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News – Book: Research Handbook on Empirical Studies in Intellectual Property Law

Research Handbook on Empirical Studies in Intellectual Property Law, edited by Estelle Derclaye, Professor of Intellectual Property Law, School of Law, University of Nottingham, UK “This comprehensive Research Handbook explores empirical legal studies of intellectual property law. It covers research from four continents and offers unique conclusions to aid in the creation and understanding of […]

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EPO – News on description adaptations – T 0454/20 and T 2391/18

News on description adaptations at the EPO, T 0454/20 and T 2391/18, by Georg Anetsberger and Sebastian Rieger, Bardehle Pagenberg Summary In T 2391/18, the Board of Appeal 3.2.03 of the EPO decided that, in opposition proceedings, the requirement to “adapt the description to the claims” does not apply to discrepancies between description and claims […]

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ES – CAPSA v. BLUESPACE & EMBAMAT

Commercial Courts of Barcelona (Patents Section) CAPSA v BLUESPACE & EMBAMAT, Judgment of 16 January 2023, Main Proceedings 1346/2018 and 534/2019, Case no. ECLI:ES:JMB:2023:145 In this interesting decision, the Patents Section of the Barcelona Commercial Courts addressed two key procedural issues that are often encountered in patent infringement proceedings: the legal standing of parent holding […]

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NL – [x] v. the Inspector of the Tax Authorities/Customs

[x] v. the Inspector of the Tax Authorities/Customs, Groningen office, Provisional relief judge District Court North Holland, 17 April 2023, Case no. ECLI:NL:RBNHO:2023:4754 Customs. Requests for preliminary injunction for release of “crimping tools”. These have not been released due to the granting of a request for enforcement from the patent holder on the basis of […]

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UPC – Creation of a section of the central division of the Court of First Instance in Milan

Communication on the 7th UPC Administrative Committee meeting on 26 June 2023 “Contracting Member States of the Unified Patent Court have met in a meeting of the Administrative Committee on 26 June. The meeting was held in video-conference format. “Contracting Member States of the Unified Patent Court have met in a meeting of the Administrative […]

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UPC – PI granted in full – myStromer v. Revolt Zycling / ex parte

myStromer AG v. Revolt Zycling AG, Local Division UPC, Dusseldorf, ex parte proceedings, 22 June 2023, Case No. UPC_CFI_177/2023 The Order was issued by Presiding Justice Thomas, Presiding Justice Klepsch as the Legally Qualified Judge and the Legally Qualified Judge Kupecz. Order (ex parte): “I. Der Antragsgegnerin wird aufgegeben, es zu unterlassen, Kombinationsstrukturen aus Fahrradrahmen […]

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UK – Optis v. Apple / FRAND judgment

Optis v. Apple / FRAND judgment, 10 May 2023, Mr Justice Smith, Case No. [2023] EWHC 1095 (Ch) The judgment relates to “Trial E” – the “FRAND” trial and follows technical trials A-D concerned with questions of validity and/or essentiality in respect of certain patents. There are three particularly important themes arising from the judgment. […]

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