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The Court of Justice of the EU has emphatically dismissed two challenges to the Regulations establishing the Unitary Patent filed by the Spanish government

A group of developed countries has agreed some of the principles that should underpin any future patent harmonisation deal. But differences remain on how those principles should be implemented when it comes to handling grace periods and conflicting applications

Senior European Commission officials have weighed into the debate on fees for the new Unitary Patent system, saying that the concerns about the EU's competitiveness should be placed ahead of revenue considerations

Austria, like Germany, has had for many decades a dual system for judging patent infringement: infringement itself is the realm of the Commercial Courts (or Penal Courts) while nullity of the underlying patent can only be stated by the Patent Office and its Appellate Courts. Such a nullity decision has then an effect erga omnes which means that the patent is struck out of the registers. That split is mitigated in that the Appeal Courts judging the infringement question are the same as those for the Patent Office decisions and usually decide on nullity prior to their judgment concerning infringement. Only in the proceeding for an interlocutory injunction has the Court to judge nullity of the patent itself as a preliminary question. But very often the patent is upheld in this procedure and the percentage of uncertainty of the Court about it is expressed by the level of security payment imposed on the plaintiff.

A Managing IP survey of over 100 in-house lawyers and businessmen has revealed some interesting tips on how foreign law firms can win work out of China

Latin America is emerging strongly from the economic downturn, with trademark applications increasing. But, as Karen Bolipata reports, there are many issues to be discussed in today’s session on the region.

The UK’s Supreme Court will next week hear a case concerning whether the UK has correctly followed European patent law on industrial application

The Federal Circuit has ordered the USPTO to reconsider seven patents owned by patent licensing company NTP, but upheld the rejection of a separate NTP patent in a decision that may provide legal guidance to tech companies facing infringement suits from NTP

President Obama has turned words into action with his multi-layered plans to deal with patent trolls. The problem is the recommendations go too far – and not far enough

Chien’s work on patent trolls has led the debate in the US and been behind many of the recent proposals for reform