Frequent readers of this blog know that we don’t always restrict ourselves to reporting on decisions of the FPC. Of course, we are patent attorneys and primarily interested in patents and patent law. → Read more ...
Next ‘Fireside Chat’ on Wed, 29 June 2022, 12:15 CEST on LinkedIn
It’s already close to the end of the month again, i.e. the next ‘Fireside Chat’ is upcoming. It will be the 15th edition, and it will be on LinkedIn for the second time. → Read more ...
Getting off to a lightning start in PI proceedings
Case No. S2022_002 | Order of 2 June 2022 | ‘Fingolimod 0.5 mg’
Patent prosecution takes time. So do infringement proceedings. → Read more ...
Recordings available: Swiss Patent Litigation // 🔥 Fireside Chat #14
Just in case you missed it: The LinkedIn Live session is still available online.
For the podcast lovers out there, this is an audio-only recording of the LinkedIn Live session of 1 June 2022:
The following topics are covered:
👉 S2022_001
Pelliheat AG ./. → Read more ...
Next ‘Fireside Chat’ on Wed, 1 June 2022, 12:15 CEST on LinkedIn
I was re-thinking the Fireside Chat format a while ago, and I have been curious to learn how you would like it. → Read more ...
Bayer’s compound claim on sorafenib tosylate held presumably valid; PI issued
Case No. S2021_006 | Judgment of 26 April 2022 | ‘Sorafenib tosylate’
Please see the report about the main hearing for some background information about the case. → Read more ...
For discussion: Has the requirement that claims be «supported by the description» been perverted over time?
Objections with respect to alleged violations of Art. 84 EPC have become more and more cumbersome in recent times. I cannot really tell why. → Read more ...
Schöck and Basys twisting things
Case No. O2020_017 | Hearing of 11 May 2022
Schöck asserts infringement of EP 2 455 556 B1 (cf. EPO Register and Swissreg) and EP 2 455 557 B1 (cf. → Read more ...
The Swiss FPC’s tenth anniversary: Eager for the next decade(s)!
Have you been at the symposium in St. Gallen last Friday, at the occasion of the Swiss FPC’s tenth anniversary? → Read more ...
Swisscom beats the patent troll
Case No. O2020_004 | Judgment of 22 March 2022 | ‘Swisscom TV 2.0’
We previously reported on the litigation between Yodoba and Swisscom over the alleged infringment of EP 1 650 961 in Switzerland here, here, and here. → Read more ...
Re-thinking the ‘Fireside Chat’ format: How would _you_ like it? Let me know, please.
Please bear with me, I will skip the April edition of the ‘Swiss Patent Litigation – Fireside Chat’. For two simple reasons: First, I am on holiday (and I do not even have a headset with me). → Read more ...
Undoing an improper assignment, the hard way
Case no. S2022_001 | Judgment of 2 March 2022 | ‘Pelliheat; register ban’
I came across this case by accident. Apparently, I am not running out of things that can go wrong (fortunately, not only my own stuff). → Read more ...