Patent trolls et marché des brevets

Au début du mois d’octobre 2010, l’entreprise Apple a été condamnée par la justice américaine à payer pas moins …

Which language regime for EU patents?

Last month (November 10, 2010), the EU Competitiveness Council (which is composed of EU ministers for research and industry) …

An ‘uncommon’ riddle

Here is just a riddle, which I ask you to solve. What do the following stories have in common? …

What to think of ‘patent trolls’?

Early october this year, Apple was condemned by a US court to pay $625.5 million damages to a small …

Markets for technology: big hopes and … big difficulties

    (Original publication: October 2010; updated in November 2012) It is widely agreed that one of the main …

Challenging pharmaceutical patents : a « death spiral » for generic companies ?

I remain puzzled by an article in the Financial Times (1 Oct. 2010) which highlights recent doubts of the …

‘Pay for delay’ deals in the pharmaceutical industry

(Edited version, October 11, 2013) ‘Pay for delay’ deals are commonplace in the pharmaceutical industry; they involve branded drug …

Can the US patent reform be voted by the “lame ducks”?

For a few years, the US legislator has worked on a deep reform of the US patent system. Major …

Quelle juridiction pour les brevets en Europe?

Ce 24 septembre, une après-midi d’étude sur la future juridiction européenne des brevets était organisée par le CIPI des …

What is the link between competition and innovation?

In an article published in 2004 in The Economist (and later reproduced in the book ‘The Future of Technology’ …