7/17/2025 8:13:07 AM Draft Arbitration Rules of PMAC: Possible effects on FRAND/SEP disputes By Boris Kasolowsky Wolrad Prinz zu Waldeck und Pyrmont Enisa Halili Corin Gittinger Korbinian Schrom +2 more... Show less On 4 June 2025, the Patent Mediation and Arbitration Centre of the Unified Patent Court (PMAC) launched a public consultation to gather...
7/15/2025 3:12:38 PM The India-UK Free Trade Agreement – key implications and takeaways By Rohit Bhat Piusha Bose Boyan Arshinkov Introduction On 6 May 2025, the UK and India signed the long-awaited Free Trade Agreement (FTA), expected to double bilateral trade and...
6/25/2025 9:24:04 AM Draft Arbitration Rules of PMAC: A New Chapter in European Patent Dispute Resolution By Boris Kasolowsky Wolrad Prinz zu Waldeck und Pyrmont Rutger Kleemans Enisa Halili Corin Gittinger Fabian Schubach Yiqiu Wang +4 more... Show less On 4 June 2025, the Patent Mediation and Arbitration Centre of the Unified Patent Court (Centre) launched a public consultation to gather...
2/14/2025 10:31:12 AM SPC protection for second medical uses post-Brexit - UK Court of Appeal clarifies test By Laura Whiting Dr. Christopher Stothers Alexandra Morgan Nicholas Fischer +1 more... Show less The Court of Appeal has clarified that Brexit has not changed the test to determine whether supplementary protection certificate (SPC)...
6/28/2024 12:45:51 PM Thou shalt not settle? Servier – the European Court of Justice’s Latest Chapter In the “Pay for Delay” Saga By Bola Ajayi Tone Oeyen Dr. Christopher Stothers Rod Carlton Enrica Schaefer Philipp Baschenhof +3 more... Show less The European Court of Justice (CJEU) handed down its judgment in Servier on 27 June 2024, agreeing with Advocate General Juliane Kokott’s...
2/14/2024 8:59:36 PM Life sciences – what to expect in 2024 By Harriet Hanks Emma Franck-Gwinnell Adam Golden 2023 was marked by some real success stories in the life sciences and healthcare space, including ground-breaking new weight loss...
11/28/2023 9:45:27 AM Will English become the language of the UPC? By Alexandra Morgan Dr. Christopher Stothers Dr. Stephan Dorn Two recent UPC orders have changed the existing languages of proceedings from Dutch and German respectively to English. Is this the start...
8/30/2023 12:28:43 PM Combatting greenwashing – existing toolkit, EU developments and the role of trade marks By Nicola Fish Lutz Riede Alexandra Morgan “Greenwashing” is a clear buzzword in the UK and EU. Greenwashing is the use of false, misleading, or unsubstantiated claims about the...
6/21/2023 9:35:40 AM UPC week 3 – what we are seeing (and not seeing) By Dr. Christopher Stothers Alexandra Morgan Dr. Stephan Dorn The Unified Patent Court (UPC) is in its third week of operations and from what is visible so far we’re seeing the life sciences sector...
6/9/2023 11:42:36 AM The UPC case finder: Beware of the Leopard By Alexandra Morgan Dr. Christopher Stothers Dr. Stephan Dorn The Unified Patent Court (UPC) case finder search facility enables the public to search for cases filed in the UPC. It’s pleasing that...
1/12/2023 6:17:29 PM Taxation of German-registered IP restricted following enactment of the German Annual Tax Act 2022 By Martin Rehberg Prof. Dr. Norbert Schneider Christian Sistermann Philipp Redeker Franziska Leich +2 more... Show less On 20 December 2022, the German Annual Tax Act 2022 entered into force. An essential component of this new legislation is the partial...
8/11/2022 11:49:44 AM A gamechanger for antitrust compliance in China – SAMR’s draft implementing rules for anti-competitive agreements, abusive conduct and IP rights By Hazel Yin Ninette Dodoo Wenting Ge Tracy Lu Kailun Ji +2 more... Show less The second of our two-part blog on the draft implementing rules (see part one on merger control here), published by the State...