The Paris Court of Appeal clarified the interest of a potential competitor to seek the revocation of a patent. It was particularly unclear whether any competitor, current or potential, could have a…
Spain adopted the optional clause in Article 65 of the EPC, which requires a translation of the patent filed with the national patent office within 3 months of publication of the patent by EPO. The…
The Court of Appeal of Liège confirmed the President of the Commercial Court's finding that the appellant had committed patent infringement, and ordered the reimbursement of costs of the saisie…
The complexities of European patent architecture raise a number of issues relating to the interface between opposition proceedings before the European Patent Office ("EPO") and infringement…
By decision of 21 February 2013, the Court of Turin clarified the test for prima facie case in search proceedings and the test for urgency in search proceedings and preliminary proceedings in general…
by Henrik Timmann
There is a saying in Germany: Two lawyers add up to three different opinions. Well, for a long time the Federal Patent Court seemed to have been inspired by this saying when…
The French saisie-contrefaçon is known to be an extremely powerful and effective tool to collect evidence of infringement of a patent (as of any other intellectual property right, see "Saisie…
In an appeal against a decision by the Opposition Division to maintain the patent in amended form, the Board ordered the representative of the opponent to file an authorization. The representative…
Ensuring the independence and integrity of its judges is crucial for every court system.
After its first year of existence, the Swiss Federal Patent Court has slightly amended its Guidelines on…
