Belgium: Patent

In this sixth alert in our weekly series on the EU Pharma Package, we focus on the proposals of the European Commission, European Parliament and Council of the EU for another topic with a highly debated scope and with diverging interpretations across EU Member States: the "Bolar" exemption.

Proposal to ease burdens on smaller businesses and lift barriers to trade and investment likely to have positive impact on the consumer products, life sciences and construction sectors...

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) across the European Union that apply to register their industrial property rights this year can recover up to 75 % of the official registration fees...

The transformative nature of artificial intelligence means it will continue to be a live issue this year, with attention also on the UPC, SEP licensing and platform liability.

During this webinar, our IP specialists Olivier Vrins and Bart Junior Bollen walk you through the new EU Regulation on geographical indications (GIs) for craft and industrial products.

During this webinar, our IP experts Kirian Claeyé and Isabelle Vermeyen tell you what (not) to do in case of a discovery raid (or saisie-contrefaçon)...

On 7 June 2017, Justice Birss of the English High Court of Justice issued a "FRAND" injunction against Huawei in its longstanding licensing dispute pitting it against Unwired Planet, a US based patent assertion entity.

Following this decision, the European Parliament asked the Commission in December 2015 to look into the patentability of these products.

The GC considered first of all, that Lundbeck and the generic manufacturers were potential competitors at the time the agreements were concluded.