September 2016 - Inscripta

Royalty for a patent: what do you really pay for?

by manuel.roche | Sep 23, 2016 | All, Patents

The Court of Justice of the European Union issued a very important decision last summer that may very well prove disturbing for individuals and companies committed into IP licence agreements (CJEU, 7 July 2016, case C‑567/14). The case is rather complex and includes...

Infringement of registered Community design and sudden breach of established business relationships: limits of the exclusive jurisdiction of Civil courts

by manuel.roche | Sep 16, 2016 | All, Designs

French law provides that the entire litigation for designs, trademarks and patents, including the actions and claims on a related issue of unfair competition shall be brought before specific Civil courts (articles L.522-2, L.716-3 and L.615-17 of the French...