On March 3, 2026, the Osaka District Court dismissed a patent infringement lawsuit seeking an injunction against a generic drug, addressing an unprecedented question regarding the scope of extended…
The lesson of this year's BIO International Convention in San Diego is not that the market has finally discovered the Unified Patent Court; it has been aware of it for some time. It is that life…
At the UPC, quantum is starting to do more than compensate. A public, reasoned figure can become a reference point for licensing, valuation and settlement. The early case law also marks the limit of…
As many of us are sweltering in the face of relentless heatwaves, Visser’s Annotated EPC 2026 has just hit the shelves hot off the press. As usual, it comes with many updates. Below are a few…
As discussed in my previous post on this Blog, the UPC’s current approach of granting pan-UPC relief across all the Contracting Member States (CMS), based merely on a formal reliance on Article 34…
On June 30, 2026, the Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office (BRPTO/INPI) made available the final version of Chapter 9 of the Chemistry Examination Guidelines, dealing with patent applications…
Arbitration as a Distinct Procedural ProductArbitration is more ambitious than mediation, and that ambition has a price. It promises a private, specialized, and enforceable decision rendered by…
Is Brazil in need of an IP reform? A decade ago, the question would have drawn little interest worldwide; today it is hard to ignore. Brazil is one of the world's ten largest economies, and although…
Abstract:FRAND licensing asks implementers to pay today for a benchmark that courts may only define tomorrow – often in disputes to which they were not a party. When later decisions show that agreed…
Innovation and patent activity across the Balkan region present a mixed but gradually evolving picture. While patent volumes remain modest compared with larger European innovation hubs, countries in…
