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 intellectualpropertymagazine.com
Tech and auto companies urge EU to crack down on patent trolls.

 Tech and auto companies including Apple, BMW, Microsoft, and Samsung have urged the European Commission to take action to stop European courts from issuing automatic injunctions in favour of so-called ‘patent trolls’.
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 Patrick Oliver
 Statement in response to publication of the European Commission’s IP Action Plan
  IP2Innovate welcomes the European Commission’s efforts to improve the IP landscape in Europe, in particular the emphasis on ensuring that the proportionality requirement in the granting of injunctions is met. However, the IP Action Plan outlined today needs to go further to address continuing abuses of the patent system.
 handelsblatt.com
 Fronten im Streit über neues Patentrecht brechen auf
  Bei der Modernisierung des deutschen Patentrechts liefern sich Unternehmen und Branchen eine hitzige Debatte. Wird Deutschland zum „sicheren Hafen“ für Patentverletzer?
 WIPR
 European courts failing over proportionality: IP2Innovate
  Trade group IP2Innovate has warned that courts across Europe are failing to consider proportionality in patent cases, while urging the European Commission to promote similar reforms to those recently enacted in Germany.