May 2014News & EventsLatest briefing notes, news and podcasts Board of Appeal finds Swiss-type claims have different scope to EPC 2000 second medical use claimsA decision (T1780/12) from the EPO technical boards of appeal indicates that Swiss-type claims of the form “Use of [product X] in the manufacture of a medicament for the treatment of [disease Y]” provide a different scope of protection than EPC 2000 second medical use claims of the form “[product X] for use in the treatment of [disease Y]”Read More 29May2014 EDS v Synergy and Gravitas [2014] EWHC 1306This recent decision of the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court (IPEC) demonstrates the importance of parties being clear in their pleadings about the technical field of the skilled person when seeking to invalidate a patent for obviousness in the UK. It also highlights problems that can arise in selecting expert witnesses.Read More 22May2014 EU spells out its approach to standards and patentsOn 29th April 2014, the European Commission released two significant decisions concerning standard essential patents (“SEPs”) in respect of Motorola Mobility (“Motorola”) and Samsung.Read More 02May2014 Genentech’s Herceptin purification patent fails to pass the acid testThe UK’s High Court has decided that Genentech’s patent relating to a composition of Herceptin with reduced acidic variant content is invalidRead More 01May2014 Rovi v VirginThe procedural and legal complexities which can result from differing decisions handed down by the EPO and UK courts was illustrated recently in a judgment from the UK Patents Court.Read More 01May2014 ServiceProtectDealDisputeSectorLife SciencesChemistryMaterialsEngineeringTechCreativeType Briefing Notes News PodcastsArchive2023NovemberOctoberSeptemberAugustJulyJuneMayAprilMarchFebruaryJanuary2022DecemberNovemberOctoberSeptemberAugustJulyJuneMayAprilMarchFebruaryJanuary2021DecemberNovemberOctoberSeptemberAugustJulyJuneMayAprilMarchFebruaryJanuary2020DecemberNovemberOctoberSeptemberAugustJulyJuneMayAprilMarchFebruaryJanuary2019DecemberNovemberOctoberSeptemberAugustJulyJuneMayAprilMarchFebruaryJanuary2018DecemberNovemberOctoberSeptemberAugustJulyJuneMayAprilMarchFebruaryJanuary2017DecemberNovemberOctoberSeptemberAugustJulyJuneMayAprilMarchFebruaryJanuary2016DecemberNovemberOctoberSeptemberAugustJulyJuneMayAprilMarchFebruaryJanuary2015DecemberNovemberOctoberSeptemberAugustJulyJuneMayAprilMarchFebruaryJanuary2014DecemberNovemberOctoberAugustJulyJuneMayAprilMarchFebruaryJanuary2013DecemberNovemberOctoberSeptemberAugustJulyJuneMayAprilMarchJanuary2012NovemberJulyJuneMayAprilFebruaryJanuary2011DecemberNovember2010SeptemberJulyJanuary
