The European Patent with unitary effect and the Unified Patent Court (UPC) were announced to be operational in 2023 – (See our news – a-european-unitary-patent). Germany having just ratified the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court (UPC), the latter will enter into force on June 1, 2023 simultaneously with the launch […]
On December 22, 2022, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) once again addressed the delicate issue of the distribution of infringing goods via online sales platforms. In this case, the infringing products were distributed on the Amazon platform by third party sellers using Mr. Louboutin’s Benelux and EU […]
On March 15, 2023, the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) will enter into force in respect of Mauritius, allowing applicants from Mauritius to file international applications for protection in PCT Contracting States, including Switzerland; and it will be possible to obtain protection in Mauritius using the PCT system. The PCT offers a […]