Software patenting in the United States has been a relevant and well regulated phenomenon since the 1980s. On the contrary, the European Union lagged behind for a long time. This work gives an account of the above mentioned topic. The fact that European Patent Convention expressively prohibits...

While Article 8 of the Paris Convention mandates the protection of trade names independently of their entitlement to protection as trademarks, European law has traditionally offered only limited and uneven protection. This article examines the heightened protection of trade names within the...