In connection with its 12th IP and Competition Forum in Oxford, U.K., OxFirst will be presenting live webinars tomorrow (Jan. 13) and Wednesday (Jan. 14) featuring eight patent
judges—Richard Arnold, Kemal Bengi-Akyürek, Fabian Hoffmann, Richard Meade, Oliver Schoen, Katalin Tözsér, Stefan Wilhelm, and Jiyoung Yi—including FRAND, [...]
Canada’s highest court does not grant leave to appeal in many cases involving private international law. In November 2025 it granted leave to appeal from NHK Spring Co.,
Ltd. v Cheung, 2024 BCCA 236, in which the British Columbia Court of Appeal agreed with the court below in holding that it had jurisdiction to hear a price fixing [...]
I. Introduction On 1 January 2026, the Legislative Decree No. 25/2025 promulgating a new Civil Transactions Act (hereafter ‘NCTA’) entered into force. The NCTA repeals
and replaces the former Federal Civil Transactions Act of 1985 (hereafter ‘the 1985 Act’). [...]
The PAX Moot 2026 Vladimir Koutikov Round is well underway. The case was published on 13 October 2025 and is available here. The deadline for registration is 16 January 2026
at 23:59 CET. [...]
The 27th Volume (2025) of the Japanese Yearbook of Private International Law (JYPIL) (Kokusai Shiho Nenpo [Japanese]) published by the Private International Law Association
of Japan (Kokusai Shiho Gakkai [Japanese]) (“PILAJ”) has recently been released. [...]
Colombian private international law research has been witnessing a notable period of renewed scholarly activity. Following a previous announcement on this blog of the publication
of a volume dedicated to the Colombian Draft Project on Private International Law, a further significant contribution has now been published, this time offering a [...]
Ken Fox’s new book, Perspectives on Conflict: Insights for Professional and Personal Practice, is a beautifully-written volume that provides a wide-ranging, interdisciplinary
look at the nature of conflict. It invites readers to understand conflict itself and not simply consider how to manage it. [...]
Quick and easy access to German case law in private international law – One year of ‘IPRspr 2.0’ (and almost 100 years of ‘IPRspr’) A comprehensive and carefully
curated database providing free access to German court decisions on private international law – www.iprspr.de [...]
The case is Bhagat Textile Engineers v. Oerlikon Textile GmbH & Co. KG, decided by Panel 1b of the UPC Court of Appeal on December 9, 2025. In one respect at least it resembles
the Federal Circuit decision I blogged about earlier this week, in requiring non-speculative evidence of alleged reputational harm. [...]
by Fabienne Jault-Seseke Volume 4 of the Revue Perspectives Contentieuses Internationales (PCI) has been published. Available in open access here. It includes a special feature
on ‘the International Commercial Chamber of the Paris Court of Appeal’ edited by Sandrine Clavel and Daniel Barlow. [...]
