A guide through Europe’s new unified patent system *

European Union - May 28 2013
The EU Patent Package (the Patent Package) consists of two related, but independent parts: a Unitary EU Patent (the Unitary Patent or UP) and a…

Co-authors: Hiroshi Sheraton.

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The EU agrees to a new, unitary patent system *

European Union - January 31 2013
Despite criticism from the European industry, patent lawyers and judges, the European Parliament has now approved the Unitary Patent (UP) Regulation…

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Is the second-hand sale of software licenses allowed in Europe? *

European Union - July 31 2012
The Court of Justice of the European Union has now ruled that software developers may no longer block the resale of online licensed software.

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Breakthrough: Europe gets the European Patent Court *

European Union - June 29 2012
Europe has debated establishing a single EU Patent System for more than four decades.

Co-authors: Jacques Buhart, Hiroshi Sheraton.

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FRAND defence in German courts: remedy against standard-essential patents? *

Germany - June 21 2012
Standard setting is considered an inevitable process nowadays.

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