The Court concurs with the interpretative approach expressed by the EPO Board of Appeal (see Decision T1000/12 of 17 December 2023, T 412/09 of 9 May 2012 et al) according to which it is only in…
From PADIS to Semicon: why Brazil’s early legal architecture now needs renewed investment, broader protection and credible enforcementChina’s 2026 revision of its Regulations on the Protection of…
On May 18, 2026, a Division Bench comprising Justices C. Hari Shankar and Om Prakash Shukla of the Delhi High Court pronounced their verdict in K.K. Bansal v Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV,…
On 19 March 2026, the WTO Dispute Settlement Body established a panel in DS632, China – Worldwide Licensing Terms for Standard Essential Patents, the EU’s second SEP dispute with China. In the first…
While the function of a structural element must be considered when interpreting a claim feature relating to such an element, the interpretation must likewise take into account the physical and…
The UK Supreme Court has considered the fundamental principles of (F)RAND, this time in the context of a jurisdiction challenge in Tesla v InterDigital and Avanci. In what could prove to be a…
My forthcoming book, A Contractual Theory of FRAND: From Private Normativity to Legal Obligation in Technical Standardization, starts from a question that remains insufficiently examined in standard-…
On 22 June 2026, the Court of Appeal of the UPC handed down two closely connected orders in the dispute between Valeo Systèmes d'Essuyage and the Bosch group. Read together, they do…
A realistic starting point is typically a prior art disclosure as a whole. Absent a specific reason or pointer in the disclosure itself (or based on common general knowledge) to do so, the selection…
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…
