Summary
Contribution to the panel “Mastering the Global Patent Game” held on 10 September 2014 in Palo Alto with Stefanie Greifeneder, David Knight and Matt Smith, covering the Belgian and EU aspects. The panel discussed pre-action and third-party disclosure, including evidence preservation under the Enforcement Directive, injunctions without notice, the patentability of software-implemented inventions in Europe and in the United States after Alice v CLS Bank, how to assert a patent, and an update on the Unified Patent Court.