This is just a short post on an interesting new development on exceptions to the EPO’s strict approach to admissibility on appeal. T 715/24 reason 2 suggests that claim interpretation is to be…
The first strategic choice in a patent dispute is not where to sue. It is where to secure the evidence that will make the claim pleadable, quantifiable and commercially credible. A case may…
The EPO’s recent study, Methodologies for FRAND determination: evidence from global case law, is an extensive account of judicial approaches to evaluating fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory…
If a final decision on an infringement action has already been taken, for a second (consecutive) infringement action with respect to the same patent and between the same parties the question arises…
Although Greek courts have dealt with SPC disputes on a number of occasions, there has been limited judicial analysis of one of the Regulation’s most fundamental concepts: the definition of a “…
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…
