This latest publication in our UPC series takes you through the latest update on the judicial recruitment. On 7 October 2022, the UPC Preparatory Committee shared its latest version of the European Unified Patent Court (UPC)...more
This latest publication in our UPC series takes you through three main advantages of the Unitary Patent system, compared to previous protection options: costs and simplicity, centralized proceedings, and benefits for future...more
On 18 January 2022, the ratification of the Protocol to the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court on provisional application (PPA) by the Austrian Parliament was notified to the Council of the European Union. This means that...more
China -
In February, during the peak of the COVID-19 epidemic in China, the Supreme People’s Court issued a statement that courts at all levels were to assist parties in litigation to file cases or mediate disputes online,...more
In the patent grant proceedings for two European Patent Applications, the EPO has ruled that an AI machine cannot be named as an inventor in a Patent Application. Doing so does not comply with the requirement to designate the...more
2/28/2020
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
EU ,
European Patent Office ,
Foreign Patent Applications ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Inventions ,
Inventors ,
Patent Applications ,
Patent Ownership ,
Patents ,
Statutory Requirements
Hogan Lovells’ Standard Essential Patent (SEP) Update reports on recent news and case decisions from jurisdictions including China, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Spain, the United Kingdom and the United...more
8/8/2019
/ 5G Network ,
Anticompetitive Behavior ,
Antitrust Provisions ,
Blackberry ,
China ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
FRAND ,
Huawei ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
IP License ,
Patents ,
Philips Electronics ,
Qualcomm ,
Standard Essential Patents ,
The Hague ,
Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices
The FRAND patent litigation case between Conversant Wireless Licensing SARL and LG Electronics Inc. and LG Electronics France offers a first and exemplary illustration of an extensive use of the procedural arrangements...more
6/12/2019
/ Confidential Information ,
EU ,
EU Directive ,
France ,
FRAND ,
Infringement ,
Intellectual Property Litigation ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Patents ,
Public Disclosure ,
Trade Secrets
Law No. 2019-486 on growth and transformation of enterprises or “PACTE” Act was promulgated on May 22, 2019, making inventive step a ground for rejection of a domestic French patent application (new Article 612-12, I, 7° of...more
Hogan Lovells’ Standard Essential Patent (SEP) Update reports on recent news and case decisions from jurisdictions including China, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Spain, the United Kingdom and the United...more
5/20/2019
/ Automotive Industry ,
China ,
Connected Cars ,
France ,
FRAND ,
Germany ,
Huawei ,
Intellectual Property Litigation ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
IP License ,
Netherlands ,
Non-Practicing Entities ,
Patents ,
Standard Essential Patents ,
Telecommunications ,
UK
Hogan Lovells’ Standard Essential Patent (SEP) Update reports on recent news and case decisions from jurisdictions including China, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Spain, the United Kingdom and the United...more
Cour de cassation, Commercial Chamber, 16 May 2018, No. 16-21638 -
The French Cour de cassation upholds the Paris Court of Appeal’s decision to reject an SPC application for a biological medicinal product which was based...more
6/20/2018
/ Biologics ,
Cour de Cassation ,
France ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Life Sciences ,
Marketing Perspectives ,
Patent Applications ,
Patents ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Supplementary Protection Certificate ,
United States ,
Vaccinations
On 10 May 2018, France’s Journal Officiel published "Ordonnance n° 2018-341 du 9 mai 2018" (the "Order") on the European patent with unitary effect and the unified patent jurisdiction. ...more
Brevets -
Contrefaçon par fourniture de moyens - invention de combinaison -
La contrefaçon par fourniture de moyens d'un brevet qui couvre une invention de combinaison peut résulter de la fourniture d'un moyen se...more
Brevets -
Sort des redevances de licence de brevet et nullité du brevet
Le Tribunal de grande instance de Paris applique les règles dégagées par le CJUE dans l'arrêt Genentech Inc c. Hoechst GmbH et Sanofi-Aventis...more
Brevets -
Déclaration de non-contrefaçon et compétence territoriale du juge français -
Le Tribunal de grande instance de Paris est compétent pour connaître d'une action en déclaration de non-contrefaçon des...more
4/4/2017
/ Asset Seizure ,
Counterfeit Goods Regulation ,
Counterfeiting ,
Domain Names ,
France ,
Infringement ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Jurisdiction ,
Patents ,
Trademarks ,
Websites