The Paris Central Division of the UPC has provided guidance on what constitutes common general knowledge ("CGK") in Njoy v VMR [UPC_CFI_307/2023].

Cet arrêt est l'occasion de rappeler qu'en matière de dessins et modèles, il existe deux conditions de validité...

This decision therefore imposes a more severe sanction than that which would have been ordered if the same offence had been committed by a company and not by an association.

IN A JUDGMENT DATED FEBRUARY 16, 2018, THE PARIS COURT OF APPEALS RECALLED THAT THE PARTY WHICH SUFFERS FROM A SIGNIFICANT IMBALANCE IN THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE CONTRACTUAL PARTIES ...

The Social Chamber of the Court of Cassation today issued two long-awaited decisions on the compensation scale currently applicable in the event of dismissal without real and serious cause.

They referred to the fact that the website broadcasting the ad did not target the French audience and that the ad was not broadcast in France.

The Decision: The French Cour de cassation, in a case concerning a dosage regime patent, recently clarified the "plausibility" requirement, an element of sufficiency of disclosure or inventive step.

One defendant requested that an expert report submitted to the Judge Rapporteur at the end of seizure measures and the inspection of the defendant’s premises be declared null and void.

On December 10, Decree No. 2019-1316 "on trademarks or service marks" was published. It provides amendments to the Intellectual Property Code ("IPC")

Parties to litigation often end up finding that information shared in the course of proceedings may become generally available to the wider public (non-parties)...

Judicial activity continuity plan: administrative courts have been closed since Monday March 16th, 2020 except for the processing of essential disputes.

Par une décision du 13 mars 2025 (n° 23-20.390), la troisième chambre civile de la Cour de cassation...

In March this year the French Supreme Court overturned the decision by the Toulouse Court of Appeal to apply the Warsaw Convention to a claim by a manufacturer against an airline.

Year after year, in-house legal teams and outside counsel handling international and cross-border matters are pressured to reduce litigation-associated costs while optimizing each staff member's time and the effectiveness of each dollar spent.

La Cour administrative d'appel de Versailles rappelle que la seule réduction de capital d'une filiale ne permet pas de caractériser une perte certaine et définitive sur titres...

La nouvelle chambre 5-12 de la Cour d'appel de Paris a rendu le 18 juin 2024 trois arrêts importants sur le devoir de vigilance (n°s 23/14348, 21/22319 et 23/10583).

Ghalia Ben Jdidia explains what Veuve Clicquot's fight to protect its orange label reveals about the difficulties of establishing distinctive character when seeking to register a colour as a trademark in the EU.

Euan Small summarises the Opinion of First Advocate General Szpunar in relation to whether an order to pay damages the amount of which is manifestly...

By decision of December 17, 2015, the French Competition Authority imposed a record fine of €350 million on Orange for implementing four series of anti-competitive practices in various electronic communication markets.

Unlike proceedings on the merits, where the Statement of defence shall include a Counterclaim for revocation (R. 25.1 RoP) if there is an assertion that the patent alleged to be infringed is invalid...