Emily Flood and Gamze Gezer-Voerknecht of NLO examine how European patent law applies to the booming nutraceuticals market, focusing on EPO practice, therapeutic versus non‑therapeutic claims, and ... The National Law Review: Could European Courts Soon Be Litigating and Enforcing U.S. Patents?

Understanding the Context

The National Law Review: To Be Or Not To Be: Self-Revocation of Seminal European Patents Creates New Uncertainty In CRISPR IP Space The European Unified Patent Court (UPC) has seen a surge of nearly 700 cases since its launch in June 2023, turning Munich, Düsseldorf, and Mannheim into patent battlegrounds as companies chase ... JD Supra: Could European Courts Soon Be Litigating and Enforcing U.S. Patents? Could we be on the verge of a future where U.S.

Key Insights

patents are regularly litigated in European courts? It seems to be a wild question, but it is precisely the issue before courts in Munich, Germany and ... Thirty-nine contracting nations of the European Patent Convention—a separate treaty more inclusive than EU membership—have organized a unified European Patent Office (the EPO). Instead of applying ... Wilhelm Eger of Maiwald Intellectual Property examines how the Pemetrexed case has influenced European approaches to patent infringement under the doctrine of equivalency and how numbers and ...

Final Thoughts

The EU has developed strong laws to protect patents, industrial designs, copyrights as well as local agricultural, industrial and craft products. In his 2021 conclusions, the Council recalled that ... eWeek: EU Scraps AI, Tech Patent Laws, Citing Regulatory Disagreements With US The U.S. Department of Justice is challenging both European Union-backed collective patent licensing arrangements in the automotive sector and antitrust claims in U.S. disputes over standard-essential ...