The smartphone patent wars and competition policy
Last Wednesday (April 18, 2012), Lucy Koh, a US District Court Judge, may have paved the way towards a …
Last Wednesday (April 18, 2012), Lucy Koh, a US District Court Judge, may have paved the way towards a …
In a previous post last year, I was presenting different views on so-called patent trolls, which are sometimes defined as …
I thank a friendly blog (S.I.lex) devoted to IT and IP issues for drawing my attention to the …
Every two years the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) publishes its blockbuster: the roadmap on IPR issues. The 2012 …
J’ai eu l’occasion de m’exprimer jeudi dernier (23/12/2010) à propos des patent trolls sur les ondes de la RTBF …
(Original publication: October 2010; updated in November 2012) It is widely agreed that one of the main …
(Edited version, October 11, 2013) ‘Pay for delay’ deals are commonplace in the pharmaceutical industry; they involve branded drug …
In an article published in 2004 in The Economist (and later reproduced in the book ‘The Future of Technology’ …
R&D cooperation across firms is often celebrated as it allows firms to better manage the R&D process by pooling …