Europe: Intellectual Property

The European Ombudsman has recommended that the European Medicines Agency (EMA) ensures adequate transparency in its decisions regarding the Paediatric Regulation.

The Advocate General Jàn Mazák today delivered his opinion in the AstraZeneca case. AstraZeneca (AstraZeneca AB and AstraZeneca plc) had appealed the judgment from the General Court of the European Union of July 2010 where the European Commission’s fine for i.a. abusing the patent system was upheld, although it was reduced to 52,5 mill EURO.

The concept of self-conducted diagnostic tests, administered by patients in their own home, would likely have been thought completely preposterous 100 years ago – conjuring-up images of an array of test-tubes, flasks and Bunsen burners.

The Copyright Licensing Agency (CLA), a United Kingdom (UK) not-for-profit, has announced that it is developing a Generative AI (GenAI) Training Licence, and is hoping to publish the licence in the third quarter of 2025.

IP rights play a pivotal role in the protection of music and maintenance of an equitable working environment for songwriters, composers and performers. Crucially, IP rights, in particular copyright...

Klauzula bestsellerowa to instytucja prawa autorskiego uregulowana w art. 44 Ustawy o prawie autorskim i prawach pokrewnych (dalej: PrAut)...

The 2025 edition of our German "Doing Business" guide is now available! It includes important legal updates for companies operating in the Netherlands.

The patent in dispute (EP1993350, hereinafter "the patent") is owned by Amycel and relates to the mushroom strain BR06 (also known as "Heirloom"), a brown mushroom marketed in many countries.

Par une ordonnance rendue le 31 juillet 2024 (UPC_CFI_195/2024), la division locale de La Haye de la Juridiction Unifiée des Brevets (JUB ; ci-après « la Cour ») a accordé une injonction...

"Guidelines on Examination of Digital Data in On-Site Inspection" ["the Guideline"] is published by the Competition Authority ["Authority"] on 09.10.2020 to identify...

Navigating the UPC's evidence minefield: when confidentiality issues clash with procedural deadlines.

in our previous videos we talked how it's best to use the company a Cyprus company for your trading of cryptos and as we've explained this is because the Cyprus...