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IP is the “basis of Europe’s competitiveness” – it would be “unrealistic” to think otherwise, says IP Europe’s new Secretary General Niklas Lagergren
Read more: IP is the “basis of Europe’s competitiveness” – it would be “unrealistic” to think otherwise, says IP Europe’s new Secretary General Niklas Lagergren“Our ideas and our intellectual property are basically the only possible basis we have for our future competitiveness,” Mr. Lagergren, who boasts 30 years in IP policy experience in Brussels, told ip fray in an exclusive interview.
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BREAKING: ZTE prevails on FRAND in parallel offensive, defensive cases in landmark German decisions against Samsung
Read more: BREAKING: ZTE prevails on FRAND in parallel offensive, defensive cases in landmark German decisions against SamsungIn two parallel decisions, the Munich I Regional Court has granted ZTE a German injunction against Samsung and thrown out Samsung’s own SEP countersuit over FRAND.
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UPC infringement actions average 13 months, 2025 annual report reveals
Read more: UPC infringement actions average 13 months, 2025 annual report revealsThe UPC has published its 2025 annual report, which contains statistics on the average times of its cases per case type, highlights the landmark decisions that have shaped its case law so far, and reveals that of the actions pending on December 31, 2025, over 60 involve one or more standard-essential patents.
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Helsinki LD solves part of less-frequented UPC venues’ chicken-and-egg problem
Read more: Helsinki LD solves part of less-frequented UPC venues’ chicken-and-egg problemThe Helsinki LD adopts the Hague LD’s equivalence standard based on an approach that offers greater predictability for litigants considering smaller UPC venues. AIM lost again.
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Federal Circuit analysis would create “substantial disincentive” to generic entry, USDOJ tells Supreme Court in Hikma v. Amarin
Read more: Federal Circuit analysis would create “substantial disincentive” to generic entry, USDOJ tells Supreme Court in Hikma v. AmarinThe key arguments centred on whether it was plausible that Hikma’s marketing amounted to inducement to infringe.
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Belgian SME keeps Dutch at UPC Brussels LD as CFI president rejects Esko’s bid to switch case to English
Read more: Belgian SME keeps Dutch at UPC Brussels LD as CFI president rejects Esko’s bid to switch case to EnglishThe President of the UPC Court of First Instance has refused Esko Software’s push for English, keeping a Brussels patent fight in Dutch.
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First U.S. SEP injunction since 2007 now unlikely: Wilus v. Askey & Samsung pretrial conference gets canceled on short notice
Read more: First U.S. SEP injunction since 2007 now unlikely: Wilus v. Askey & Samsung pretrial conference gets canceled on short noticeOn Tuesday, Judge Gilstrap first modified the time of a Wilus v. Askey & Samsung pretrial conference, and later in the day canceled it altogether. Some interesting motions are now unlikely ever to be adjudicated.
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- IP is the “basis of Europe’s competitiveness” – it would be “unrealistic” to think otherwise, says IP Europe’s new Secretary General Niklas Lagergren
- UK must be careful: U.S. Trade Representative’s Special 301 Report raises SEP-specific concerns (global license rulings, antisuit injunctions)
- BREAKING: ZTE prevails on FRAND in parallel offensive, defensive cases in landmark German decisions against Samsung
- UPC infringement actions average 13 months, 2025 annual report reveals
- Helsinki LD solves part of less-frequented UPC venues’ chicken-and-egg problem