What you need to know about evidence on both sides of the Atlantic How can you win opposition proceedings without discovery? What lessons do proceedings at the PTAB offer for businesses in Europe? What are the upsides – and downsides – of discovery? These were among the questions add... By Emma Barraclough January 29 2015
A spotlight on parliamentary lobbying Pirate Party MEP Julia Reda, who this month published a report on copyright for the European Parliament’s Legal Affairs Committee, wants greater transparency about political lobbying. Is your company on her list? By Emma Barraclough January 28 2015
Is China’s utility model system getting a bad rap? A recent report published by IP Key suggests that China’s utility model system contains safeguards to help ensure patent quality not always found in other countries By Peter Leung January 28 2015
The Unitary Patent for non-litigators Michael Carter, Nick Smee, Luke Kempton and Nick Cunningham analyse the implications of the Unitary Patent proposals for non-contentious matters, and recommend steps that patent owners and licensees should take now By Managing IP Correspondent January 26 2015
A mixed year for EU design cases 2014 was a mixed year for design decisions from the Court of Justice and General Court in Luxembourg. David Stone explains how, while the Court of Justice may have scored highly with two decisions, the General Court h... By Managing IP Correspondent January 26 2015
Shifting attitudes to injunctions in patent cases Final injunctions for successful parties in patent cases in Europe have generally been seen as automatic. But, as Stephen Bennett, Stanislas Roux-Vaillard and Christian Mammen explain, attitudes are evolving By Managing IP Correspondent January 26 2015
CJEU clarifies copyright rules on exhaustion of distribution In an important copyright decision issued today, the Court of Justice of the EU has said that the rule of exhaustion of a distribution right does not apply if a party alters the work in such a way that it constitutes ... By Emma Barraclough January 22 2015
European patents expand to Africa The growth of the European patent system is not to be constrained by geographical boundaries: from March this year, it will be possible to validate European patents in Morocco By James Nurton January 20 2015
Pirate Party copyright report set for MEP vote A series of recommendations to reform copyright law in the European Union has been published by Julia Reda, Pirate Party MEP and rapporteur for the Legal Affairs Committee, ahead of a vote by all MEPs later this year By Emma Barraclough January 19 2015
CJEU clarifies contractual limits on database use Businesses that put together databases of information can place contractual limits on how the information is used, as long as the database is not protected by copyright or sui generis rights, the Court of Justice of t... By Emma Barraclough January 15 2015
Unitary Patent fees should be at low end of scale – CIPA President The president of the Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys has told Managing IP she would like to see “an announcement about sensible fees” for the Unitary Patent as soon as possible By James Nurton January 09 2015
Q&A: Catriona Hammer, CIPA president and senior IP counsel, GE Healthcare James Nurton sat down with Catriona Hammer, this year’s president of the Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys, to hear about her goals for the association, the likely impact of the Unitary Patent and other areas of... By James Nurton January 09 2015
