, 53, 57, new Article 73/A and Article 174 have been amended/added/repealed by Law No. 4128 of November 07, 1995. PART ONE Preliminary Provisions SECTION ONE Aim, Scope, Persons Entitled To Protection … Read more