Protect 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 The Patent Prosecution HighwayThe Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) offers a system through which patent prosecution can be accelerated in one participating jurisdiction provided the claims of interest have been found to be acceptable in another participating jurisdiction.Read More 05Mar2014 European Trade Mark Proceedings & LitigationFast, cost-effective dispute resolution by professionals working exclusively on IP matters.Read More 12Feb2014 CJEU allows multiple SPCs per patent under a qualified test, but uncertainties remainOn 12th December 2013, the CJEU handed down its rulings in three cases, Georgetown II (C-484/12), Actavis (C-443/12) and Eli Lilly (C-493/12), which have had SPC practitioners on tenterhooks for some time.Read More 19Dec2013 Extending pharmaceutical patents in the UKThe contentious world of patent extensions for pharmaceutical products has come under the spotlight again in a recent UK decision: Actavis v Boehringer. The decision signals that the UK courts are keen to extend pharmaceutical patents, even where the product is a combination of two known active ingredients, but the final say will now go to Europe’s highest court (the CJEU).Read More 07Nov2013 Is EU Community design the top dog in design protection?It can be hard to choose the most appropriate and cost-effective means of protecting designs within the European Union. This article looks at the issues that parties may wish to consider if they import, distribute or sell products within the European Union by reference to their innovative, visual appeal.Read More 17Oct2013 UK Court of Appeal considers the patentability of touchscreen-related inventionsA recent judgment of the UK Court of Appeal in HTC v Apple considered whether computer implemented methods utilised in touchscreen devices were excluded from patentability.Read More 30May2013 But finishing was never part of the (paediatric investigation) plan…The UK's High Court recently decided upon Dr Reddy's application to revoke the 6 month paediatric extension of Warner-Lambert's SPC for atorvastatin (Lipitor), which is used for lowering blood cholesterol.Read More 17Jan2013 Neurim – “the most important SPC judgment ever”On 19th July 2012 the CJEU, Europe's highest court, issued its ruling in case C-130/11 Neurim Pharmaceuticals.Read More 22Jul2012 An Important Day for Supplementary Protection CertificatesOn Friday 10th February, the UK High Court had a busy morning applying recent decisions of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in Medeva (C-322/10) and related referrals, to real world situations involving Supplementary Protection Certificates (SPCs).Read More 23Feb2012<1…2526272829> Type Firm News Insights PodcastsServiceProtectDealDisputeSectorHealthcare+Energy+Life SciencesChemistryMaterialsEngineeringTechCreativeArchive2026January2025DecemberNovemberOctoberSeptemberAugustJulyJuneAprilMarchFebruaryJanuary2024DecemberNovemberOctoberSeptemberAugustJulyJuneMayAprilMarchFebruaryJanuary2023DecemberNovemberOctoberSeptemberAugustJulyJuneMayAprilMarchFebruaryJanuary2022DecemberNovemberOctoberSeptemberAugustJulyJuneMayAprilMarchFebruaryJanuary2021DecemberNovemberOctoberSeptemberAugustJulyJuneMayAprilMarchFebruaryJanuary2020DecemberNovemberOctoberSeptemberAugustJulyJuneMayAprilMarchFebruaryJanuary2019DecemberNovemberOctoberSeptemberAugustJulyJuneMayAprilMarchFebruaryJanuary2018DecemberNovemberOctoberSeptemberAugustJulyJuneMayAprilMarchFebruaryJanuary2017DecemberNovemberOctoberSeptemberAugustJulyJuneMayAprilMarchFebruaryJanuary2016DecemberNovemberOctoberSeptemberAugustJulyJuneMayAprilMarchFebruaryJanuary2015DecemberNovemberOctoberSeptemberAugustJulyJuneMayAprilMarchFebruaryJanuary2014DecemberNovemberOctoberAugustJulyJuneMayAprilMarchFebruaryJanuary2013DecemberNovemberOctoberSeptemberAugustJulyJuneMayAprilMarchJanuary2012NovemberJulyJuneMayAprilFebruaryJanuary
