European Union: Patent

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...

The Data Act, effective from January 11, 2024, is reshaping the digital landscape, driving competition, and innovation through enhanced data sharing.

On 9 February 2012, the Court of Justice of the European Union (the "ECJ") answered a preliminary question referred to it by the High Court of Justice of England and Wales (the "Referring Court") in Novartis AG ("Novartis") v. Actavis UK Ltd.

A recently published decision of the European Patent Office’s (EPO) Board of Appeal about European patents and clinical trials provides for interesting reading and for some important pointers about how to deal with clinical trials for medicinal products but also for medical devices as to not destroy novelty of a patentable invention with invalidity as result.

The patent of Oliver Brüstle that is at stake relates to purified neural precursor cells and to processes for their production from embryonic stem cells.

After months of deliberations, discussions, and industry protests, the national legislator has adopted an amendment to the Copyright and Related Rights Act ("Copyright Act")...

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...