The sunrise session of day 2 was on second medical use claims and the hot European topic of plausibility.
Floyd LJ began with a potted history and explained that whereas plausibility can be raised in…
Activities of Patent assertion entities (PAEs) in Europe are increasing dramatically and are encouraged by the Rules of Procedure of the upcoming Unified Patent Court, especially the possibility to…
In Germany, the winning party is able to recover a significant amount of its costs from the losing party. This cost reimbursement, which is based on a statutory fee schedule, depends on the value of…
The Fordham IP Conference in New York is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year. As the conference heads into its second quarter-century, the programme and faculty are as impressive as ever.…
On 17 June 2016 the Maritime and Commercial court declared AstraZeneca's patent DK/EP 0 907 364 invalid, rendering the preliminary injunctions granted against Teva and a number of other competitors…
UK prime minister Theresa May’s decision to call early general elections for 8 June 2017 could spell trouble for the Unitary Patent system, as it may delay the UK’s ratification of the Unified Patent…
Given the furore surrounding Birss J’s decision on the non-technical issues in Unwired Planet v Huawei earlier this month, which included the first determination of FRAND terms by an English Court (…
The federal district court in Tyler, Texas, correctly denied Core Wireless Licensing S.A.R.L.’s ("Core Wireless’s") motion for judgment as a matter of law that Apple infringed a claim of a Core…
by Nicholas Round
At the start of this month, the UK Supreme Court took a break from its recent post-Brexit work interpreting (and developing) constitutional principles to hear an intellectual…
In a significant departure from precedent, the Full Federal Court of Australia held in Coretell Pty Ltd v Australian Mud Company Pty Ltd [2017] FCAFC 54 (Coretell) that the entitlement to relief for…
