It is under this title that a series of articles (published in the Belgian newspaper La Libre Belgique on October, 19 2013 and prepared by Laurent Lambrecht; see here) wondered if the future unitary patent and unified patent court might attract “trolls” in Europe. “The risk is not negligible“: this is my answer, summarized in the […]
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Beware! Privateers patrol these patent waters.
By 3 June 2013 24
In 1572, Queen Elizabeth I of England commissioned Francis Drake to sail for America and encouraged him to plunder Spanish vessels on his way. Drake had thus all the attributes of a pirate, except that he was not working for his own account but for a government. This type of pirate was known as a […]
Mobile industry in Google’s cross-hairs
By 6 March 2012 14
Though a late-comer to the mobile market, Google has nonetheless made a rather spectacular entrance. Android, its operating system for smartphones, is running on millions of mobile terminals manufactured by other companies under their own brands. The key to Google‘s success is the fact that Android is open-source, and thus freely distributed. This has allowed […]
Is the US patent system sick? Discussion about ‘Patent Medicine’
By 21 September 2011 34
On August 15, Google bid $12.5 billion to acquire the Motorola Mobility mobile phone business. This deal raises a few questions. 1. What are the various reasons behind this acquisition? To respond to this question, you might start here. In your response, you should focus on the legal aspects. You will discover that intellectual property […]
The Google Book Settlement – The Challenge of Building a Digital Library that Benefits All
By 1 September 2010 0
Friday 12 February 2010 – From: 13:45 To: 17:45 On 12 February, the Centre for Innovation and Intellectual Property of the Facultés universitaires Saint-Louis in Brussels (FUSL – Académie Louvain) , jointly with the Institute for European Legal Studies (IEJE) of the University of Liege (ULg), will hold in Brussels a half-day conference entitled “The […]