Research & Webinars
Here we provide a number of reports and research summaries related to SMEs and innovation. You will find additional materials in our main research section.
Papers, briefs and publications
Intellectual Asset Management (IAM) magazine joins the discussion on patent quality
by Dr. Claudia Tapia
Intellectual Asset Management (IAM) magazine’s Nov/Dec issue features a new article by Claudia Tapia, Director IP Policy at Ericsson and 4iP Council Chair on the importance of patent quality in Europe, how it is achieved and the interpretation of invalidity rates. The article, shared below, examines invalidity rates worldwide and provides a careful empirical examination of patent assessments at the German Federal Patent Court. The evaluation of statistics presented in the article clearly suggests that there is no problem with patent quality patents in Europe. Indeed, the situation is quite the contrary. This article first appeared in IAM issue 80, published by Globe Business Media Group - IP Division. To view the issue in full, please go to www.iam-media.com.
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Categories: Patent System and Patent Quality, SMEs, Intellectual property
Lessons from Huawei v. ZTE
by Rt Hon Professor Sir Robin Jacob, Alexander Milner – October 2016
This paper first summarises the Huawei judgment and what Huawei decides in practice relating to the availability of injunctive relief for SEPs. The principal national case law since the Huawei decision is then reviewed. Finally, some matters left unresolved by Huawei are examined and the authors consider whether further action by the Commission is necessary, including in the context of the pending review of the IPR Enforcement Directive (“IPRED”). The authors consider whether it would be desirable for the European Commission to issue some form of official guidance, notably on the steps that patentees and implementers must take, respectively, to obtain or avoid an injunction in the context of a FRAND dispute.
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Categories: IP Enforcement, Standardisation, Licensing, IP and Competition Law
Innovation in 3D: 4iP Council speaks to Dassault Systèmes’ Head of IP, Rodolphe Pantanacce.
4iP Council speaks to Rodolphe Pantanacce, Head of IP at Dassault Systèmes, a pure software player specialised in 3D digital design, engineering, modeling, and simulation, initially of aircraft and now of cars, buildings, perfume bottles and a myriad of other things.
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Restrictions to patent enforcement
by 4iP Council: An English summary of an article by Prof. Klaus Melullis which appears in the “Mitteilungen der Deutschen Patentanwälte” 107. – October 2016
This article critically analyses the arguments put forward that the patent and its enforcement limit competition, differentiating between SEP and non-SEP. It further analyses the potential need for regulatory intervention in the litigation system and the expected consequences of such potential intervention on competition, investments, research and development activities and innovation.
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Categories: Licensing, IP and Competition Law, Trade Law and Regulation
4iP Council speaks to Alex Smith, Intellectual Property Manager at the UK’s nuclear reprocessing and decommissioning site, Sellafield
Innovating by necessity and the significance of patents, in an environment which calls for innovation and adaption of technologies for application in testing and sometimes unique circumstances.
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Collaborative standardisation and disruptive innovation: summary paper developed by Haris Tsilikas, Max Plank Institute, for 4iP Council.
by Haris Tsilikas
This paper is a short version of the paper with reference “Haris Tsilikas, Collaborative Standardization and Disruptive Innovation: The Case of Wireless Telecommunication Standards, Max Plank Institute for Innovation and Competition Research Paper No. 16-06, 17 May 2016, available at http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2783372
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Categories: Standardisation
Former CEO fuels chemical start-up growth.
Recipient of the ‘Commandeur de l’Ordre de la Couronne’ (Belgium’s highest accolade) and former CEO of Petrofina, François Cornélis, is now “having lots of fun” with chemical start-ups as Chairman of the Essenscia Innovation Circle and Innovation Fund.
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Catapulting UK Innovation
4iP Council talks to Simon Edmonds, Director of Catapults at Innovate UK.
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Impact of perceived high invalidity rates on business and innovation
by Dr. Claudia Tapia
The Patent Lawyer has published a paper on the impact of perceived high invalidity rates on business and innovation authored by 4iP Council Chairwoman and Director of Intellectual Property Policy at Ericsson, Claudia Tapia.