More Severe Penalties for Particularly Serious Intellectual Property Infringements
2018-02-20: On February 15, a report (SOU 2018:6) was published by the Committee on Certain Aggravated Intellectual Property Infringements. [...]
MIP rankings in Trademarks 2018 – Brann maintains a strong position in Sweden
2017-06-15: The MIP (Managing Intellectual Property) rankings for trademarks for 2018 are now out and Brann maintains a strong [...]
The importance of validly claiming priority – critical differences between European and US patent law
2018-02-02: In recent opposition proceedings at the EPO, the European patent EP2771468 granted to The Broad Institute, Inc, et al. [...]
Brann highly ranked in World Trademark Review 2018
2018-01-29: The magazine World Trademark Review has published its annual ranking WTR 2018. The evaluation is based on interviews and [...]
The Swedish Supreme Court rules that The Pirate Bay domain name is property that can be forfeited
2018-01-15: On December 22, 2017 the Swedish Supreme Court has taken a decision in case no. B 2787-16. The question [...]
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) confirms the duration of a Supplementary Protection Certificate (SPC) may also be corrected for an SPC the duration of which has already commenced, as long as the SPC has not expired (C-492/16)
2017-12-22: On December 20, 2017, the CJEU delivered its decision in C-492/16 (Incyte Corporation v Szellemi Tulajdon Nemzeti Hivatala). [...]
How does the advent of Blockchains influence our patent strategy? What can be protected today?
2017-10-31: A blockchain is a distributed database implemented in a number of nodes, where each node automatically verifies all [...]
Swedish second appeal instance Patent and Market Court of Appeal opens for correction of duration of SPCs for pharmaceuticals – a success to BRANN’s clients in a principally important issue
2017-10-09: The Patent and Market Court of Appeal (PMÖD) has decided in eight cases on the question of whether [...]
BRANN’s Omar Baki and Aliona Saalo have been appointed to INTA’s committees for 2018-2019
2017-09-19: Brann is proud to announce that Omar Baki and Aliona Saalo will be serving on the INTA Committees for 2018-2019. Omar [...]
A delegation from SIPO visits Brann
2017-09-13: On Monday, Brann had the pleasure to welcome a delegation from the Chinese Patent Office (SIPO) headed by [...]