Although patent litigation in Europe is fragmented, businesses have been able to cope and a unitary system may not be strictly necessary for the patent system to function in Europe. However, the new…
While the subject of the appropriate court fees to pay when issuing proceedings is not normally an exciting one to write about (indeed some readers of this post will say that this remains the case) a…
One of the possible methods to examine incentive activity is what is known as the "problem and solution approach" usually applied by the European Patent Office ("EPO"). Spanish Courts like this…
When it comes to infringement of patents, the doctrine of equivalence has gained some more attention in the last few years in German courts and indeed also in some of my earlier posts on this blog (…
As well as bringing you a fun copyright quiz to keep you entertained over the rest of the summer, we've also prepared an overview of the top 3 most-read posts from each of our IP law blogs.…
On 22 July 2016, IP Australia approved a patent specification involving computer programming in poker machines in Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited [2016] APO 49.
IP Australia's decision…
by Claire Phipps-Jones
The Patents Court has recently determined two questions relating to groundless threats: first, can a threat made on the basis of a patent application be justified once the…
The Patent Trial and Appeal Board did not err in affirming a patent examiner’s rejection of three claims of an IPCom patent on a system for allowing access rights to cell phone channels, the U.S.…
An EPO board held that observations filed by third parties during inter partes appeal must be disregarded by the board, unless they concern amendments during opposition or appeal, in which case the…
The Danish Maritime and Commercial Court recently rendered judgement (SH2016.T-5-14)
in a matter between Ametek Denmark A/S and the intellectual property consultancy Zacco Denmark A/S. As an external…
