Yesterday the Federal Ministry of Justice in Germany published the first draft of a new patent law. It provides for tighter deadlines for nullity proceedings before the Federal Patent Court. It also c ...
The German government hopes two new amendments will save the bifurcation system from the consequences of the injunction gap. But the patent community ...
In Germany, European patent attorneys are unable to partner with other professions in the same firm. This has led to some discontent among the patent ...
The Federal Ministry of Justice in Germany had planned to issue a draft of a new patent law for autumn 2019. But now the project has been postponed. A ...
Yesterday Peter Huber announced a judgment in the constitutional Unified Patent Court challenge for early 2020. It has since become clear that this mi ...
The small claims track of the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court in the UK is no longer confined to London. Low-cost IP claims are now being heard ...
Last week, the UK Supreme Court heard Unwired Planet vs. Huawei, one of the most important cases in the global patent community. Global FRAND was disc ...
For the first time, the General Court of the European Union has established new chambers and introduced an IP specialisation. The new chambers are par ...
The German federal government is working on a major overhaul of national patent law. But it will likely disappoint many experts and not include the ma ...
Which court in Europe is best suited for SEP litigation? In light of the rise in disputes over connected cars and semiconductor patents, the question ...
The EPO's governing body has revised Rules of Procedure which are to come into force on 1st January 2020. Their main objective is to make proceedings ...
The Enlarged Board of Appeal has decided that a third party has no right to an oral hearing in the case of an appeal. The decision on case G2/19 was r ...
There is a new strategy at the European Patent Office. Last week António Campinos delivered what many had expected in his ambitious plan for the futur ...
Around 100 barristers practice intellectual property law in the UK. A small group, the London IP bar is influential in the development of IP law acros ...
The Preparatory Committee of the Unified Patent Court has re-opened its judicial recruitment programme. The news has ignited rumours in the patent com ...
The German government is considering an amendment to the automatic injunction in patent law, following a meeting between the Federal Ministry of Justi ...
