April 2020News & EventsLatest briefing notes, news and podcasts CJEU judgment in Case C-650/17 Royalty PharmaEurope’s highest court restricts the types of patents that can be used as the basis for SPCsRead More 30Apr2020 Is an injunction always appropriate?Public interest is at the heart of the matterRead More 28Apr2020 World IP Day 2020Innovate for a Green FutureRead More 24Apr2020 Update on G 4/19 – Enlarged board of appeal referral on double patentingThe referring Board’s written decision sheds further light on the points of law to be considered by the Enlarged Board and the referral’s possible implicationsRead More 24Apr2020 EPO begins running opposition oral proceedings by video conferenceCarpmaels & Ransford is involved in one of the first video conference inter partes hearingsRead More 23Apr2020 Covid-19: Impact on trade marks and designsUKIPO and EUIPO introduce period of adjustment during Covid-19Read More 17Apr2020 Covid-19: Effects on UK IP litigationKey features of the new guidance for IP litigationRead More 17Apr2020 Plausibility at the EPO – good news for innovators?In a welcome decision for patentees, an EPO pharmaceutical Board of Appeal establishes plausibility on the basis of the prior art, confirming that plausibility and obviousness are different testsRead More 14Apr2020 The EPO plans to require parties to attend hearings by videoconferenceExamining Division oral proceedings will now be held by videoconference unless there are exceptional reasons for the hearing to be conducted in personRead More 02Apr2020 ServiceProtectDealDisputeUPCHiddenSectorLife SciencesChemistryMaterialsEngineeringTechCreativeType Briefing Notes News PodcastsArchive2023MayAprilMarchFebruaryJanuary2022DecemberNovemberOctoberSeptemberAugustJulyJuneMayAprilMarchFebruaryJanuary2021DecemberNovemberOctoberSeptemberAugustJulyJuneMayAprilMarchFebruaryJanuary2020DecemberNovemberOctoberSeptemberAugustJulyJuneMayAprilMarchFebruaryJanuary2019DecemberNovemberOctoberSeptemberAugustJulyJuneMayAprilMarchFebruaryJanuary2018DecemberNovemberOctoberSeptemberAugustJulyJuneMayAprilMarchFebruaryJanuary2017DecemberNovemberOctoberSeptemberAugustJulyJuneMayAprilMarchFebruaryJanuary2016DecemberNovemberOctoberSeptemberAugustJulyJuneMayAprilMarchFebruaryJanuary2015DecemberNovemberOctoberSeptemberAugustJulyJuneMayAprilMarchFebruaryJanuary2014DecemberNovemberOctoberAugustJulyJuneMayAprilMarchFebruaryJanuary2013DecemberNovemberOctoberSeptemberAugustJulyJuneMayAprilMarchJanuary2012NovemberJulyJuneMayAprilFebruaryJanuary2011DecemberNovember2010SeptemberJulyJanuary
