Intellectual Property Protection, Infringement, Appeals

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

A Fine Line Between Co-Owner and Infringer

Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs, LLC on 10/11/2021

Can an employee’s unpatentable “idea”, conceived under a duty to assign intellectual property, give rise to co-ownership in an invention conceived after employment terminates? That was the question on appeal in Bio-Rad...more

Personal Jurisdiction/Forum Non Conveniens - The World in U.S. Courts: Summer-Fall 2018

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 12/4/2018

Associaçio Brasileira de Medicina de Grupo, DBA Abramge v. Stryker Corp., US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, May 31, 2018 - An association of Brazilian health insurance providers sued Stryker, a Michigan...more

China: New national-level Appeal Court – Cautious hopes for improved consistency and efficiency in high-tech IP / patent cases

Hogan Lovells on 11/9/2018

On 26 October 2018, the Standing Committee of China’s National People’s Congress (NPC) issued a Decision setting out the establishment of a new IP Court of Appeals at the national level within the Supreme People’s Court...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

The World in US Courts: Orrick's Quarterly Review of Decisions Applying US Law to Global Business and Cross-Border Activities

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 11/25/2016

Alien Tort Statute (ATS)/Torture Victims Protection Act (TVPA)/Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) - District Court Dismisses ATS Claim Where Alleged Conduct in US Was Not Directly Linked to Injuries Claimed in Other Countries - ...more