According to article 66 of the Spanish Patents Act, in case of moral damages the patent owner will be entitled to compensation even if the existence of an economic damage has not been proven. In…
As a foreign spectator of the litigation between Actavis and Eli Lilly (Alimta®) before the English Patents Court (the Hon. Mr. Justice Arnold), this author was fascinated by the ease with which the…
The Spanish Patents and Trademarks Office ("SPTO") has submitted the draft of the Implementing Regulations of the new Spanish Patents Act, which is due to come into force on 1 April 2017, for public…
In our blog of 31 October 2013 ("Groucho Marx, fairness and the opting-out fee") we explained that Groucho Marx once sent a telegram to the Friar's Club of Beverly Hills with the following text: …
The Mobile World Congress ("MWC") is one of the largest trade events taking place in Barcelona. Due to its importance, all relevant institutions, including regional and local governments, do their…
As readers well know, according to article 56 of the European Patent Convention "an invention shall be considered as involving an inventive step if, having regard to the state of the art, it is not…
On 30 November of 2015, the Barcelona Court of Appeal handed down a judgment which has further confirmed that a company outsourcing the production of a product to a third party is subject to the …
One of the legacies that the year we are about to leave behind will leave us is the Judgment of 6 October 2015 handed down by the Court of Justice of the European Union ("CJEU") in Case C-471/14…
Andorra has a well-deserved reputation as a wonder of nature. In spite of its tiny size (468 Km2) it offers the best of both worlds: endless trekking tracks leading you to the most remote lakes and…
