Coming at a crucial time in the 5G rollout, the impact of the COVID-19/Wuhan Coronavirus on the electronics supply chain is real, expected to affect shipment targets and revenue.  Both Qualcomm and MediaTek have raised concerns about their 5G SoC shipment targets, with MediaTek predicting a potential 15% drop in global 5G phone-related shipments. In addition to the very real effect on factory operation, the inability to travel and hold scheduled in-person meetings is going to further dampen the launch of 5G. The most public example of that being...

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Now that the nCoV coronavirus is a worldwide epidemic, the international community will likely be forced again to address the issues created by intellectual property ownership of potential vaccines and symptom treatments. The last two worldwide epidemics – H1N1 and Zika – exposed many problems and fewer solutions to the question of how to handle proprietary rights and research. The rush to apply existing drugs to treat symptoms of nCoV recalls the TamiFlu spike in the H1N1 epidemic, which involved the U.S. directly purchasing doses, resulting in a significant...

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By: Moiz Khan, Consulting Expert & Michael Connelly, Director of IP Litigation

Over the past several years, a growing trend in the use of surgical robotics has been seen in several different areas of surgery, including pediatric, gynecologic, and cardiothoracic surgery, to name a few. The benefits include improved surgical precision, reliability and reproducibility, and improved surgeon dexterity. With the advancement of computational power, robotics and its technologies have been on the rise. Mathematically intensive algorithms can be calculated in real-time, allowing machines to...

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Michael Connelly, DOAR’s Director of IP Litigation, discusses the business case opportunities 5G creates.

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