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6 Mar 2017, 8:19 am
Miquel Montañ;áOne of the objectives of the new Patents Act that is to come into force on 1 April 2017 is to prompt a higher level of specialization of Judges dealing with patent cases. [read post]
31 Oct 2016, 4:35 am
Miquel Montañ;áClifford ChanceThe Court of Appeal of Barcelona (Section 15) recently upheld an appeal filed by a manufacturer of security systems against a judgment that had dismissed a patent infringement action filed against a former distributor who was manufacturing duplicates of the keys used in such system. [read post]
18 Sep 2017, 8:45 am
Miquel Montañ;áWhen analysing inventive activity, one risk that appears to be here to stay is that of hindsight. [read post]
16 Oct 2017, 2:57 am
Miquel Montañ;áFor many years, Spanish Courts have considered the “problem & solution approach” developed by the European Patent Office (“EPO”) to be a very useful tool for the purpose of trying to make an objective assessment of inventive activity. [read post]
18 Mar 2019, 4:20 am
Miquel Montañ;áOn 12 February 2019, the Barcelona Court of Appeal (Section 15) issued an interesting judgment clarifying the role played by “drawings” for the purpose of interpreting the scope of protection of a patent. [read post]
13 Nov 2017, 8:37 am
Miquel Montañ;áWhen the Kingdom of Spain joined what were then called the European Communities (the “EC”) in 1986, it had to approve a new Patents Act which sought to adapt Spain’s patent law to the standards required by the EC. [read post]
8 May 2018, 10:05 am
Miquel Montañ;áThe new Spanish Patent Act, which came into force on 1 April 2017, introduced numerous improvements aimed at modernising an old and archaic patent system that needed a total reform. [read post]
25 Dec 2016, 1:33 am
Miquel Montañ;áClifford ChanceAccording to the Spanish Patents Act, as a general rule, non-exclusive licensees do not have locus standi. [read post]
3 Apr 2016, 8:55 pm
Miquel Montañ;áClifford ChanceAs a foreign spectator of the litigation between Actavis and Eli Lilly (Alimta®) before the English Patents Court (the Hon. [read post]
29 May 2017, 10:26 am
Miquel Montañ;áOne of the difficulties that patent owners sometimes encounter when they are planning to apply for a preliminary injunction is the dearth of evidence. [read post]
27 Jun 2016, 3:05 am
Miquel Montañ;áClifford ChanceLast Friday Europe woke-up with the worst news since World War II, which could have far-reaching consequences not only for the economy, but also for the values that one would like to see prevailing in the world. [read post]
21 Aug 2016, 12:00 am
Miquel Montañ;áClifford ChanceOne of the possible methods to examine incentive activity is what is known as the “problem and solution approach” usually applied by the European Patent Office (“EPO”). [read post]
12 Dec 2016, 5:25 am
Miquel Montañ;áClifford ChanceAs readers may know from previous blogs, a new Patents Act (“Law 24/2015, of 24 July, of Patents”) is due to come into force in Spain on 1 April 2017. [read post]
10 Dec 2018, 9:00 am
Miquel Montañ;áAs already reported by Kluwer Patent Blog, on 5 December 2018 (case T 1063/18) the EPO’s Technical Board of Appeal 3304 found that Rule 28 (2) is contrary to article 53 of the European Patent Convention (“EPC”) and that, therefore, it does not prevent the patentability of new pepper plants and fruits with improved nutritional value (patent EP 2753168). [read post]
11 Dec 2018, 6:54 am
On the Kluwer Patent Blog, Miquel Montañ;á provides some political context to the decision: Political Dimension of Tomatoes, Broccoli and Peppers.EP Law reports on a German patent infringement case, in which the question of direct infringement of a combination patent was considered. [read post]
16 Jan 2020, 3:09 am
Miquel Montañ;áBarcelona Commercial Courts have a well-deserved reputation for being dynamic and creative. [read post]
12 Nov 2018, 1:50 am
Miquel Montañ;áOver the last decade, one of the topics typically discussed in patent proceedings in Spain has been to what extent the validity of the patent may be analysed in preliminary injunction proceedings. [read post]
19 Sep 2016, 1:47 am
Miquel Montañ;áClifford ChanceEarlier this year, the Commercial Courts of Barcelona published a decision which shows that patent owners cannot obtain “Diligencias para la comprobación de hechos” (“Proceedings for the Verification of Facts”; a procedure roughly equivalent to the French “Saisie-contrafaçon“) in Spain unless they carefully prove that the application fulfils certain conditions. [read post]
16 Sep 2019, 2:10 am
See here for a review by Judge Jürgen Schell (in German) and a review by Miquel Montañ;á (in English). [read post]
28 Nov 2017, 10:00 am
Miquel Montañ;áAs readers know well, AgrEvo (T 939/92) is a landmark case in the history of European patent law. [read post]
