The patent system is sometimes portrayed as a monopoly-granting machine which is both expensive and difficult to use. That is hardly a balanced view, of course, but I do acknowledge [...]
For the last few days, all our thoughts have been with the Japanese people afflicted by a series of dreadful catastrophes. As the crisis has unfolded, I have been deeply [...]
This week, the two long awaited EU projects related to the Unitary Patent and the European Patent Court were in the spotlight as a decision and an opinion from two [...]
I have always been convinced meeting people and visiting them is the best way to understand them. That is why I see it as an important part of my role [...]
The public launch of a new homepage is always an exciting event. I may have experienced it once or twice before in my career (three years ago at the French IP [...]
