April 2023News & EventsLatest briefing notes, news and podcasts Protective Letters at the UPC – Better Safe Than SorryWith the UPC set to reshape European patent enforcement, parties should consider filing Protective Letters at the UPC as a routine part of their freedom-to-operate strategyRead More 28Apr2023 The European Commission publishes its reforms to the EU’s rules for medicinesIf accepted into legislation, the proposed reforms will change regulatory data protection and exclusivity periods available for innovative medicinesRead More 27Apr2023 The Windsor Framework: Potential Implications for UK SPCsIf accepted into law, the framework will bring changes to the way in which medicines in Northern Ireland are regulated, which could affect SPCs in the UKRead More 18Apr2023 A tale of bags to riches in the metaverse: Hermès, its trade mark rights, and infringing NFTsHermès brought this trade mark action against Rothschild in 2022, shortly after sending him a cease and desist letter in December 2021 when it became aware of the MetaBirkinsRead More 13Apr2023 Judgment day II: Could national judges harmonise international patent law?Judges in national courts face the challenge of how to integrate UPC case law with their own. Mechanisms already exist by which they could do so, and there are compelling reasons for these to be used to harmonise international patent lawRead More 04Apr2023 ServiceProtectDealDisputeUPCUPC RepresentativesHealthcareSectorLife SciencesChemistryMaterialsEngineeringTechCreativeType Briefing Notes News PodcastsArchive2023SeptemberAugustJulyJuneMayAprilMarchFebruaryJanuary2022DecemberNovemberOctoberSeptemberAugustJulyJuneMayAprilMarchFebruaryJanuary2021DecemberNovemberOctoberSeptemberAugustJulyJuneMayAprilMarchFebruaryJanuary2020DecemberNovemberOctoberSeptemberAugustJulyJuneMayAprilMarchFebruaryJanuary2019DecemberNovemberOctoberSeptemberAugustJulyJuneMayAprilMarchFebruaryJanuary2018DecemberNovemberOctoberSeptemberAugustJulyJuneMayAprilMarchFebruaryJanuary2017DecemberNovemberOctoberSeptemberAugustJulyJuneMayAprilMarchFebruaryJanuary2016DecemberNovemberOctoberSeptemberAugustJulyJuneMayAprilMarchFebruaryJanuary2015DecemberNovemberOctoberSeptemberAugustJulyJuneMayAprilMarchFebruaryJanuary2014DecemberNovemberOctoberAugustJulyJuneMayAprilMarchFebruaryJanuary2013DecemberNovemberOctoberSeptemberAugustJulyJuneMayAprilMarchJanuary2012NovemberJulyJuneMayAprilFebruaryJanuary2011DecemberNovember2010SeptemberJulyJanuary