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2025 · China · European Union · FRAND · International Intellectual Property Law · SEPs · Territoriality · TRIPS Agreement · WTO

EU vs. China: SEPs, FRAND, and the Territoriality of IP Rights at the WTO

Emmanuel Oke1 Comment

Introduction: What does it mean to ‘give effect’ to the provisions of the TRIPS Agreement? What does it mean to ‘give effect to’ the provisions of the TRIPS Agreement? That is the key question at the centre of the dispute between the EU and China at the WTO regarding anti-suit injunctions in standard essential patents… Continue reading EU vs. China: SEPs, FRAND, and the Territoriality of IP Rights at the WTO

2020 · International Intellectual Property Law · IP Policy · TRIPS Agreement · WTO

Saudi Arabia’s appeal ‘into the void’ at the WTO

Emmanuel Oke1 Comment

The recent panel report in Saudi Arabia – Measures Concerning the Protection of Intellectual Property Rights, the first intellectual property dispute where a WTO panel examined the security exception in Article 73 of the TRIPS Agreement, has now been appealed by Saudi Arabia ‘into the void‘. This means that the WTO’s dispute settlement body cannot adopt… Continue reading Saudi Arabia’s appeal ‘into the void’ at the WTO