In J 1/24, Board 3.1.01 (the Legal Board of Appeal) surprised many practitioners by treating a divisional filed after the publication of the mention of the grant as validly filed. As this went…
On 19 February 2026, the English Court of Appeal (Arnold LJ presiding) handed down its decision in Salts v Pelican [2026] EWCA Civ 93 – an appeal against the first instance decision of Ian Karet (…
In a landmark ruling handed down on 11 February, the UK Supreme Court in [Emotional Perception AI v Comptroller General [2026] UKSC 3] has brought about a shift in the way that the …
The Tokyo District Court recently released its "Guidelines for Proceedings in Patent Infringement Lawsuits involving Standard Essential Patents" (the "Guidelines"). This is the first time a Japanese…
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…
