12 April 2024 Taylor Wessing To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. The case law year started well for those interested in supplementary protection certificates (“SPCs”) for patents and waivers thereof: on 23 January 2024, the District Court of The Hague rendered…
Innovation is the fundamental pillar of achievement in the rapidly evolving business landscape. It is essential for both emerging entrepreneurs and established industry players to safeguard their intellectual property to sustain a competitive advantage. However, the patent application process in Thailand, like many other countries, involves a variety of examination and review phases. Although its…
In my (re)reading of Parker Palmer’s The Courage to Teach: Exploring the Inner Landscape of a Teacher’s Life (1997) and its iterations, it becomes more obvious to me that Parker is a paradox savant. “What makes a Rosa Parks?…What makes a Nelson Mandela? What makes these people is their capacity to take the inner life…
It’s hardly a secret that public confidence in the Supreme Court has sunk perilously low. Somehow, though, Justice Clarence Thomas seems not to have gotten the message. If anything, he seems intent on making a bad situation even worse. By all reports, he plans to sit later this month when the Court hears Trump v….
Dear Fellow Educators, As we near the end of another semester, I sense a rise in activity and busyness across campus. The stress is starting to seep in with many approaching deadlines looming. Many of us are intimately familiar with marathon grading sessions, hurried lesson planning, and feelings of exhaustion. Prioritizing stress management and self-care…
The Australian Government has announced sweeping reforms to Australia’s merger rules that will commence in January 2026. Australia will replace its voluntary, non-suspensory regime with a mandatory and suspensory system, subject to forthcoming economic and market share thresholds. The new rules are largely consistent with other comparable jurisdictions’ regimes. The changes represent a reasonable balance…
In two of my last three Verdict columns (this one and then this one co-authored with Jason Mazzone), I have discussed—in connection with the Supreme Court’s consideration in Trump v. Anderson of Colorado’s power vel non to exclude Donald Trump from the presidential ballot on account of his having been found by Colorado courts to…
Introduction In this matter, the Canadian Union of Public Employees (the “Union”), which represents bus drivers and related services employees employed by the Réseau de transport de Longueuil (the “Employer”), alleged, through a group grievance, that a provision of the collective agreement concerning the granting of attendance credits discriminated against employees who had taken maternity…
12 April 2024 Rostron Carlyle Rojas To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. After months, or often years of waiting on a decision from the Department of Home Affairs (DHA), receiving a refusal notice can be a stressful experience. Whilst the Administrative Appeals…
It costs more to acquire a new donor than retain a current one. A lot more. In fact, research shows it takes 7 – 12% more effort, time and money to bring in a new donor than to raise more from a current donor. Please, please, please… let this sink in….