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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

A new front in the patent wars: CJEU asked for guidance on limits to injunctive relief

  • McDermott Will & Emery
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  • European Union, USA
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  • April 11 2013

The patent wars between large technology companies continue unabated. The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) is set to provide guidance on

Launch of EUUS cooperative patent classification scheme

  • McDermott Will & Emery
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  • European Union, USA
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  • February 7 2013

The European Patent Office (EPO) and the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) have launched a global classification system for patent

Final form Unified Patent Court Agreement published

  • McDermott Will & Emery
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  • European Union
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  • February 7 2013

The final version of the agreement on a Unified Patent Court and related statute (UPC Agreement) was published on 11 January 2013. It is anticipated

The EU agrees to a new, unitary patent system

  • McDermott Will & Emery
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  • European Union
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  • January 31 2013

Despite criticism from the European industry, patent lawyers and judges, the European Parliament has now approved the Unitary Patent (UP) Regulation

High Court of England and Wales has jurisdiction to try pan-European declaration of non-infringement action

  • McDermott Will & Emery
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  • European Union, United Kingdom
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  • January 9 2013

In Actavis Group HF v Eli Lilly and Company 2012 EWHC 3316 (Pat) the High Court of England and Wales has held that, in cases where there is no challenge

What did you say? $31 million awarded for infringement of hearing aid patent

  • McDermott Will & Emery
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  • European Union
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  • November 29 2012

In a case involving the alleged infringement of two patents related to hearing aids, one of which was found under judgment as a matter of law (JMOL) to not be infringed

Proposed remedies in the midst of the patent wars: EU and US antitrust watchdogs push to strengthen FRAND in standard setting

  • McDermott Will & Emery
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  • European Union, USA
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  • November 20 2012

Chief Economists from the US Federal Trade Commission, the US Department of Justice and the EU Directorate General for Competition, have agreed on a set of four, non-binding suggestions that shouldif followed by standard-setting organisationsincrease the level of protection afforded to consumers and promote innovation

Amended draft agreement on the European Unified Patent Court remains controversial

  • McDermott Will & Emery
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  • European Union
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  • November 7 2012

The Presidency of the Council of the European Union published on 28 September 2012 the new draft of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) agreement

Agreeing to license standard-essential patents on RAND terms may bar foreign injunctive relief

  • McDermott Will & Emery
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  • European Union, Germany, USA
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  • October 31 2012

Addressing an anti-suit injunction in the context of patent licensing, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed a preliminary injunction issued by a district court temporarily enjoining the enforcement of a German patent injunction