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The Unitary patent package Twenty-five member states of the European Union, including the Czech Republic and Slovakia recently signed an Agreement on a Unified Patent Court ("UPC"). The agreement (if ratified by the required number of participating...

After years of deliberations, the so-called "EU package" was approved by the European Parliament and Council in December 2012. While it remains to be seen whether the legislative acts of the highly contentious package will really come into force as...

The China Internet Network Information Centre ("CNNIC"), which is the state network centre of the People's Republic of China ("PRC"), under the auspices of the Ministry of Information and Industry Technology, has recently announced that,...

The recent announcement that the EU has offered funding to the I2mine research project which seeks to develop invisible, zero-impact mines, amply demonstrates the increasingly significant role played by technology in the mining industry.  Not just a driver...

Der EuGH hat am 24. Mai 2012 entschieden, dass der "Goldhase" mangels Unterscheidungskraft nicht als Formmarke eintragungsfähig ist. Denn die angemeldete Marke unterscheide sich in ihrer Grundfform nicht wesentlich von handelsüblichen Verpackungen....

In March 2012, the Indian Patent Office granted its first-ever compulsory license to a generic druc manufacturer, allowing it to manufacture and sell a patented cancer drug. The decision attracted worldwide attention within the pharmaceutical industry. The client...

The Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act ("BPCI Act"), enacted as part of the Affordable Care Act on March 23, 2010, is intended to create an abbreviated approval pathway for biological products that can be demonstrated to be biosimilar to,...

Supresión del canon por copia privada Entrada en vigor de la reforma Efectos de la supresión del canon por copia privada Futuro desarrollo reglamentario del nuevo régimen de pago a los titulares de derechos de propiedad intelec...

Abolition of the private copying levy Entry into force of the legislative reform Effects of the abolition of the private copying levy Future implementing regulations of the new payment regime for copyright rights-holders

On 4 October 2011, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled in disputes concerning the licensing of broadcasting rights to Premier League football matches, in the matter Premier League v Karen Murphy. In this document we give a summary of the jud...