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CJEU rejects Italian and Spanish challenges to the Council’s unitary patent decision

  • McDermott Will & Emery
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  • European Union, Italy, Spain
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  • April 30 2013

In Kingdom of Spain and Italian Republic v Council of the European Union Joined Cases C-27411 and C-29511, the Court of Justice of the European

The CJEU dismisses the actions brought by Spain & Italy against the unitary patent

  • Abril Abogados
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  • European Union, Italy, Spain
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  • April 24 2013

This controversy started when discussing the language regime that will be adopted in the Unitary Patent (UP) regulation. The result of such

ECJ dismisses Spanish and Italian challenge to EU-wide unitary patent system, but obstacles remain

  • White & Case LLP
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  • European Union, Italy, Spain
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  • April 24 2013

On 16 April 2013, the Court of Justice of the European Union ("ECJ") handed down its judgment in Joined Cases C-27411 and 29511 in which it

Late filing of Italian translation of European patent specifications allowed by Board of Appeal

  • Jacobacci & Partners
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  • Italy
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  • March 6 2013

A recent decision of the Italian Board of Appeal confirmed that it is possible to file the Italian translation of a European patent within two months

Italian Supreme Court on infringement of a process patent

  • NCTM Studio Legale Associato
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  • Italy
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  • February 28 2013

With judgment dated 11 January 2013, the Italian Supreme Court has drawn the boundaries of a process patent's scope of protection in case of partial

Round-up of key developments

  • Hogan Lovells
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  • European Union, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain
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  • October 31 2012

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Italian Supreme Court rules on patent prior use

  • Hogan Lovells
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  • Italy
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  • October 25 2012

The Italian Supreme Court ruled that the existence and extent of a prior use right are to be determined by the specific factual circumstances of the use of the invention in the year prior to the patent priority date

Patentability of intermediate chemical compounds is it time for a change?

  • Jacobacci & Partners
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  • Italy
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  • September 19 2012

A 2011 decision of the Court of Turin addressed the controversial issue of the patentability of so-called "intermediate chemical products", following the Italian courts' general approach to prevent the patentability of such intermediates

Italian court annuls patent misuse decision

  • White & Case LLP
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  • Italy
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  • September 10 2012

At the beginning of 2012, the Italian Competition Authority adopted an infringement decision against Pfizer Italia s.r.l., Pfizer Health AB, and Pfizer Inc. (“Pfizer”) and imposed a fine of EUR 10.6 million for an abuse of dominant position

Enforcing an essential patent at an interim proceedings level

  • Hogan Lovells
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  • Italy
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  • October 25 2011

Telefonaktiebolaget L.M. Ericsson (Ericsson), a holding of Ericsson group, claimed infringement of various patents covering the standardized technologies GSM and EDGE by ZTE Italy S.r.l. (ZTE), a subsidiary of ZTE Corp