International Law

Germany Vows To Investigate European Tax Havens
Germany?s finance minister, Peer Steinbruck, announced on Friday, February 22, 2008, that Germany would begin further investigations into European financial centers and tax havens. The likely countries targeted by Germany are Liechtenstein, Monaco, and Andorra...

Mayday, premier mai, erster Mai ...
In case you've missed this major date in the patent calendar, the IPKat is pleased to remind you that today's the day the London Agreement enters into force. The Agreement (full name: "The London Agreement on the application of Article 65 EPC", text here) is expected to reduce the cost of patenting through the European Patent Office EPO by reducing the translation requirements for European patents...

Intramurals: The European Patent Divide
European IP Attorney Severin de Wit writes one of the best patent focused blogs on the European continent: IPEG. With his permission, I am reposting his article on European Patent No...

Does a European Patent Infringement Loss Prohibit U.S. Importation
I received this question from a reader today: We import a product which we are told has lost a patent infringement case. The patent is filed either in Germany or England, Can we still import and sell in the US?...

European Court of Human Rights on Lesbians Right to Adopt
The European Court of Human Rights recently issued this Grand Chamber Judgment in the case of E.B. v. France, finding that France discriminated against a lesbian woman in denying her petition to adopt a child...

European Commission to Open Dialogue with Germany on Homeschooling Law
HSLDA reports: “On July 17, the Petitions Committee of the European Parliament (an advisory body to the European Commission comprised of 728 popularly elected members) heard the first complaint ever against Germany regarding its treatment of homeschoolers...

Dumb Foreign Laws
Stupid Laws of Other Countries

Zantac Patent
GlaxoSmithKline and Cypress Pharmaceutical settle patent infringement dispute.

$12 Million Settlement Approved in Air France Class Action
$12 Million Settlement Approved in Air France Class Action

Soliris Patent
Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc. agrees to pay the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation a $10 million patent infringement settlement.

European Style Smoked Salmon
Recalled due to Possible Listeria Contamination

Windows Software
Microsoft fined $1.3 billion for failing to comply with the European Union's antitrust order.

DRAM Patent
ProMOS Technologies and Mosel Vitelic pay MOSAID Technologies an undisclosed patent infringement settlement.