Court: Court of Justice of the European Union

Featured in The Guide to Life Sciences: Key issues for senior life sciences executives 2024

24 June 2024

Featured in Trade Secrets Hub 2024

Trade secrets are an effective means to complement and supplement patent portfolios, because they can be an effective way to protect gaps that patents cannot fill. However, the pace at which tech is being employed in Sweden has hugely increased the risk of trade secrets being breached.

07 March 2024

The European Court of Justice has overturned an EUIPO ruling against Italian company Vespa, finding its conclusions to be flawed. The court’s decision provides much-needed clarity on the validity of 3D trademarks and the level of distinctiveness that is required.

13 December 2023

Featured in SEP/FRAND Hub 2023/2024

German courts provide a favourable forum for patentees because of the quasi-automatic availability of injunctions and the bifurcation of patent litigation. However, while German courts have, in principle, the power to decide exactly what terms qualify as FRAND, so far they have avoided doing so.

27 October 2023

Featured in The Patent Litigation Review 2024

As the licensing ecosystem becomes increasingly complex, assertion can be a pragmatic tool in the negotiation practice and a well-planned strategy is crucial.  When approaching SEP dispute resolution in China, there are several popular courts worth considering.

25 August 2023

Featured in The Guide to Life Sciences: Key issues for senior life sciences executives 2023

Supplementary protection certificates are crucial for the protection of drugs in Europe. Understanding their complex legal framework is critical, as the current regulation is one of the most unsettled and controversial areas of European IP law. 

25 August 2023

Patent litigators in Germany are feeling the effects of Phoenix Contact. While it was widely anticipated that German courts might alter their jurisprudence as a result, Düsseldorf and Munich’s regional courts are taking noticeably diverging approaches now that the first decisions on the matter have been published.

22 February 2023