Posted: December 23rd, 2019
In July and September 2019, the Regional Court Munich had issued the first anti-anti-suit injunctions (AASI) in Germany in preliminary injunction proceedings prohibiting Continental to further pursue an anti-suit injunction (ASI) request against Nokia in the US. The ASI was intended to stop pending patent infringement proceedings in Germany. Similar injunctions have since then been […]
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Posted: December 20th, 2019
European Patent Office, Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.01, T 318/14, decision of February 7, 2019, reported by Dr. Rudolf Teschemacher, Bardehle Pagenberg In decisions G 1/05 and G 1/06, the Enlarged Board of Appel (EBA) accepted that the principle of the prohibition of double patenting exists on the basis that an applicant has no legitimate […]
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Posted: December 18th, 2019
Fractus S.A. v. Xiaomi et al. District Court of The Hague 10 December 2019, ECLI:NL:RBDHA:2019:13184 Introduction In these preliminary injunctions proceedings before District Court of The Hague, the following facts are of relevance. The patentee is Fractus S.A. (“Fractus”), which is a company founded in 1999 to research, develop and commercially exploit small-sized telecommunications antennae […]
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Posted: December 13th, 2019
MOBILE WORLD CONGRESS – INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY FAST ACTION PROTOCOL 2020 Next year 2020, the city of Barcelona will host the fourteenth edition of the Mobile World Congress (hereinafter MWC), which will take place from 24 to 27 February. The MWC is the largest mobile event in the world, where the main players in the mobile […]
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Posted: December 13th, 2019
In light of the recent approval of the Law on Trade Secrets, which entered into force in March 13th, 2019, which transposes the Directive on the protection of undisclosed know-how and business information (trade secrets), the Courts of Barcelona have issued a Protocol of Trade Secrets Protection. This Protocol has been issued by the Commercial […]
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Posted: December 9th, 2019
Excel-Eucan Limited v. Source Vagabond Systems Limited, Patents Court, London, 21 November 2019 [2019] EWHC 3175 (Pat) HHJ Melissa Clarke This judgment from the Patents Court (Her Honour Judge Clarke sitting as deputy) considers the application of the law on infringement by equivalents. The case was heard under the Shorter Trials Scheme which applies to […]
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Posted: December 4th, 2019
SANGENIC V. LAMICO / THE DANISH MARITIME AND COMMERCIAL HIGH COURT (DIAPER PAIL REFILLS) – Presumption of validity of granted rights, infringement by equivalent means, loss of rights/acquiescence, recall of products, damages and compensation, proportionality Sangenic International Limited (“Sangenic”) v. Lamico ApS (“Lamico”), the Danish Maritime and Commercial High Court Case number BS-287/2015-SHR, 4 October […]
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Posted: December 3rd, 2019
Vestel UK Ltd & Anor v HEVC Advance LLC & Koninklijke Philips NV The claimants, collectively known as Vestel, brought an action against defendants Advance and Philips for relief from an Article 102 abuse of a dominant position in relation to standard essential patents and licence fees. Advance and Philips have been successful in their […]
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Posted: December 2nd, 2019
The next EPLAW Congress shall be held in Brussels on 27 November 2020. The EPLAW Congress will be preceded by a conference on SEPs and FRAND on 26 November. EPLAW members will receive further information in due course.
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Posted: November 29th, 2019
The 2020 edition of the Young EPLAW Moot Court and Congress shall take place on 5 and 6 April in Brussels. The Young EPLAW congress is intended for the EPLAW members’ associates aged 36 and less. More details on these various events follows in due course.
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