Patents

Regular readers of the Blog may be aware of my particular interest in pharma patents and, more especially since the Covid-19 pandemic, for compulsory licensing (see for instance here). I was…

 On 1 March 2021, the Eurasian Patent Office launched the Pharmaceutical Register , covering 8 jurisdictions, including Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan A demo-version is available on the official website…

It's an understatement to say that it's not always very easy to be a French patent litigator in a transnational litigation, in any case a good dose of humor is needed: how many jokes have I heard…

It's an understatement to say that it's not easy to be a French patent litigator in transnational litigation, in any case a good dose of humor is needed: how many jokes have I heard about our…

In my post "The German UPCA Ratification - at Schweinsgalopp towards Mautdebakel" on this blog, I cautioned the German Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection against ignoring the apparent…

 At the beginning of the year, the Russian Government granted the first compulsory license on a series of Big Pharma's patents.  For the first time ever, "public security” clause has been evoked…

Normal service looks to have been resumed following the Court of Appeal judgment in IPCom v Vodafone [2021] EWCA Civ 205, in which Arnold LJ reversed a first instance finding by Recorder Douglas…

From time to time, one may find publications that seek to explore the influence that the Bible may have had on patent law. A classic example is Exodus 20:15: "You shall not steal." Another sometimes…

Readers of the Blog should remember the French landmark French judgment rendered in September 2020 in the European Pemetrexed saga, which condemned Fresenius to pay € 28 million in damages (see here)…