Unified Patent Court

13 March 2019 by Mathieu Klos

European Patent Office

EPO performance improves under new president

The European Patent Office's annual report was presented yesterday by its president, António Campinos. It records nearly 5% more patent applications a ...

26 February 2019 by Mathieu Klos

Opinion

Signs of life: UPC constitutional complaint

The Federal Constitutional Court has published its list of decisions for 2019. Once again, it contains the constitutional complaint against the UPC la ...

17 January 2019 by Amy Sandys

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’ ...

Cases

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

13 December 2018 by Amy Sandys

Interview

"Clients won't litigate in every jurisdiction"

Previously Allen & Overy’s top litigator, Nicola Dagg joined Kirkland & Ellis just six weeks ago. Dagg’s appointment is a new direction for th ...

5 December 2018 by Mathieu Klos

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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Rapid innovation and conflicting interests in the pharmaceutical industry are causing trouble for the outdated EU regulation on the supplementary prot ...

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 ...

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 ...

6 April 2018 by Mathieu Klos

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

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 ...