On 23 June 2023, the Madrid Appeal Court (Section 32) published one of the most interesting judgments coming from Spanish courts during the last few years. The first point of interest is that this is…
As explained in our entry UPC: four reasons why the PPA is not legally in force, published on April 21, 2022, one of the collateral damages of Brexit is that the conditions for the entry into force…
When the European Commission earlier today published the legislative proposals aimed at introducing a unitary SPC to be examined by a central examination procedure, one of the Beatle's most beautiful…
As most readers will be well aware, Brexit has raised some fundamental issues for the Unified Patent Court ("UPC") project, among which two points stand out. First, that, contrary to what it is…
Christmas is a season for rest, family gatherings, warm wishes, hopes and good cheer. These days, children and adults alike may be preparing their wish list for Father Christmas. One of the gifts…
The judgment of 17 October 2022 recently handed down by the Patents Section of Barcelona Commercial Court of First Instance no. 4 is most interesting, for a variety of reasons.
First, because the…
As readers are well aware, Directive 2004/48 EC (known as the "Enforcement Directive"), stemming from Part III of the TRIPS Agreement, was meant to introduce a minimum level of intellectual property…
On 17 February 2022, the Administrative Chamber of the Spanish Supreme Court handed down a very interesting judgment setting out legal doctrine on the legal value of expert opinions from the…
To date, final decisions from the Spanish Patent and Trademark Office ("SPTO") dealing with matters such as patents or supplementary protection certificates ("SPC") may be appealed before the…
