Learned and pragmatic. The proposals advanced by the author to find the appropriate meaning and place for the proportionality defence in infringement actions go a long way to cure a number of dysfunctionalities which currently affect the patent system.

Marco Ricolfi, Professor of Commercial Law at the University of Turin, Italy

In a world of digitalized industrial interdependency the principle of proportionality in European patent law matters, more than ever. The role of the principle has been much debated. A reader of this book will, after absorbing its elegant analysis, come to at least this conclusion. This is the foundational treatment for which we have been waiting.

Peter Drahos, Professor, European University Institute, Italy

This insightful and thought-provoking book is essential reading for lawyers, judges, and scholars as they undertake to integrate the proportionality concept into European patent litigation.

Thomas F Cotter, Briggs and Morgan Professor of Law at the University of Minnesota Law School, USA

The book offers a modern and compelling way of looking at proportionality for injunctions in European patent law. It is a must-have for every serious patent library.

Martin Husovec, Associate Professor of Law at London School of Economics, UK

On the basis of a thorough analysis of the US 'four-factor test' and of EU IP enforcement law, Léon Dijkman presents a theory of 'bounded proportionality', governing the grant of injunctive relief in European patent law.

Ansgar Ohly, Chair for Civil Law, Intellectual Property and Competition Law at the University of Munich, Germany