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Top 10 patent cases of the year 2019

In 2019 it was long-running and multi-jurisdictional cases which set the tone in Europe's top patent courts. FRAND was especially prevalent, setting t ...

20 December 2019 by Amy Sandys
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Interview

"The UPC will be operational in early 2021"

After many delays and deliberations, there is renewed hope in the patent community for a fully-functioning UPC. Now Alexander Ramsay, head of the UPC ...

28 November 2019 by Amy Sandys
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German constitutional complaint

UPC back on the agenda

Yesterday Peter Huber announced a judgment in the constitutional Unified Patent Court challenge for early 2020. It has since become clear that this mi ...

21 November 2019 by Mathieu Klos
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German Constitutional Court

Recruitment for UPC judges raises new speculation

The Preparatory Committee of the Unified Patent Court has re-opened its judicial recruitment programme. The news has ignited rumours in the patent com ...

5 June 2019 by Mathieu Klos
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Unified Patent Court

Troubled waters: Brexit and the UPC

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’ ...

17 January 2019 by Amy Sandys
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Europe

Top 10 patent cases of the year 2018

From the UK’s Supreme Court FRAND decision, to the first case over connected cars in Germany, and patents for pioneering scientific breakthroughs – th ...

21 December 2018 by Mathieu Klos
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Litigation in Germany

The long shadow of Colin Birss

Still no other market in Europe is as active as Germany. But although German law firms are doing excellent business, lawyers in Düsseldorf, Mannheim a ...

5 December 2018 by Mathieu Klos
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Unified Patent Court

“I’m a pragmatist... there will be a UPC Agreement”

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 ...

24 September 2018 by Mathieu Klos
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European Patent Office

The pendulum swings back

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 ...

24 September 2018 by Mathieu Klos
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SPC law

At a dead end

Rapid innovation and conflicting interests in the pharmaceutical industry are causing trouble for the outdated EU regulation on the supplementary prot ...

24 September 2018 by Mathieu Klos
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Litigation firms

Top litigation firms in the Netherlands

Who are the leading litigation firms in the Dutch patent market? Which firm has the best European strategy to succeed for the upcoming Unified Patent ...

24 September 2018 by Mathieu Klos
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The Netherlands

The last laugh

Nikon and ASML are locked in a worldwide battle over optical exposure machines for computer chips. It is the biggest patent dispute the Netherlands ha ...

24 September 2018 by Mathieu Klos
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France

Top patent firms in France

Who are the leading firms in the French patent market? Which firm has the best European strategy to succeed for the upcoming Unified Patent court. Rea ...

6 April 2018 by Mathieu Klos
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UPC Challenge Germany

Lone warrior: who is Ingve Stjerna?

Stunning victory or devastating defeat? Pariah or hero? For Ingve Stjerna the stakes are high. And no less for the European patent community: Stjerna ...

6 April 2018 by Mathieu Klos
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France

City of Lights gets brighter

Brexit and the German constitutional case have put a spanner in the works of the UPC but law firms in Paris are still gearing up for international pat ...

6 April 2018 by Mathieu Klos
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