Insights (Filter: patents)
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The Injunction Divide: America Reconsiders, Europe Stays Undecided
Twenty years after the US Supreme Court’s decision in eBay v. MercExchange, L.L.C. reshaped the law of patent injunctions, Washington is beginning...
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Patent Enforcement Spiralling Out of Control: What Happens When Injunctions Are Taken Away?
By: Dyuti PandyaIn a recent Insight, we argued that weakening injunctive relief through a reform of the Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement Directive (IPRED) is...
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Reassessing the Case for IPRED Injunction Reform: Proportionality, Evidence and European Patent Enforcement
The European Union seems to be revisiting an old debate about injunctions and injunctive relief in patent disputes. Although the debate focuses on...
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Don’t Panic! It’s Just FRAND Licensing Practices
By: Dyuti PandyaA breakthrough in calculating a 'fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory' (FRAND) royalty rate for wireless patents came in the year 2198. After...
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The EU Impact Assessment of Standard Essential Patents Reform: Nice Try But Please Try Again!
By: Dyuti PandyaThe EU process to reform its policy on Standard Essential Patents (SEPs) should have been much better. When the proposal was unveiled in April this...
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The Economic Value of Standard Essential Patents and the Costs of the Commission’s SEPs proposal
Tags: China EU Information and Communications Technology intellectual property patents R&D standard essential patents USBy: Oscar GuineaThe European Commission’s proposal to reform Standard Essential Patents (SEPs) puts SEP holders against SEP implementers. The logic is simple:...
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Power, Cooperation and Standard Essential Patents – Reviewing the European Commission’s Bid for Reform
By: Fredrik ErixonThe European Commission’s proposal to upend the current system for Standard Essential Patents (SEPs) have prompted many reflections and a...
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Go Back to the Drawing Board! The Commission’s Leaked Patent Reform Would Be Bad for Technological Development and Europe
By: Fredrik ErixonI have finally got around to reading the leaked draft proposal by the European Commission to overhaul the system of Standard Essential Patents (SEPs)...