It is established practice to judge the inventive step of an invention using the problem-solution approach developed within the European patent office. Under this approach, a claimed invention has to ...

Employers are increasingly looking for problem-solving skills in their workforce, according to the Future of Jobs report by the World Economic Forum. While many employers recognize this need when ...

In a significant decision released August 21, 2020, Choueifaty v Canada (Attorney General), 2020 FC 837 [Choueifaty], Canada's Federal Court rejected the Canadian Intellectual Property Office’s (CIPO) ...

Complex organizational problems and chaos are silent killers of productivity and innovation. In today’s fractured work environment, they are more prevalent than ever. Political transitions, ...

Dutch e-cigarette manufacturer NJOY attacked a patent held by its competitor VMR Products, a subsidiary of Juul Labs. The challenged patent (EP 3 626 092, “EP’092”) related to an electronic cigarette, ...

Design thinking is a problem-solving process that encourages us to rethink the world and how people connect through products, systems or institutions. Leading brands globally use design thinking to ...

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“The CD did not set out any alternative methodology for assessing inventive step, but it explicitly disapproved of the ‘closest prior art’ approach and thereby implicitly rejected the ...

You have an idea you keep coming back to. You’ve sketched the product in Notion, bought the domain, maybe even told a few ...