Intellectual Property and SMEs

What is Intellectual Property (IP)?

To many, it is simply a somewhat obscure legal concept that can only be properly understood and applied by specially trained practitioners. As a small or medium-sized enterprise (SME) owner or manager, you may be asking yourself why you should pay attention to IP, or how could it possibly benefit you and your operation?

DEPUY: TOO LITTLE TOO LATE?

Criticism has mounted towards DePuy Orthopaedics Inc., in light of their failure to act on warnings that were raised back in 2007. Despite concerns being made with regard to the DePuy ASR XL Acetabular System and the DePuy ASR Hip Resurfacing System, these DePuy hip replacements remained on the market.