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Rapid innovation and conflicting interests in the pharmaceutical industry are causing trouble for the outdated EU regulation on the supplementary prot ...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 ...
In a strange reversal of roles, the UK has restarted the ratification process after its General Election, but now the Constitutional Court in Germany ...
