The German Federal Court of Justice (FCJ) confirmed that for setting the value in dispute of nullity actions on standard essential patents (SEPs) the well-established general rule applies, i.e. in…
Although the grounds of the decision under R. 111(2) EPC do not have to deal in detail with all the arguments of the parties, at least the key points of discussion must be addressed. The grounds must…
In this decision of the Patents Court, Meade J dismissed an infringement claim brought by Promptu against Sky, on grounds that Promptu’s patent lacked inventive step. The decision is interesting as…
As readers familiar with the telecoms sector will be well aware, Barcelona hosts every February the Mobile World Congress ("MWC"), the most important international trade fair in this field. Due to…
Almost ten months after India and South Africa sparked the debate on the protection of intellectual property rights with the TRIPS COVID-19 Waiver (IP/C/W/669), there is still no consensus at the…
A change in the composition of the Examining Division is legally allowed. This does not jeopardize the right to be heard and to a fair trial.
The ‘equality of arms’ is not hampered by the…
Introduction
The implementation of 4G mobile communication technology in the UK has become very expensive for Apple in light of the High Court of England and Wales’ decision last month in Optis v.…
In 2020 Grünecker, Hoffmann Eitle, Dehns, Marks and Clerk and Vossius and Partner were the numbers 1 to 5 of a list based on the number of issued B1 patents where these firms were listed as the…
In an open letter to EPO president António Campinos, trade union SUEPO has called for an execution of the recent judgments of the Administrative Tribunal of the International Labour Organization (…
On 1 June 2021, the Amended Patent Law took effect and introduced patent term extension ("PTE") and patent linkage ("PL"), which are closely related to the pharmaceutical industry. The legislative…
