The Enlarged Board of Appeal states in its Opinion G3/08, reason 7.2.1 (italics added):
“The European Patent Organisation is an international, intergovernmental organisation, modelled on a modern…
On 22 June 2010, the English Court of Appeal handed down its judgment in yet another case involving stents in Occlutech v. AGA Medical. The appeal was dismissed with the result that AGA’s patent was…
Boehringer is the holder of the European patent No. 0589 874, filed on 21 June 1991 and entitled “use of (S)(+)-2-ethoxy-4-[N-[1-(2-piperidinophenyl)-3-methyl-1-butyl]…
The plaintiff, Power Stow A/S ("Power Stow"), held a national patent for a ramp for transporting luggage onto aircrafts. During prosecution of the patent-in-suit, the Danish PTO had initially…
Control question: remember what this was?
You certainly knew the answer had you read Max’s post on Patent Law and Philosophy: this is not just an IBC (Intermediate Bulk Container) for acids…
One of the first questions that arise when a patentee is considering embarking on patent litigation is "Where should I sue?". The answer to this question depends on a variety of factors, such as the…
In this case the Court of Appeal of Lyon affirmed the first French judgement granting an interlocutory injunction to prevent imminent infringement of a patent. The President of the First Instance…
The German Federal Court of Justice has maintained Microsoft's patent relating to alternative handling of short and long filenames. In the first instance, the Federal Patent Court considered the…
I. Priority of Invention
II. Proving Conception and Reduction to Practice
III. Sample Laboratory Notebook
IV. Instructions For Maintaining Laboratory Notebook
V. Instructions for Maintaining…
By decision no. 9291 of 19 April 2010, the Italian Supreme Court clarified that the sale of a single unit of the patented product is novelty destroying under Art. 46 of the Italian IP Code, which…
