In the middle of the turmoil caused by Brexit and the US elections tiny Switzerland (apropos, a country with an old democracy and some experience in implementing problematic election results as well)…
The Federal Supreme Court just handed down a long-expected judgment on the prerequisites under which a plaintiff has to provide a collateral for legal expenses. The result may encourage further…
Following the CJEU judgment Huawei vs ZTE (Case C-170/13) of 16 July 2015, the national courts continue refining the requirements for the assertion of standard-essential patents (SEPs).
So far, the…
In a recent decision rendered by the Danish Maritime & Commercial Court (the "MCC"), Novartis successfully defended its position that even if the patent-in-suit had been invalidated by the EPO…
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…
In one of the most highly observed patent cases in Europe in 2015, Case C-170/13, Huawei vs ZTE, the Court of Justice of the European Union with judgment of 16 July 2015 provided valuable and long…
...well not really, but the German Federal Court of Justice has recently issued a decision (Kreuzgestänge, X ZR 103/13) that may expose Germany's "Bifurcation System" to even more questions and…
The Oberlandesgericht Düsseldorf (Higher Regional Court, appeal instance) just issued a court order on the admissibility of new prior art that the defendant discovered only in the second instance…
By Kristian Fredrikson, Dephi and Jan Lindberg, Trust Ltd.
This time I want to introduce a fellow author from Sweden, Kristian Fredrikson, who promised to write about this interesting recent decision…
