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[Guest post]: The proportionality test in European patent law

The IPKat

Injunctions are all the rage in contemporary patent law. This week marks the publication of a book by the IPKat’s Dutch friend and former GuestKat Léon Dijkman on the hotly contested notion of the proportionality test in European patent law, accessible for free here. Oh, how times have changed.

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Amendment of German patent law: small step or giant leap for proportionality?

The IPKat

For his parting post, he returns to Germany and patent injunctions. As readers may know, the German parliament recently adopted amendments of the German Patent Act (GPA) as the final step of a reform process that spanned nearly two years [final version (German) here , earlier Katpost here , news coverage here ]. here and here ].

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WIPO General Assembly moves to diplomatic conferences on designs and traditional knowledge associated with genetic resources

The IPKat

The proposed Design Law Treaty (DLT) The Treaty aims to streamline the international system for protecting designs, making it easier, faster, and cheaper by accelerating the procedures and eliminating red tape. This is referred to as a proposed new ‘patent disclosure requirement’. International License. Copyright: WIPO.

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EFTA-India Free Trade Agreement and Patents Rules Amendment: Compromising Public Accountability and Transparency in the Indian Patent System

SpicyIP

Significantly, the agreement requires India to make substantive changes to its provision obligating a patent applicant to furnish information about their foreign applications corresponding to their application in India. Prathibha Sivasubramanian is a law researcher working with TWN.

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IP as a political instrument in Russia

The IPKat

In the spring and summer of 2022, following the international sanctions imposed upon Russia after its invasion of Ukraine, Russia introduced several landmark changes to its IP law, most notably to patent, trademark and copyright laws.

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Personal Jurisdiction: Is it Still Federal Circuit Law?

Patently-O

The crux of the decision is as follows: [T]he district court read our precedent as applying a bright-line rule that patent infringement notice letters and related communications can never form the basis for personal jurisdiction. 2006); Hildebrand v. Personal Jurisdiction as Not Patent Law Specific. 3d 1356, 1364 (Fed.

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Guest Book Review: IP Accidents

The IPKat

The book's cover wonderfully matches the colours of the Villa Salviati gardens This is a book review of IP Accidents: Negligence Liability in Intellectual Property , by Patrick Goold , City Law School, University of London. Léon is currently finishing his PhD on the proportionality principle and injunctions for patent infringement in EU law.

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