Latest insights, firm news and podcasts A measure of outstanding employee inventor compensation – Shanks v UnileverIn a decision dated 23rd May 2014, Mr Justice Arnold in the UK High Court dismissed Professor Shanks’ appeal and upheld the UKIPO decision not to award Professor Shanks any employee inventor compensation.Read More 19Jun2014 Patchy report from a gynaecology conference is enough to stop morning after pill patentThe UK’s High Court has decided that Richter Gedeon’s patent for a single dose of the emergency contraceptive levonorgestrel is invalid in view of a report published a few months before the priority date revealing the preliminary results from an incomplete study of the drugRead More 12Jun2014 Clinical trials in the UK are given immunity to patent infringementNew legislation introduced by the UK government should shield clinical trials in the UK from the risk of patent infringement from 1st October 2014.Read More 05Jun2014 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 Less is more, but still not enough, for Genentech’s dosing schedule patentThe High Court has decided, in a single judgment, that Genentech’s patents relating to a dosage regimen for Herceptin and a purified composition of non-acidic variants of Herceptin are invalid. This article focuses on the dosage regimen patent.Read More 24Apr2014 No sitting on the fence for IPECIPEC holds that groundless threats of patent infringement proceedings were made.Read More 03Apr2014<1…6869707172737475> Type Firm News Insights PodcastsServiceProtectDealDisputeUPCSectorHealthcare+Energy+Life SciencesChemistryMaterialsEngineeringTechCreativeArchive2026AugustJulyJuneMayAprilMarchFebruaryJanuary2025DecemberNovemberOctoberSeptemberAugustJulyJuneAprilMarchFebruaryJanuary2024DecemberNovemberOctoberSeptemberAugustJulyJuneMayAprilMarchFebruaryJanuary2023DecemberNovemberOctoberSeptemberAugustJulyJuneMayAprilMarchFebruaryJanuary2022DecemberNovemberOctoberSeptemberAugustJulyJuneMayAprilMarchFebruaryJanuary2021DecemberNovemberOctoberSeptemberAugustJulyJuneMayAprilMarchFebruaryJanuary2020DecemberNovemberOctoberSeptemberAugustJulyJuneMayAprilMarchFebruaryJanuary2019DecemberNovemberOctoberSeptemberAugustJulyJuneMayAprilMarchFebruaryJanuary2018DecemberNovemberOctoberSeptemberAugustJulyJuneMayAprilMarchFebruaryJanuary2017DecemberNovemberOctoberSeptemberAugustJulyJuneMayAprilMarchFebruaryJanuary2016DecemberNovemberOctoberSeptemberAugustJulyJuneMayAprilMarchFebruaryJanuary2015DecemberNovemberOctoberSeptemberAugustJulyJuneMayAprilMarchFebruaryJanuary2014DecemberNovemberOctoberAugustJulyJuneMayAprilMarchFebruaryJanuary2013DecemberNovemberOctoberSeptemberAugustJulyJuneMayAprilMarchJanuary2012NovemberJulyJuneMayAprilFebruaryJanuary
