Authors: Yohan Liyanage, Ian Karet, Stephanie Farrington, Julia Schönbohm, Bolko Ehlgen, Pauline Debré, Gaëlle Bourout, Jean-Francois Merdrignac, Pieter Van Den Broecke, Tom De Coster

Cross-border Patent Litigation Update December 2022

Linklaters has published its first cross-border patent litigation update covering the most relevant developments in the UK, Germany, France and Belgium. The featured developments include decisions from the UK and France on the availability of preliminary injunctions before the grant of a patent, a judgment of the German Federal Court of Justice on the grant of exclusive licenses with retroactive effect and, lastly, a draft law published by the Belgian legislator that is intended to simplify and improve the patent grant procedure.