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Sony Court of Cassation ruling of April 24, 2024: admissibility of infringement claims even for events occurring prior to registration of the assignment.

Registration of the assignment in the National Patent Register (NPR) enables the assignee of a patent to enforce the assigned patent against third parties

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Infringement by equivalence before the preliminary injunction judge: where has the obvioussness gone?

Is it possible to obtain a preliminary injunction (PI) based only on infringement by equivalence? While a 2017 PI order clearly answered no to this que

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Recasting the existing EU SPC regulations and introducing a unitary SPC: recent progress and future steps

La Commission européenne a proposé une réforme des Certificats Complémentaires de Protection (CCP) pour les médicaments, avec un CCP unitaire et une refonte du règlement existant. Le Parlement européen a adopté ces textes le 28 février dernier. L'EUIPO examinera les demandes de CCP, avec des mécanismes de contrôle et de recours. Les textes intègrent la jurisprudence de la CJUE pour assurer la cohérence. Les prochaines étapes incluent des discussions avec le Conseil de l'Union européenne dans le cadre des trilogues. Les élections européennes ne devraient pas interrompre le processus législatif.

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Number of PCT filings: 1st worldwide decline in 14 years, but France still on the rise

In anticipation of the forthcoming release of the WIPO 2024 Annual Report, Carsten Fink, Chief Economist at WIPO and Head of the Statistics and Data Analys

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Spring-summer 2024: priority to the Olympics Games at the 3rd chamber of the Paris Court of 1st instance ?

The 3rd chamber of the Judicial Court of Paris is considering an organization dedicated to the litigation of the Olympic Games, between mid-May and Septemb

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The WTO decision on the "lifting" of patents on Covid vaccines, in 6 questions

A decisive step has just been taken in the process of "lifting" the patents on vaccines against COVID-19, on which we have been publishing regularly since

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Programme de rémunération supplémentaire porté à la connaissance du salarié : condition suffisante mais pas nécessaire pour mettre en route la prescription de l’action en rémunération supplémentaire de l’inventeur salarié

Un programme de rémunération supplémentaire porté à la connaissance du salarié : une condition suffisante mais pas nécessaire à la mise en route de la prescription de l’action en rémunération supplémentaire de l’inventeur salarié. Par un arrêt du 1er avril 2022, la Cour d’appel de Paris confirme l’application des règles de prescription de l’action en rémunération supplémentaire des inventeurs salariés découlant de la réforme de la prescription de 2008 : le délai de prescription triennal court à partir du moment où le salarié avait connaissance des faits lui permettant d’exercer l’action.

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1st date of proceeding before the Paris Court of Justice: 60 days after the service of summons, even for foreign defendants

The Economic and Commercial Activity Department of the 1st instance court of Paris has modified its website. Thus, even for summonses involving a defendant residing abroad, it is possible to request a date for the orientation hearing within a standard period of 60 days rather than 180. Although it is only published on the page of the Economic and Commercial Activity Department, this clarification should concern all summonses subject to the obligation to take of the date of orientation hearing.

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San-Ei v. Nexira on the abuse of the right to sue for infringement: an isolated case or the beginning of a disturbing case law for right holders?

the abuse of the right to sue for infringement : When it comes to infringement proceedings, it is common for the defendant to counterclaim for abuse of process, and equally common for the defendant to be dismissed. The dismissal of such claims is usually based on the grounds that the plaintiff may be mistaken about the scope of his rights and that the mere bringing of such action is not abusive per se.

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The SPC system: a flawed system in need of reform? That is the question... asked by the European Commission

In view of the imminent launch of the Unified Patent Court (“UPC”) and following the publication, in 2020, of its “Intellectual Property Action Plan”,  its “Pharmaceutical Strategy for Europe” and its report on the evaluation of the current Supplementary Protection Certificate (“SPC”) regime, the European Commission launched on 8 March a call for evidence to gather opinions on a possible reform of the SPC system.