The German Federal Supreme Court (Bundesgerichtshof) has recently made clear that every court has to take into account preceding decisions of the European Patent Office (EPO) and of courts of other…
The Court of Appeal of Milan established a principle whereby named inventors must be called in revocation actions and, if they are not, proceedings may not reach the stage of decision. This principle…
One of the first questions that arise when a patentee is considering embarking on patent litigation is "Where should I sue?". The answer to this question depends on a variety of factors, such as the…
The English Patents County Court is to appoint a new judge on the retirement of His Honour Judge Fysh QC in July of this year. The Patents County Court was originally established in 1990 under the…
Paul Schlagmuller is the holder of a French patent, filed on 28 June 1985, entitled “volet roulant de protection pour ouvertures dans les murs”, that is, in English “Protective roller blind for…
In May 2010, in HTC Corporation v Yozmot 33 Ltd [2010] EWHC 1057 (Pat), the English High Court (Arnold J.) confirmed that it is in principle legitimate for a party to seek a judgment of the English…
1. According to the EPC, the right to object to a member of a Board of Appeal or of the Enlarged Board of Appeal is reserved to the party to the proceedings who suspects partiality in such a member…
In the case at hand, Olympus filed a petition for review against the decision of the Board of Appeal to revoke Olympus' patent. Olympus argued that it had had no opportunity to comment on the grounds…
The Court of Appeals Karlsruhe has decided that under specific circumstances the enforcement by a non-manufacturing licensing company of an injunction based on a standard-essential patent may be…
