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Les mauvaises actions en contrefaçon - Paper by Professor Caron
In April 2019, Professor Caron published a paper in 'Communication - Commerce électronique' about wrongful infringement actions, like those involving patent trolls in patent law. In his paper, he presents, from the perspective of European Union law and French law, concepts that enable or could enable us to combat these bad infringement actions that tarnish the image of intellectual property.
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Dr Krista Rantasaari: Abuse of Patent Enforcement in Europe. How Can Start-ups and Growth Companies Fight Back?
On Friday the European Commission and the Portuguese Presidency of the EU will invite member states to support a declaration regarding startups that seeks to create common standards in areas such as access to finance and social inclusion. Ms Rantasaari feels that patent issues are missing from this otherwise useful initiative.
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IP2I Recommendations for Improvements to the Public Availability of Information on Proceedings before the UPC
IP2I appreciates the improvements made to date to improve the availability of information on proceedings before the Unified Patent Court. To achieve its full potential for transparency and permit a better understanding of legal developments and trends, IP2I recommends that continued improvements focus on providing more robust searchability for information, and reducing the delay associated with making information available to the public.
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Patent abuse hurts European SMEs and undermines the knowledge transfer process
This year World Intellectual Property Day focuses on SMEs. As the two examples below show, patents can be an SME’s worst enemy, as well as their best friend. Abuse by patent assertion entities is a serious and growing threat in Europe, especially to small and mid-size innovative firms. The gaming of the European patent system must stop.