and that substantive issues have been replaced by formal ones. Looking at decisions taken in 1995 shows that they were on average shorter and much more to the point than decisions in 2013. 4...

Mannheim District Court finds that the Defendants’ conduct during the negotiations in other respects shows their lacking willingness to genuinely and purposefully facilitate the FRAND...

ble from the perspective of the Preparatory Committee). Managing IP’s latest Twitter poll results show only 17% of respondents believe the UPC will start in 2018, whereas 38% said “2020 or...

Federal patent court take more than two, or sometimes even three, years on average, their duration showing an upward trend. This means that the qualified notification, which usually is issued...

2. Case law - the decisions As the decisions of the Boards of Appeal presented in this IP Report show, the amendments to Art. 13(1) and (2) RPBA 2020 are strictly applied. a. In the two...

that speed may be detrimental to thoroughness. Thus, both aspects may be in conflict and experience shows that the increased targets for examiners result, beyond a certain point, in lower...

readers with some background, we refer to our earlier assessment of the initial draft . A comparison shows countless amendments ranging from small corrections to the addition or deletion of...

rate, the fact that London is no longer a location for one of the sections of the Central Division shows that Pandora’s box does not have to be opened regarding the UPCA; it is already open. And...

you see is what you get”). Unlike under, for example, trade dress or trademark law, a EU design showing, for instance, a hat is innately as such configurated to also protect against...