Glimpses into the world of IP. Updated whenever the duck feels like it.
From 1 January 2027 every Swiss patent application gets a prior-art search, full examination on request, English technical documents and annual fees from year 3.
Read the articleFive kinds of IP in one MacBook, the choice between patents and secrecy, and what a patent does - from commercial value to freedom to operate.
Read the articleCompany names, copyright symbols, patent ideas, NDAs and worldwide trademarks.
Bust the mythsThe fortnight to 24 August: a metal band takes on a cartoon girl group and its 150-city tour, the music publishers file the AI-training cases the book settlement never was, genuine Turkish pills stay enjoined anyway, and even the tractors need a 4G licence now.
Read the editionThe fortnight to 13 August: a chew toy finally beats a distillery, two burger chains get three different answers from three different registers, the Anthropic settlement starts paying out, and the Federal Circuit says out loud what everyone had assumed for twenty years.
Who owns your songs, how to protect the band name, and why the drummer should sign something. Copyright and trademarks for people who would rather be rehearsing.
By Dmytro Doubinsky, DO InnovationsWhy availability of an author’s work on a hostile platform can violate moral rights: Berne art. 6bis, Ukrainian civil law, and the case law that gets you there.
By Dmytro Doubinsky, DO Innovations