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Could the UK’s Court of Appeal bring back SPCs for new medical indications?
The UKIPO’s refusal of Merck Serono’s UK SPC application for a new medical indication of cladribine has been upheld by the High Court but is set to reach the Court of Appeal
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21
Feb
2024
Innovation in plastics packaging – driving the transition to a circular economy
IP considerations for protecting new packaging materials and recycling methods
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26
Oct
2023
Brazil is now a full member of the Hague International Design system
The Hague System now covers 96 countries
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01
Aug
2023
The Doctrine of Equivalents – where are we now?
2023 update
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10
May
2023
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 law
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04
Apr
2023
When can you use newly filed data to support inventive step at the EPO?
The EPO’s highest court has issued its long-awaited decision in G2/21 regarding the use of post-published evidence to support inventive step
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24
Mar
2023
Brazil joins the Hague Design System
Many companies have shown increased interest in the Hague System in recent years
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22
Feb
2023
The New EU Clinical Trials Regulation: Implications for patent filings
The EU is changing both the amount of clinical trial information that may be made available to the public and the timing for publication
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27
Jan
2023
G2/21 Update – Non-Binding Opinion Issued
The EPO’s highest court shares its initial thoughts about when data can be filed to support inventive step
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14
Oct
2022
Final UPC Rules of Procedure now published
The new rules came into effect on 1st September
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07
Sep
2022

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