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Rapid innovation and conflicting interests in the pharmaceutical industry are causing trouble for the outdated EU regulation on the supplementary prot ...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

On ice and on edge

It was only a year ago that the scandal-plagued EPO was the biggest worry for in-house patent departments. Today it is the UPC case before the German ...

6 April 2018 by Mathieu Klos
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US Companies

Scanning the horizon

Brexit has put the Unified Patent Court in jeopardy. But those same US firms that use London as a springboard for rolling out their European litigatio ...

15 November 2017 by JUVE
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German Market

Running hot

There is no other market in the UPC which is as active as Germany. That is due to the sheer size of the market, the attraction of German courts for NP ...

10 November 2017 by JUVE
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UPC challenge in Germany

Düsseldorf torpedo

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 ...

10 November 2017 by Mathieu Klos
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Unified Patent Court

Black Box

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 ...

25 July 2017 by JUVE
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Unified Patent Court

"The UPC is long overdue"

In a strange reversal of roles, the UK has restarted the ratification process after its General Election, but now the Constitutional Court in Germany ...

10 July 2017 by Mathieu Klos
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