Posted: April 26th, 2023
On 25 April 2023, the Unified Patent Court published the Presidium’s decision on the designation of the presiding judges of the central, local and regional divisions, as well as the decision on the designation of the presiding judges of the relevant panels of the Court. This decision, taken in accordance with the relevant provisions of […]
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Posted: April 18th, 2023
The Young EPLAW event took place again in Brussels yesterday. The event was preceded by a mock trial and a social event on Sunday. The program was as always busy and varied, with topics ranging from ‘AI and Patent Protection’ to ‘UPC litigation strategies and national interpretations’. EPLAW President Sture Rygaard presided over the event, […]
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Posted: April 18th, 2023
Professor Willem Hoyng, former EPLAW President, will deliver his valedictory address at Tilburg University on Friday 21 April. The address is entitled ‘1 June 2023: The Unified Patent Court opens its doors! Some observations’. The address will be delivered in English in Tilburg University’s Aula and is open for all to attend. The entire press […]
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Posted: April 5th, 2023
Hanwa Solutions Corporation v. LONGHi (Netherlands) Trading B.V., summary proceedings, District Court Rotterdam, 28 March 2023, Case no. ECLI:NL:RBROT:2023:2715 Access to seized evidentiary materials denied. In earlier summary judgments (here and appeal here) Hanwa succesfully obtained a cross border injunction against LONGi forbidding LONGi to infringe Hanwa’s patents, or to act unlawfully by being involved […]
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Posted: March 23rd, 2023
EPO, Enlarged Board of Appeal, 23 March 2023, Case no. G 0002/21 Today, the decision of the Enlarged Board of Appeal on plausibility came out. The headnote reads as follows: 1. Evidence submitted by a patent applicant or proprietor to prove a technical effect relied upon for acknowledgement of inventive step of the claimed subject-matter […]
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Posted: March 13th, 2023
Update on the implementation of the SPC manufacturing waiver into Norwegian law, by Guro Nybø, Nora Bratheim, Lars Erik Steinkjer and Gunnar Meyer, Wikborg Rein Since 2 July 2022, the SPC manufacturing waiver, adopted by the European Parliament in 2019 through Regulation 2019/933, has been available for pharmaceutical manufacturers within the EU. The waiver enables […]
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Posted: March 9th, 2023
InterDigital Technology Corporation and others v Lenovo Group Limited and others [2023] EWCA Civ 105 (9 February 2023) The Court of Appeal has overturned the finding of Mr Justice Mellor that InterDigital’s patent, EP 3 355 537 (the “Patent”), was invalid. Mellor J had found that the Patent was essential to Release 6 of the […]
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Posted: February 27th, 2023
Commercial Court No. 4 of Barcelona, 17 October 2022, case no. 517/2017 In an extensive judgment issued in the framework of patent litigation related to Internet TV services, Commercial Court No. 4 of Barcelona has addressed some issues of particular interest due to their unusual nature within the customary legal handling of patent matters in […]
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Posted: February 17th, 2023
The Unified Patent Court announces the following: “Today, Germany has ratified the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court, as confirmed by a statement of its Federal Ministry of Justice. “Germany’s ratification launches the countdown as set under Article 89 of the UPC Agreement according to which the Agreement will enter into force on 1 June […]
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Posted: February 14th, 2023
The Unified Patent Court announces the following: “The UPC IT team is pleased to share with you detailed information and specific user guide on how to create an account and how to authenticate to the CMS system starting from the first of March.” More information and de user guide can be found here.
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