The paper critically analyses the various TRIPS provisions relevant to patent law. Topics covered include the … requirements, scope of protection, transfer and (voluntary and compulsory) licensing, exemptions, and patent term …

The role of individual inventors, small firms and entrepreneurs in the patent courts has become controversial for two … patents in cases filed in 2000 and 2002, we explore how the resolution of patent cases relates to the nature of the parties …. In particular, we examine whether individual inventors and entrepreneurs are ability to defend their patent rights and …

A number of methods exist for valuing a patent in order to license it to an external party. Several of these methods …, appears poised to easily accommodate software patent valuation in the face of open source software. Open source software …, provide software as part of a service bundle, not as an individually priced product. The problem of linking a patent to a …

The assertion that a 'license' is simply a 'contract not to sue' has become a commonplace in both copyright and patent …

The essay develops a new approach for antitrust analysis of pay-for-delay settlements in pharmaceutical patent … “within the scope of the patent.” The essay explains why proper antitrust analysis calls for separate attention to the scope … Supreme Court's traditional test for the injunction remedy in patent infringement cases set out in the landmark eBay decision …

a standard, a manufacturer could be confronted by an innovator asserting patent rights to essential technology. A …

competition and innovation. These latter include tactics such as ambushing standard setting organizations, patent flooding, and … patent trolling. This document includes an executive summary and the documents from the roundtable meeting: an analytical …

by the holder of a standard essential patent (‘SEP') may be an abuse of dominance under Article 102 TFEU. However, Huawei …