John Golden has published a paper titled Judicial Policing of Patent Damages Experts, 98 Texas Law Review 907 (2020). Here is a link, and here is the abstract: The calculation
of patent damages such as a reasonable royalty presents significant challenges for which the use of expert testimony is predictable, if not unavoidably vital. [...]
Further to CoL’s posts on recent case law of the ECJ last week, we allow ourselves to draw CoL readers’ attention to the judgment of the ECJ of 9 September 2021, C-422/20
– RK ./. CR, on the interpretation of jurisdictional provisions of the European Succession Regulation (ESR), upon reference by the Higher Regional Court (Oberlandesgericht) [...]
The growing proclivity of issuing “dynamic injunctions” to block the online illegal diffusion and distribution of audio-visual copyrighted content has recently caught the
attention of several scholars (see here, here and here). In fact, the preventive nature of the rights involved, the need to preclude imminent damage, and the fact [...]
Written by Alexander A. Kostin, Senior Research Fellow at the Private Law Research Centre (Moscow, Russia) and counsel atAvangard law firm and Valeria Rzyanina, junior associate,
Avangard Law Firm [...]
Written by Alexander A. Kostin, Senior Research Fellow at the Private Law Research Centre (Moscow, Russia) and counsel atAvangard law firm and Valeria Rzyanina, junior associate,
Avangard Law Firm [...]
On Thursday 14 October 2021 an online M-EPLI roundtable will take place on private international law issues relating to the recognition and enforcement of foreign (mostly US)
punitive damages judgments in countries outside of Europe. [...]
The case is Omega Patents LLC v. Calamp Corp., decided yesterday, with a majority opinion by Judge Prost, joined by Judge Dyk, and a dissenting-in-part opinion by Judge Hughes.
The patents in suit "generally relate to multi-vehicle-compatible systems that can remotely control various vehicle functions (for example, remote vehicle starting) [...]
On Friday, 24 September 2021, the Max Planck Institute Luxembourg for Procedural Law will host the EFFORTS National Exchange Seminar for France and Luxembourg (online). This
Seminar is organised in the framework of the EFFORTS project (Towards more effective enforcement of claims in civil and commercial matters within the EU), which tackles [...]
1. I recently mentioned in passing a reportby the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry, titled Study Group on Licensing Environment of Standard Essential Patents
Interim Report (Overview), and dated July 26, 2021. The 12-page report does not set forth any definitive recommendations, but does include five directions for further [...]
This post was written by Harshal Morwale, an India-qualified international arbitration lawyer working as an associate with a premier Indian law firm in New Delhi; LLM from
the MIDS Geneva Program (2019-2020); alumnus of the Hague Academy of International Law. [...]
