Case Law, FRAND, Injunction, UPC

(Michalski Hüttermann & Partner)/

Maybe not all readers of this blog will know that there once was a “North German Confederation” which existed from July 1867 to December 1870, after which it became part of the newly to-be-founded German kingdom. This confederation even had its own constitution, which became somewhat of a blueprint for the German constitution of 1871….

Case Law, EPO, Inventive step, UPC

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One of the most highly debated issues at the UPC before its commencement was the question, how the UPC would deal with validity of patents – would it essentially take over the EPO’s course? Or would it deviate from that? From the first judgments, many commentators drew the conclusion that at least when it comes…