The Proposed EU SEP Regulation: a new ecosystem in SEP licensing?
Last April, the European Commission presented three regulatory proposals arising out of the IP Action Plan adopted in November 2020, which we discussed in a previous publication (https://vidalquadrasramon.com/en/essentiality-assessment-of-seps-and-plans-of-the-commission/). One of such proposals relates to standard-essential patents (SEPs). Technical standards implemented worldwide, such as those relating to the different generations of mobile phone technologies (2G to …
Always seek the court’s permission before requesting the limitation of the patent outside the judicial proceeding: the tiotropium case
On 9 February 2023 the Supreme Court upheld a Judgment issued by the Barcelona Provincial Court (Section 15th, specializing in intellectual property matters) which confirmed the nullity of a patent as limited in the court proceedings and ruled that another limitation requested by the proprietor outside them was not valid. The Supreme Court Judgment is …
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Unfair Competition
The use of protective writs in unfair competition cases in Spain
Patents, Unfair Competition
The intersection between competition law and patent law: the fingolimod case
General, Industrial Property, VQR
