saisie contrefaçon

The first strategic choice in a patent dispute is not where to sue. It is where to secure the evidence that will make the claim pleadable, quantifiable and commercially credible. A case may…

Forget about Gangnam Style, it is overrated. Aya Nakamura Djadja is more than ever the dance-floor song of the moment (especially since her performance at the 2024 Olympics Game opening ceremony). Is…

The king is dead! Long live the king! An expression traditionally uttered at the death of a monarch to acclaim a new king on the death of his predecessor. Could it be applied to our traditional…

In an important decision rendered on 24 April 2024, the Commercial Chamber of the Cour de cassation (i.e., French Supreme Court) ruled that the assignment of a patent is not enforceable against third…

Readers are familiar with the story of the founding of the UPC, which “obliged” its founders to make it an ad hoc Court, not integrated into the European judicial system (with a reinforced…

Last week, we had the opportunity to review the texts regarding the UPC "saisie", the ex parte orders issued in the OERLIKON and C-KORE cases. In the second case, which is before the Paris local…

Earlier this week, we examined the UPC's first case on UPC “saisie-contrefaçon” (or "SC", see here). Today, we turn our attention another order of this type, which has been rendered by the Paris…

Having examined the UPC texts relating to UPC "saisie-contrefaçon" (see here), it's time to look at the initial case law. Of course, the existence of only two cases is insufficient to draw general…

The "saisie-contrefaçon", that French-style "Anton Piller Order", but obtained in the blink of an eye, to such an extent that the whole world is still in awe; our Marylin of French patent law has…