A memorandum of understanding has been signed between the European Patent Office (EPO) and the Licensing Executives Society International (LESI) at the latter’s annual Winter Planning Meeting in Miami ...
It was planned for the SPC manufacturing waiver to be introduced in the EU before 2019. However, the final report by the Committee for Legal Affairs ( ...
It is 50 days until Brexit and the European patent community is on tenterhooks. No-one has an idea of what will emerge from ongoing talks between the ...
A flagship study published by the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) shows a surge in the filing of artificial-intelligence related paten ...
Litigation over SEPs is keeping European patent courts busy. And this is only set to increase with the 5G mobile standard and the Internet of Things. ...
In German patent law, automatic injuctions are losing support. But there are few signs that the German government is willing to reform. With the UPC, ...
After the Battistelli era there is a new broom at the European Patent Office. The former president left a legacy of deep distrust of the leadership on ...
Rejection of Theresa May’s Brexit deal by the UK parliament means the Unified Patent Court will not get off to an orderly start. Although a ‘No Deal’ ...
The dispute between Qualcomm and Apple in Germany shows no signs of abating. Munich Regional Court's ban on the sale of older iPhones has hit Apple ha ...
The development of the Unified Patent Court was never going to be straightforward. But now the possibility of a no-deal Brexit means that Germany’s ra ...
Many had expected a rough start for António Campinos after the Battistelli era. This proved to be true. Just as the new President of the European Pate ...
Rapid innovation and conflicting interests in the pharmaceutical industry are causing trouble for the outdated EU regulation on the supplementary prot ...
Allegations that the European Patent Office’s efficiency strategy is resulting in a decline in patent quality have been brewing for some time. Now, in ...
Christoph Ernst faces a Herculean task. He has to steer the European Patent Office into calmer waters while also managing the situation resulting fro ...
All hopes for a quick ruling by the German Constitutional Court in the complaint against the UPC are dashed. A ruling before 2020 is looking increasin ...
A complaint at the Constitutional Court has brought the ratification process in Germany – and with it the UPC – to a screeching halt. The reasons behi ...
