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Roya Ghafele (OxFirst)

How UPC procedure is reshaping patent tactics: Front‑loaded, fast and unforgiving

February 2, 2026

Key Takeaway: The Unified Patent Court is no longer an experiment. With filings up sharply and practitioners increasingly confident in using the system, litigation before the UPC is developing its…

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Roya Ghafele (OxFirst)

Valuation and the fragile balance behind FRAND Rates

February 2, 2026

FRAND licensing is often presented as a technical exercise: find comparables, run the arithmetic, produce a number. But the panel on valuation and FRAND rate calculation at the OxFirst 12th IP and…

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Thorsten Bausch, Klemens Stratmann, Bianca-Lucia Vos (Hoffmann Eitle)

Neurim reloaded? - A New SPC Referral to the CJEU

January 30, 2026

Matthieu Dhenne and Marco Stief recently published on this blog two articles on the subject of the 'first marketing authorization' under Article 3(d) of Regulation (EC) No 469/2009, aka the SPC…

Roya Ghafele (OxFirst)

A narrower UK–Germany interim licenses gap than rhetoric suggests

January 29, 2026

Summary: Senior judges from the UK and Germany used the OxFirst 12th IP and Competition Forum to discuss whether an interim license regime could provide a workable bridge in FRAND disputes—covering…

Matthieu Dhenne (Dhenne Avocats)

Trade Secrets Without Property? A Review of van Caenegem & Desaunettes-Barbero’s Trade Secrets and Intellectual Property (2nd ed., 2025)

January 29, 2026

There are moments in the academic calendar when reading becomes something other than triage. The end of year 2025—when the inbox slows, deadlines loosen, and the professional reflex to read “for…

Rob Rodrigues (RNA Law)

IMPACTS OF THE MERCOSUR–EUROPEAN UNION TRADE AGREEMENT ON IP

January 22, 2026

Co-authored by Karlo Tinoco & Daniela FernandesThe Mercosur Partnership Agreement (“Agreement” or “EMPA”) represents one of the most ambitious trade treaties signed by Brazil. Covering a potential…

Matthieu Dhenne (Dhenne Avocats), Marco Stief (Maiwald)

The “first marketing authorization” under Article 3(d) SPC (Part 2/2): Regulatory autonomy, Neurim, and the limits of a purely product-based approach

January 20, 2026

This second contribution completes the analysis developed in Part 1. Building on the product-centred reasoning adopted by the District Court of The Hague, it examines the limits of that approach in…