Palace intrigue: Oxviews 9th Intellectual Property and Competition Forum

Adam Lacy (Hoffmann Eitle)/June 20, 2024 Following up on Thorsten’s blog post yesterday, I report on the second day of the Oxviews 9th Intellectual Property and Competition Forum, which took place in the Justizpalast in Munich on 19 June. This impressive building deserves the name Palast (in English “Palace”), and was a fitting venue for this meeting of thought […]
‘OxViews 9th IP and Competition Forum’ Sustainability and IP

Thorsten Bausch (Hoffmann Eitle)/June 18, 2024 /Leave a comment The OxViews 9th Intellectual Property and Competition Forum organized by Prof. Roya Ghafele, Managing Director of OxFirst, was held in the impressive premises of the Palace of Justice in Munich as a two day conference. Let me report a little on the first day (18. June 2024). The question […]
Danish Courts establish Copyright over Fashion, so while the Devil can wear Prada, nobody else can

https://oxfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Shoe-Judgement.pdf
UK Government offers one-stop-resource hub for Standard Essential Patents

See Press Release https://www.gov.uk/government/news/one-stop-seps-resource-hub-launched-by-uk-ipo
OXFIRST IP VALUATION SUPPORTS $500+M ACQUISITION

Oxford, 17th November 2023: OxFirst’s patent portfolio valuation supported an equity acquisition worth more than five hundred million US Dollars in the Web3 technology space. The deal also includes a comprehensive intellectual property licensing deal, which OxFirst enabled through its patent specific economic assessments. OxFirst’s detailed economic assessment revealed key opportunities and risks associated with […]
European Commission’s Draft Standard Essential Patents Regulation puts the emphasis on Patent Valuation

Further to our post of last week, we now discusses the SEP regulation as published by the European Commission. With only a few minor tweaks to the various leaked versions we saw beforehand, the European Commission went forward with its Standard Essential Patents (SEPs) Regulation Proposal. The valuation of SEPs is at the core of […]
FRAND Determination is Center Stage in EC Proposed Standard Essential Patents Regulation

The Standard Essential Patents (SEPs) Regulation Proposal also known as the IP Action Plan formally issued by the European Commission today suggests groundbreaking changes to the standard essential patent landscape as we know it. The SEPs Regulation Proposal indicates the European Commission’s desire to establish four major requirements for SEPs holders and implementers. These are […]
In Memoriam: Queen Elizabeth II

OxFirst joins the nation, the Commonwealth, and the world in mourning the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Her era-defining reign was characterised by devoted public service and absolute dedication to the United Kingdom. Through official activities, charitable works, moments of great national celebration and great sorrow, she has remained a fixture of our […]
Thaler -v- Comptroller – A patent valuation perspective on Non-Human Inventions

The UK’s Supreme Court will consider the appeal of Stephen Thaler in the case of ‘Thaler -v- Comptroller-General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks’. The case centres on the question of whether a non-human can own IP. It is a question that has been asked before: between 2011 and 2018 a series of (frankly humorous) […]
Moderna sues Pfizer-BioNTech for patent infringement of Covid vaccines

In a significant step, Moderna will sue Pfizer-BioNTech for patent infringement of mRNA technology used in both companies’ incredibly successful COVID-19vaccines. Courts in Massachusetts and Düsseldorf will determine if Pfizer’s product infringes on Moderna’s patented technology underpinning the mRNA platform used in both vaccines. Moderna alleges infringement in relation to both the chemical modifications made […]