The image of the patent lawyer is a preoccupied guy with a green eye shade and sleeve
garters, a slide rule on his belt and a calculator in his pocket. He almost never goes to court …

Abstract The author Paul England PhD is a senior associate and senior professional support
lawyer in the IP/IT group of Taylor Wessing, London, specializing in patents. This article The …

Technology is always changing. Patent law is also constantly evolving, as the courts and
Congress continue to make significant changes to this area of law. But what about patents …

France, Germany and the UK are signatories to the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of
Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPs). Article 50 (1) of TRIPs envisages that national courts …

On June 8, 2005, Representative Lamar Smith, chairman of the Subcommittee on Courts,
the Internet, and Intellectual Property, introduced the Patent Reform Act of 2005 (HR …

A recently published decision of the Milan Court of First Instance not only confirms that a
cross-border claim for a declaration of non-infringement of a European patent is unlikely to …

Since the Supreme Court's decision in eBay, Inc. v. MercExchange, LLC, 2 the issuing of
injunctions in patent infringement cases has become a lively topic. 3 Much of the …

The idea of shoot-from-the-hip lawsuits brought by essentially faceless licensing entities,
without any significant thought of whether the lawsuit or underlying patent has any merit …

Patent litigation today places short-and long-term financial pressures on litigants and a high
workload on the judicial system. Current mechanisms to lower these pressures include …

Abstract The European Patent Convention (EPC) provides for a common application and
examination procedure for European patents. Therefore, European patents are granted on …