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 …

Just released: “Digital Piracy: Theory”

In “Digital Piracy: Theory” (click here to download), Paul Belleflamme and Martin Peitz review recent theoretical contributions on digital …

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 …

Is there a need for a centralized IP court and specialized judges in Belgium?

Judges: what kind of judges do we need for IP litigation in Belgium? This is the topic of a …

The increasing role of intangibles evidenced by … theft numbers!

Purse thefts today! Today only? And what does the purse of companies contain nowadays? For the first time, reported …

Harry Potter is back on the copyright front. Do you want to prepare a survey of cases around the world?

The IPKat, the famous IP blog founded by the veteran blogger Jeremy Philips, today reports about a case involving Willy …

Bokhylla.no, the Norwegian bookshelf: a model?

On September 30, EFTA (by the way, do you remember the countries which are still members of the European …

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 …

Le livre est-il soluble dans le Net?

29 septembre 2010 – Horaire : 09.00 > 17.20 Le livre est-il soluble dans le Net? Tel est le …