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UPC Court of Appeal confirms its jurisdiction over infringements that pre-date the UPC Agreement

A&O Shearman on 7/18/2025

Xsys Italia v. Esko-Graphics ORD_23545/2025 - The Court of Appeal of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) has delivered a decision clarifying the temporal scope of the UPC’s jurisdiction over European patent infringement...more

Hot Topics in International Trade - February 2024 - Parallel Imports, A Global Phenomenon, And a Very Grey Area Regarding...

Braumiller Law Group, PLLC on 2/7/2024

At the core of the definition, a Parallel import is a non-counterfeit product imported from another country without the permission of the intellectual property owner. They are also goods that are not authorized for...more

Global Trade Secrets Guide 2020

Hogan Lovells on 2/19/2020

Businesses are increasingly turning to trade secrets as a mechanism to protect their innovations and know-how. In some cases, trade secrets offer an attractive alternative to patent protection. Companies also recognize the...more

20-year legal dispute over two seconds of music: CJEU on the never-ending sampling story

Hogan Lovells on 8/5/2019

German courts have been dealing with the Metall auf Metall [song by the German band Kraftwerk] case for two decades. Recently, the CJEU, too, has had to deal with the case and ruled by judgment of 29 July 2019 (C-476/17) that...more

France – Trade secrets protection optimized with new procedural measures before Courts

Hogan Lovells on 6/12/2019

The FRAND patent litigation case between Conversant Wireless Licensing SARL and LG Electronics Inc. and LG Electronics France offers a first and exemplary illustration of an extensive use of the procedural arrangements...more

Netherlands: Getting the most out of the new trade secret protection act

Hogan Lovells on 3/8/2019

The new Trade Secret Protection Act came into force recently in the Netherlands. The Act is an implementation of the EU Trade Secrets Directive, which seeks to improve and harmonise the standards of protection of trade...more

New French Decree Modifies Rules to Protect Confidential Documents During Infringement Seizure

Jones Day on 2/25/2019

Context: French Decree No. 2018-1126 of 11 December 2018 on the protection of trade secrets, enacted in application of Act No. 2018-670 of 30 July 2018, establishes rules to preserve trade secrets in the context of civil and...more

Publication of the Decree on the Protection of Trade Secrets in France

White & Case LLP on 1/8/2019

Following the promulgation of Law n°2018-670 on the Protection of Trade Secrets on 30 July 2008 transposing the provisions of Directive (EU) 2016/493 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2016 on the...more

FRAND license litigation: new ways of accessing relevant rates in France

Hogan Lovells on 11/5/2018

Besides its new provisions defining the trade secret and sanctioning its infringements, the French Law of 30 July 2018 regarding Trade Secret offers new procedural instruments aimed at efficiently protecting the...more

Does the word ‘Glen’ on a whiskey product make EU consumers think it is Scotch? The CJEU requires that national courts determine...

Ladas & Parry LLP on 6/19/2018

On June 7th, 2018, the Court of Justice of the European Union issued a preliminary ruling attempting to clarify the EU rules that protect registered geographical indications applicable to spirit drinks....more

Scottish glens, German whisky and the question: Are you befuddled?

Hogan Lovells on 6/7/2018

Court of Justice of the European Union, judgment of 7 June 2018, C-44/17 - Glen is a Gaelic word with a wonderful lyrical sound to it and reminiscent of idyllic remote Scottish valleys with the mists from the last rain...more

Europe: Combatting illegal pharma trade

Hogan Lovells on 3/27/2017

We are delighted to announce the launch of our Combatting illegal pharma trade enforcement guide. This publication is a pharmaceutical industry-specific brochure which complements our suite of brand and trademark protection...more

DSM Watch: The new copyright directive – What will happen to the liability privilege of platforms?

Hogan Lovells on 3/20/2017

Since the first proposals for amendments to the European Commission’s draft copyright directive were leaked earlier this month, we have seen quite some discussion on what the Digital Single Market will bring about. The leaked...more

Patentability of software in Italy & partial recovery of profits (infringement of patents on marginal aspects of a product)

Hogan Lovells on 2/6/2017

By judgement of January 3rd, 2017, the Turin Court of Appeal delivered a monumental decision in a longstanding patent dispute concerning the validity and infringement of patents relating to an Electronic Program Guide (EPG)...more

IP World Tour: Snapshots of Overseas IP Protection

WilmerHale on 5/3/2016

No matter where you look in the world, it’s a certainty that a dispute is ongoing over someone’s intellectual property (IP). The theft of ideas is nothing new, but just as important to those investing abroad is knowledge of...more

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