Key Takeaway: The Unified Patent Court is no longer an experiment. With filings up sharply and practitioners increasingly confident in using the system, litigation before the UPC is developing its…
FRAND licensing is often presented as a technical exercise: find comparables, run the arithmetic, produce a number. But the panel on valuation and FRAND rate calculation at the OxFirst 12th IP and…
Matthieu Dhenne and Marco Stief recently published on this blog two articles on the subject of the 'first marketing authorization' under Article 3(d) of Regulation (EC) No 469/2009, aka the SPC…
Summary: Senior judges from the UK and Germany used the OxFirst 12th IP and Competition Forum to discuss whether an interim license regime could provide a workable bridge in FRAND disputes—covering…
There are moments in the academic calendar when reading becomes something other than triage. The end of year 2025—when the inbox slows, deadlines loosen, and the professional reflex to read “for…
Co-authored by Karlo Tinoco & Daniela FernandesThe Mercosur Partnership Agreement (“Agreement” or “EMPA”) represents one of the most ambitious trade treaties signed by Brazil. Covering a…
This second contribution completes the analysis developed in Part 1. Building on the product-centred reasoning adopted by the District Court of The Hague, it examines the limits of that approach…
In this post, we have mined the Russian patent register for PTE records and processed the data into practical facts and figures.Launch and Major ReformThe modern PTE system of Russia was launched on…
I am particularly pleased to publish this commentary, co-authored with my friend and colleague Marco Stief, whose earlier work on this decision provided the starting point for the present analysis,…
The year 2025 marked a decisive turning point for Brazil’s Productive Development Partnerships (PDPs). Throughout the year, 30 PDPs were approved by the Ministry of Health targeting strategic…
