On 15 October 2014 the Spanish Supreme Court confirmed its earlier rulings on two issues: after an IP right has been found invalid in first instance but the Court of Appeal overturns this decision…
At a tradeshow in Düsseldorf the Defendant co-organized a so called "Turkish Pavilion" featuring several companies of the Turkish region "Samsun". The Court held that this role of the Defendant was…
The federal district court in Camden, New Jersey, did not err in finding U.S. Patent No. 7,524,834 (“the '834 patent”) held by AstraZeneca LP and AstraZeneca AB (“AstraZeneca”) and asserted against…
Sighs of relief… sighs of disappointment… Depending on your position towards the unitary patent package, one of the aforementioned sighs was heaved on Tuesday, when the CJEU dismissed the annulment…
As announced by the Kluwer UPC News blogger earlier today, this morning the Court of Justice of the European Union ("CJEU") published its two judgments in cases C-146/13 and C-147/13 where, as…
The European Court of Justice (CJEU) has just rejected Spain’s challenge of the Regulations No 1260/2012 and No 1257/2012.
The eagerly awaited decision in the cases C-146/13 and C-147/13,…
January 2016: start of the so-called provisional period. October 2016: first cases taken. That may be a realistic timetable for the future Unified Patent Court, according to Kevin Mooney, chairman of…
On 28 April 2015, Mr Justice Arnold handed down judgment in relation to an unprecedented application for Pre-Action Disclosure from a patentee. The applicant, The Big Bus Company Limited (“Big Bus”)…
In September of 2013, the Spanish Patents and Trademarks Office ("SPTO") published a draft Patents Act aimed at modernising the old Act 11/1986, of 20 March, on Patents, which is close to celebrating…
The English High Court (Arnold J.) has granted an application for a stay of the UK High Court proceedings to revoke the UK designation of an EP patent pending the outcome of opposition proceedings at…
