GEVERS | European Union | 9 Jan 2023
🕑 4 minutes According to the European Patent Convention and its Protocol on Interpretation, patent claims should be interpreted by adopting a balanced approach that combines fair protection for the patent holder with a reasonable degree of certainty for third parties. This article discusses how patent claims are interpreted in light of two important legal principles: the doctrine of......
LexOrbis | India | 29 Oct 2022
The doctrine of promissory estoppel is an equitable doctrine evolved by equity to prevent injustice. The doctrine estops the promisor to retract from…
Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP | United Kingdom | 19 Oct 2022
The Supreme Court this morning allowed an appeal in part in a long running dispute between two parents and their son about promises made by the…
Bird & Bird LLP | China | 27 Sep 2022
This article will discuss the application of the concept of “reverse estoppel” as enshrined in related legal provisions, and the factors considered…
Reed Smith LLP | USA | 5 Aug 2022
The issue is when offensive non-mutual collateral estoppel applies to a case that was part of an MDL. More specifically, the issue is which State’s…
Oh-Ebashi LPC & Partners | Japan | 5 Jul 2022
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Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP | United Kingdom | 4 Jul 2022
The issue of proprietary estoppel has come to the fore again in the case of Guest v Guest which was heard in the Supreme Court in December 2021 and on…
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP | USA | 21 Jun 2022
No estoppel if IPR not instituted. A recent district court case confirms that IPR estoppel does not apply to IPR petitions that are not instituted…
Thompson Coburn LLP | USA | 7 Jun 2022
In California Institute of Technology v. Broadcom Limited (“Cal Tech”), the Federal Circuit clarified the scope of inter partes review (IPR) estoppel…