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Enrico Bonadio (City St. George’s, University of London), Juan Camilo Contreras Jaramillo (Pontificia Universidad Javeriana )

Quasi-Automatic No More? Colombia, the Andean Community and SEPs Injunction Standards

December 23, 2025

Colombia’s handling of preliminary injunctions in disputes over standard essential patents (SEPs) have attracted the scrutiny of the Andean Community. This blogpost revisits these developments from…

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Miquel Montañá (Clifford Chance)

Barcelona and Alicante courts approve IP Fast Action Protocol for the 2026 Mobile World Congress, Alimentaria and Hostelco: are you ready for fast action?

December 19, 2025

More than a decade has passed since the creative and dynamic patent courts in Barcelona decided to introduce an intellectual property fast action protocol aimed at ensuring an extremely rapid service…

Joana Piriquito Santos (NLP Law firm), Sara Nazaré (NLP)

EU Biotech Act: The Coming EU IP Shake-Up? Part II: The "clear, confirm & control" system proposed by EFPIA - 3 questions for 3 Cs

December 18, 2025

The EU Biotech Act is a legislative initiative aimed at simplifying biotech regulation, boosting innovation and investment, and strengthening Europe’s competitiveness and biotech ecosystem, which we…

Gregory Bacon, Eden Winlow (Bristows)

UPC Christmas Quiz 2025 – The Results

December 17, 2025

As the festive season approaches, we want to take a moment to thank everyone who joined us for the Kluwer UPC Christmas Quiz 2025. Your participation and enthusiasm made this year’s quiz a great…

Rob Rodrigues, Rodrigo Mourao (RNA Law)

BRPTO Suspends Priority Examination for H04 Patent Applications

December 16, 2025

The Brazilian PTO (BRPTO) has just introduced a significant regulatory change affecting patent applications in the field of electric communication technologies. Through Ordinance #17/2025, published…

Roberto Castro de Figueiredo

TRIPS in Dispute: 30 Years of Intellectual Property Rights in the WTO Dispute Settlement System

December 16, 2025

1 January 2026 marks 30 years since the end of the one-year transitional period for developed country Members of the World Trade Organization (‘WTO’) to apply the provisions of the Agreement on Trade…

Matthieu Dhenne (Dhenne Avocats)

Reviewing Dijkman’s Proportionality Test: Rethinking the Boundaries of Patent Injunctions

December 16, 2025

Today, I would like to offer a review of Léon Dijkman’s The Proportionality Test in European Patent Law and the UPC, a timely and ambitious contribution to the fast-evolving law of patent remedies in…