Today, the German Bundestag adopted with the necessary qualified majority the draft ratification bill including the consent to the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court (UPCA).Welcoming the news, EPO President António Campinos said: "Today's approval by the Bundestag brings us an important st
Anji white tea, Panjin rice, Shanxi vinegar, Parma ham, Portuguese green wine... On September 14, with the sign of the "Agreement on the Protection and Cooperation of Geographical Indications between the Government of the People's Republic of China and the European Union", these g
On December 7 in the Northern District of California, electronics manufacturer Lenovo filed a complaint against Nokia Technologies Oy, a wholly owned subsidiary of Nokia Corporation whose purported main purpose is to monetize the patent rights obtained by the numerous Nokia entities, for breach of c
Nokia is seeking to stop the referral of a Connected Cars lawsuit against Daimler to the CJEU. Yesterday evening, Nokia filed an immediate appeal against the relevant decision of the Regional Court in Düsseldorf. Previously Nokia had transferred two other lawsuits against Daimler from Düsseldorf to
A new study published by the European Patent Office (EPO) today, 24 November 2020, shows that European universities and public research organisations use European patents as the main instrument to exploit their inventions commercially. It finds that these institutions already exploit more than a thi
