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#004    July 28, 2016
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Cover Story
How to Get a Grip on your Patent Management Workflow
Clarence Chiang & Conor Stuart/IP Observer Reporters
Recently intellectual property authorities in Indonesia have begun enforcing a rule which means that if no formal letter of abandonment of patent rights is received, payments for the three-year grace period of non-payment of annuities are being billed...More >>

Features
Virtual Designs: Do you Infringe when the Design is not Applied to your Product?
Daniel Gross/Senior Patent Engineer
I have a question for the U.S. Supreme Court that also begs resolution “Where a patented design is applied to a component of a product only part of the time, should an award of infringer’s profits be limited to profits attributable only to the percentage of time...More >>
An Interview with a Patent Troll Slayer: RPX SVP Steve Swank
Conor Stuart/IP Observer Reporter
The debate over the controversial 2014 Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank International decision, which marked a return to a stricter standard for patent eligibility in the US seen before Diamond v Dier, has continued to rage online. Despite many people...More >>
A Snapshot of Taiwan’s FinTech Patent Deployment
Clarence Chiang/NAIP IP Observer Senior Editor
Back in March, legislator and former head of Taiwan’s Financial Supervisory Committee Tseng Ming-chung, warned that the government and financial institutions should focus their efforts on developing financial technology (FinTech)...More >>
How Chinese Smart Phone Makers Deal with Patent Infringement Cases Filed Against Them
Anita Li/IP Observer Reporter
Recently an increasing number of Chinese smart phone makers have been exploring overseas markets, as a result of which, the number of patent infringement cases launched against them has also risen. Different actors in the sector have dealt with...More >>

IP News in Brief
Pokémon Go’s Success in Hong Kong Likely to Spur More AR and VR Investment

WIPO and Gulf Cooperation Council Attend ‘Belt and Road’ IP Roundtable in Beijing

Former Taiwan IP head Wang Mei-hua Promoted to Vice Minister of Economic Affairs

First Bank ATM Theft Raises FinTech Security Concerns

Taiwan IC Wafer Testing Firms Ardentec and Giga Solution Tech Form Strategic Alliance

The 6th Japan-ASEAN Heads of IP Offices Meeting Held in July

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