This late 2018 publication by Globe Law and Business Ltd provides an easily digestible commentary on patent litigation law and practice in 21 jurisdictions including the United States, Germany, Japan, Australia and the United Kingdom. International Patent Litigation is bound to become a valuable aid to private practice and in-house practitioners alike, as well as students of IP law.

• Foreword 5The Rt Hon ProfessorSir Robin JacobIntroduction 7Gwilym RobertsKilburn & Strode LLPThe European Patent Office 9Gwilym RobertsKilburn & Strode LLPThe Unified Patent Court 17Wouter PorsBird & Bird LLPAustralia 35Sue GilchristSteve WongHerbert Smith FreehillsAustria 55Georg KresbachWolf TheissChina 69Zhaohui WangXiaodu ZhangJunHe LLPDenmark 101Mette Hygum ClausenPeter-Ulrik PlesnerSture RygaardPlesner AdvokatpartnerselskabFinland 123Johanna FlythströmRainer HilliRoschierFrance 135Alexandra NeriAntoine RobinHerbert Smith FreehillsGermany 151Tobias HahnMartin KöhlerThomas W ReimannHOYNG ROKH MONEGIERGreece 167George A BallasLoukia K PapasMaria E SpanosBallas, Pelecanos & AssociatesHong Kong 185Justin DavidsonNorton Rose FulbrightIndia 201Pravin AnandTusha MalhotraUdita M PatroAnand and AnandIreland 227Fiona O’BeirneShane O’BrienMcCann FitzgeraldItaly 243Giovanni Francesco CasucciDentonsJapan 259Masahiro OtsukiAbe, Ikubo & KatayamaThe Netherlands 287Bert OostingRuud van der VeldenHogan LovellsPoland 309Natalia MarczukPaweł Siekierzyn´skiSK+ Siekierzynski KochlewskiPortugal 327Vasco Stilwell de AndradeMotais Leita˜o, Galva˜o Teles,Soares da Silva & Associados (MLGTS)South Korea 345DuckSoon ChangInchan A KwonSi Yul LeeKim & ChangSpain 359José Massaguer FuentesIngrid Pi AmorósUría MenéndezUnited Kingdom 387Eibhlin VardyStephenson Harwood LLPUnited States 405James F Haley, JrHaley Guiliano LLPWilliam J McCabePerkins Coie LLPAbout the authors 439

This late 2018 publication by Globe Law and Business Ltd provides an easily digestible commentary on patent litigation law and practice in 21 jurisdictions including the United States, Germany, Japan, Australia and the United Kingdom. International Patent Litigation is bound to become a valuable aid to private practice and in-house practitioners alike, as well as students of IP law.

• Foreword 5The Rt Hon ProfessorSir Robin JacobIntroduction 7Gwilym RobertsKilburn & Strode LLPThe European Patent Office 9Gwilym RobertsKilburn & Strode LLPThe Unified Patent Court 17Wouter PorsBird & Bird LLPAustralia 35Sue GilchristSteve WongHerbert Smith FreehillsAustria 55Georg KresbachWolf TheissChina 69Zhaohui WangXiaodu ZhangJunHe LLPDenmark 101Mette Hygum ClausenPeter-Ulrik PlesnerSture RygaardPlesner AdvokatpartnerselskabFinland 123Johanna FlythströmRainer HilliRoschierFrance 135Alexandra NeriAntoine RobinHerbert Smith FreehillsGermany 151Tobias HahnMartin KöhlerThomas W ReimannHOYNG ROKH MONEGIERGreece 167George A BallasLoukia K PapasMaria E SpanosBallas, Pelecanos & AssociatesHong Kong 185Justin DavidsonNorton Rose FulbrightIndia 201Pravin AnandTusha MalhotraUdita M PatroAnand and AnandIreland 227Fiona O’BeirneShane O’BrienMcCann FitzgeraldItaly 243Giovanni Francesco CasucciDentonsJapan 259Masahiro OtsukiAbe, Ikubo & KatayamaThe Netherlands 287Bert OostingRuud van der VeldenHogan LovellsPoland 309Natalia MarczukPaweł Siekierzyn´skiSK+ Siekierzynski KochlewskiPortugal 327Vasco Stilwell de AndradeMotais Leita˜o, Galva˜o Teles,Soares da Silva & Associados (MLGTS)South Korea 345DuckSoon ChangInchan A KwonSi Yul LeeKim & ChangSpain 359José Massaguer FuentesIngrid Pi AmorósUría MenéndezUnited Kingdom 387Eibhlin VardyStephenson Harwood LLPUnited States 405James F Haley, JrHaley Guiliano LLPWilliam J McCabePerkins Coie LLPAbout the authors 439

This late 2018 publication by Globe Law and Business Ltd provides an easily digestible commentary on patent litigation law and practice in 21 jurisdictions including the United States, Germany, Japan, Australia and the United Kingdom. International Patent Litigation is bound to become a valuable aid to private practice and in-house practitioners alike, as well as students of IP law.

• Foreword 5The Rt Hon ProfessorSir Robin JacobIntroduction 7Gwilym RobertsKilburn & Strode LLPThe European Patent Office 9Gwilym RobertsKilburn & Strode LLPThe Unified Patent Court 17Wouter PorsBird & Bird LLPAustralia 35Sue GilchristSteve WongHerbert Smith FreehillsAustria 55Georg KresbachWolf TheissChina 69Zhaohui WangXiaodu ZhangJunHe LLPDenmark 101Mette Hygum ClausenPeter-Ulrik PlesnerSture RygaardPlesner AdvokatpartnerselskabFinland 123Johanna FlythströmRainer HilliRoschierFrance 135Alexandra NeriAntoine RobinHerbert Smith FreehillsGermany 151Tobias HahnMartin KöhlerThomas W ReimannHOYNG ROKH MONEGIERGreece 167George A BallasLoukia K PapasMaria E SpanosBallas, Pelecanos & AssociatesHong Kong 185Justin DavidsonNorton Rose FulbrightIndia 201Pravin AnandTusha MalhotraUdita M PatroAnand and AnandIreland 227Fiona O’BeirneShane O’BrienMcCann FitzgeraldItaly 243Giovanni Francesco CasucciDentonsJapan 259Masahiro OtsukiAbe, Ikubo & KatayamaThe Netherlands 287Bert OostingRuud van der VeldenHogan LovellsPoland 309Natalia MarczukPaweł Siekierzyn´skiSK+ Siekierzynski KochlewskiPortugal 327Vasco Stilwell de AndradeMotais Leita˜o, Galva˜o Teles,Soares da Silva & Associados (MLGTS)South Korea 345DuckSoon ChangInchan A KwonSi Yul LeeKim & ChangSpain 359José Massaguer FuentesIngrid Pi AmorósUría MenéndezUnited Kingdom 387Eibhlin VardyStephenson Harwood LLPUnited States 405James F Haley, JrHaley Guiliano LLPWilliam J McCabePerkins Coie LLPAbout the authors 439