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Decisions to be Made Regarding the EU Unitary Patent and Potentially Opting out of the Unified Patent Court
The Administrative Council of the new European Unified Patent Court stated that the target date for the EU Unitary Patent and Unified Patent Court to come into effect will be on April 1, 2023. However, there is still a possibility that this may be...
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Article about the EU Unitary Patent and Unified Patent Court by John Richards is Now Available
In 1973 the European Patent Convention was signed in order to set up a common patent office to examine patent applications for any European country that wished to participate. The convention went into effect in 1978 with the opening of the...
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Introduction In 1973, in response to concerns about the costs of securing patent protection in Europe, the European Patent Convention was signed to set up a common patent office to examine patent applications for any European country that wished to...
Read Article L&P ATTORNEY HAS ARTICLE TITLED “EUROPEAN UNITARY PATENT & UNIFIED PATENT COURT” PUBLISHED IN FINANCIER WORLD WIDE MAGAZINE
Ladas attorney John Richards has had his article titled: “European Unitary Patent and Unified Patent Court” published in the August 2022 issue of Financier Worldwide...
Read ArticleAmerican Axle v. Neapco
Introduction On July 31, 2020, in American Axle v. Neapco, the Federal Circuit split 6-6 on the question of whether to grant en banc review of a panel decision on patent eligibility seen by many as an unwarranted extension of the principle that...
Read Article An Article by John Richards regarding the UK Supreme Court Decision in the Cases of Unwired Planet v. Huawei and Huawei v. Conversant is Now Available in the Education Center
On August 26, 2020, the United Kingdom Supreme Court handed down its unanimous combined decision in the cases of Unwired Planet v. Huawei and Huawei v. Conversant. Both cases involved questions of: Whether the contracts entered into by those who...
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