The Unified Patent Court (UPC) is revolutionizing the way patents are enforced in Europe, and McDermott’s intellectual property team is here to help you navigate this dynamic landscape. Our Legal Lens on the Unified Patent...more
On 1 March 2022, the European Commission launched a public consultation inviting stakeholders to comment on a revised Horizontal Block Exemption Regulations on Research & Development and Specialisation (HBERs) draft, as well...more
4/7/2022
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Standard Essential Patents ,
Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU)
While European intellectual property (IP) regimes have slowly digested the Brexit shock, brand owners are vacillating between optimism and apprehension in 2022 as they navigate continuous developments in IP law. At the...more
KEY TAKEAWAYS AND OUTLOOK FOR 2022 -
Tracking with this era’s continuation and uncertainty trends―global supply chain disruption, innovation outpacing legislation, the unstoppable internet of [all the] things (IoT)―2022 is...more
2/18/2022
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Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
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Patents ,
Section 101 ,
Standard Essential Patents ,
USPTO ,
Venue
Following public consultation rounds on the regulation of standard-essential patents (SEPs) in the United States and the United Kingdom, the European Union followed suit and published a “Call for Evidence” concerning an...more
From a German perspective, 2020 saw highly interesting developments that may well have an impact even beyond the borders of Germany. For example, the Federal Court of Justice (Bundesgerichtshof) in Sisvel v. Haier handed down...more
1/26/2021
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EU ,
Filing Deadlines ,
Foreign Trademark ,
FRAND ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Germany ,
Intellectual Property Litigation ,
New Legislation ,
Trademark Application ,
UK ,
Unified Patent Court
The German Federal Court of Justice (FCJ) has issued its decision in a landmark case regarding standard essential patents (SEPs) and fair, reasonable and nondiscriminatory (FRAND) licensing of SEPs. The judgment, dated 5 May...more
On May 5, 2020, an oral hearing in Germany’s most recent landmark case on standard-essential patents (SEPs) and fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory (FRAND) licensing (Sisvel v. Haier, docket no. KZR 36/17) took place...more
The last year of the 2010s has been prolific in terms of important new pieces of legislation and case law within the European Union, and in France and Germany in particular. Indeed, the European Parliament and the EU Council...more
2/12/2020
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Copyright ,
Copyright Infringement ,
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Digital Single Market ,
EU ,
EU Directive ,
European Parliament ,
France ,
FRAND ,
Germany ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
IP Litigation ,
Patents ,
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Trademarks ,
Unified Patent Court
On 11 July 2019, the Munich I District Court (Landgericht) issued an anti-suit injunction in patent litigation, preventing an automotive company from further pursuing proceedings in the United States. The Munich decision...more
8/2/2019
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Automotive Industry ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Ex Parte ,
FRAND ,
Germany ,
Nokia ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patents ,
Preliminary Injunctions ,
Standard Essential Patents