Patent litigation in Europe

GAT, Solvay, and the Centralization of Patent Litigation in Europe

As business has become global, so have disputes about patents, patent infringement, and patent validity. In many ongoing disputes between patent holders and alleged infringers, parties are engaging in parallel court proceedings in multiple countries to litigate infringements of parallel patents and to contest the validity of patents. Concentrating litigation involving identical inventions and i...

Predatory patent litigation

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The Patent Litigation Explosion

This paper provides the first look at patent litigation hazards for public firms during the 80s and 90s. Consistent with our model, litigation is more likely when prospective defendants spend more on R&D, when prospective plaintiffs acquire more patents and when firms are larger and technologically close. Public firms face dramatically increased hazards of litigation as plaintiffs and even more...

Patent Litigation with Endogenous Disputes

Patent Litigation in Europe—A Glimmer of Hope? Present Status and Future Perspectives