In two recent decisions the District Court of The Hague assumed cross-border jurisdiction in FRAND / Standard Essential Patent (‘SEP’) proceedings. In a first case the Court assumed jurisdiction on…
The recruitment of judges for the Unified Patent Court will start soon, now that the Preparatory Phase preceding the opening of the Unified Patent Court has officially begun. According to the UPC…
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According to the EU Council's Website, Austria has deposited its instrument of ratification yesterday, which means that the Period for Provisional Application begins today.
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Recently, the UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) has launched a call for views in order to better understand how effective the current Standard Essential Patents (SEPs) framework is in…
After the disruption brought on by the pandemic, it seems that this year the Mobile Word Congress ("MWC"), the largest mobile trade event in the world and one of the most significant trade fairs held…
Since the Eurasian Patent Convention was signed in 1994 it has been shaping the global IP landscape. In the 25 years 22.700 Eurasian patents were granted at the Eurasian Patent Organization (EAPO). …
What were the most popular articles of the Kluwer Patent Blog in 2021? Some topics keep on returning, but new issues found their way into the chart of best read posts on this blog as well.
The number…
As we begin year three of the COVID-19 pandemic, the rise of the Omicron variant has caused many workers, who had returned to the office during summer and fall 2021, to revert to working from home.…
A person of ordinary skill in the art could not determine the effective dose of the active ingredient in Tecfidera from the original patent specification.
A West Virginia federal district court’s…
According to article 1 of the European Patent Convention (EPC), “a system of law, common to Contracting States for the grant of patents for inventions is established by this Convention.”
So, at first…
