Tag: Europe

The Unified Patent Court is no longer a new institution in European patent litigation. It is becoming a central part of the strategic environment in which international companies enforce patents, defend market positions and prepare for disputes across ...

The Unified Patent Court has moved rapidly from institutional experiment to an important venue for European patent litigation. Since opening in June 2023, it has created new possibilities for cross-border enforcement, central revocation, provisional m ...

Europe does not lack innovation activity. Across universities, startups, scale-ups, research institutes, industrial ecosystems and public funding programs, new technologies are being developed at impressive speed. Artificial intelligence, quantum tech ...

At the international CEIPI Summer School 2026 in Strasbourg, the IP Expertise Demand Index was presented in a setting that could hardly have been more appropriate. CEIPI, the Center for International Intellectual Property Studies at the University of ...

The Unified Patent Court is no longer a legal experiment waiting to prove itself. It has become a market. And like every serious market, it creates new needs, new service categories, new positioning opportunities and new pressure on those who advise c ...

In cloud infrastructure and high-performance computing, IP decisions rarely stand alone. They sit inside complex business architectures shaped by data processing, distributed systems, long-term enterprise contracts, public-sector requirements, cyberse ...

The introduction of the Unified Patent Court creates new strategic options for industrial companies in Europe. This is especially relevant for mechanical engineering and mechatronics, where products combine hardware, software, control technologies, lo ...

Medical technology is one of the fields where IP decisions are rarely made at a single moment in time. Product development, clinical validation, regulatory approval, reimbursement, market access, and competitive positioning often unfold over many year ...

In data compression, patent strategy is no longer only about protecting technical inventions. Video and audio codecs, AI-enabled optimisation tools and interoperability layers sit deep inside digital ecosystems, where enforcement can affect not just o ...

Understanding Europe and its Intellectual Property Landscape: A Basic Guide Europe’s identity is complex and multifaceted. This complexity is evident when discussing countries like Türkiye (formerly “Turkey”) and Tunisia in relation to Europe. G ...