KIPA AB a Swedish IP firm today announced that it has again successfully coordinated a pan European litigation leading to a positive ruling for one of it’s clients by the U.K. Patents Court in the High Court of Justice. In the present case, Mr Justice Roth issued a judgment that […]

We are very happy to welcome Linus Byström to the KIPA team. Linus has a background as a European Patent Attorney in private practice as well as Head of IP in a multinational medical device company. KIPA is establishing presence in Gothenburg as an important step in our successful growth […]

Today, court proceedings in Sweden concerning intellectual property (IP) rights are handled by several different lines of courts, which may not be optimal from a legal certainty point of view and with regard to procedural cost effectiveness. A reform of this system is on the way…

The German Patent and Trade Mark Office (GPTO) has revised the German Designs Act with effect from 1 January 2014 and major changes include: – The German term “Geschmacksmuster” has been replaced by the term “registered design”. – A design invalidity proceeding before the GPTO has been introduced. Before, a […]

On October 18, 2013 the Administrative Council of the EPO has voted to amend Rule 36 EPC to remove the highly controversial 24 month time limit applied to European divisional application filings. Starting April 1, 2014, the EPO will return back to ‘old’ practice, namely that …

The International Trade Commission on August 9, 2013, announced that certain Samsung smartphone products violate Section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, 19 U.S.C. 1337, by infringing Apple patents on headset plug circuitry and touch screen commands. The ITC issued an order to