The European Patent Office has invited its users and stakeholders to take position on the first draft of its „Towards a new normal“ orientation document.
My experience with such public consultations…
At a time when a bill aiming at granting a compulsory license in the interest of public health in case of extreme sanitary emergency has just been filed in the French Senate on April 8, 2021[1], the…
Plaintiff’s arguments before the district court were often objectively unreasonable or frivolous; the frivolous nature of his appeal also warranted sanctions against plaintiff and his counsel of…
In the aftermath of the landmark decision ‘Unwired Planet vs Huawei’, a series of other FRAND litigations have followed suit. Cases such as Conversant vs ZTE/Huawei, Philips vs TCL, TQ Delta v ZyXel…
The Barcelona Court of Appeal (Section 15) overturned a first instance decision, making an interesting finding on the application of the "problem-solution approach": if the revocation claimant…
I can imagine what the reader might think when reading these few lines: another text on artificial intelligence (“AI”) and the Patent Law! (With perhaps: the author is obsessed with the Daft Punk…
On 28 December 2020, the Barcelona Court of Appeal (Section 15), one of Spain's most experienced courts on patent matters, handed down a judgment which is interesting from a wide array of…
Although the case relates to treatments for insomnia, we suspect that the latest episode in the ongoing saga between Neurim and Mylan might result in a few sleepless nights for patent litigators.…
In the first part of this interview (see here), I already mentioned some of the preconceived ideas about French Courts, which makes France almost systematically considered as one of the last…
The EPO has launched a public consultation on the first draft of its ‘Towards a new normal’ orientation document, discussing the post-covid organisation of the EPO.
EPO Munich (photo Kārlis…
