The German ratification proceedings concerning the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court (UPCA) have been formally started.
According to German Rechtsanwalt Dr. Ingve Stjerna, the first hearing on the…
If a European Patent has been licensed to licensees in different European countries, opting out of the Unified Patent Court might be preferable to keep these licenses separated as far as possible,…
The main requirements for applying for a preliminary injunction in Spain are "fumus boni iuris" (i.e., indicia of likelihood of success) and "periculum in mora" (i.e. danger in the delay). A recent…
Claim construction and scope of protection are perhaps the most hotly contested topics in Dutch patent law. Over the last ten years, we have had no less than six Supreme Court decisions dealing with…
On 29 April 2016, the Australian Productivity Commission published a Draft Report on its enquiry into Australia’s Intellectual Property Arrangements. Although the Draft Report provides separate…
Bulgaria has deposited its instrument of ratification of the Unified Patent Court Agreement at the Council of the European Union.
It is the tenth member state to complete the ratification…
As the Unitary Patent (UP) system is expected to start functioning in 2017, proprietors of European patents are faced with the choice to opt these out of the jurisdiction of the Unified Patent Court…
by Claire Phipps-Jones
♪ “This indecision's bugging me” ♪
On 23 June 2016, UK voters will be asked “Should the United Kingdom remain a member of the European Union or leave the European Union?”.…
Wolters Kluwer released a new title last week in the Information Law Series: The Inventiveness Requirement in Patent Law by Lodewijk Pessers. Pessers recently received his Ph.D. in this subject…
The federal district court in Tyler, Texas, correctly construed the term “mountable” in a patent for a digital picture frame asserted by Profectus Technology against the manufacturers and sellers of…
