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No Help From Luxembourg: UPC Court Of Appeal Says CJEU Can't Rule On Interpretation Of UPCA

A recent decision of the Court of Appeal of the UPC has held that the UPC must interpret its own substantive and procedural law in line with EU law, but that the UPC cannot request the CJEU...

United Kingdom IP

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Boult Wade Tennant

No Profit In This Patent Undertaking

The High Court has confirmed that in cross-undertakings as to damages, an injured party is not entitled to an account of profits.

United Kingdom IP

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Lewis Silkin

Wrestling With G1/24 – How Should The Claims Be Interpreted In View Of The Description?

In G1/24, the Enlarged Board of Appeal (EBA) codified how claims should be interpreted for assessing patentability: in consultation with the description.

United Kingdom IP

HL

HGF Ltd

UPC: No Need To Separate Multi-Defendant Proceedings To Protect Sensitive Information

In a recent procedural order issued by the Mannheim Local Division of the UPC (UPC_CFI_819/2024), the Court rejected an application made by three co-defendants requesting a separation of proceedings into three distinct strands of litigation...

United Kingdom IP

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Marks & Clerk

Has The UPC Just Taken Its First Steps In Developing Its Own Doctrine Of Equivalents?

United Kingdom IP

MC

Marks & Clerk

Tang Gold May Be A Sweet Mandarin, But It's A Sour Result For Asda

United Kingdom IP

M

Murgitroyd

Thaler's AI Patent Application Confirmed As Deemed Withdrawn In The UK

United Kingdom IP

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

CJEU Holds That Stocking Goods In One EU Member State Can Infringe A Trade Mark Held In Another

European Union IP

KL

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

When Is Dancing Not Just Dancing? When Copyright And Choreography Intersect

United Kingdom IP

MC

Marks & Clerk

UPC Grants First UK Injunction

United Kingdom IP

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Potter Clarkson

Government Consultation Into Changes To The UKIPO's Trade Mark, Design And Tribunal Services

United Kingdom IP

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Boult Wade Tennant

Description Amendment Requirements At EPO (Video)

United Kingdom IP

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HGF Ltd

The Importance Of IPR Valuation

United Kingdom IP

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Novagraaf Group

Patent Applications For Computer Games At The UKIPO And EPO

United Kingdom IP

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Murgitroyd

Responsibility Of Shell For Legacy Oil Pollution In Nigeria

United Kingdom Environment

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

UK CPS And SFO Issue Updated Corporate Prosecution Guidance: What Corporates Need To Know

United Kingdom Commercial

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K&L Gates LLP

Evolving Regulation For CO₂ Storage: A Call For Evidence From Ofgem

United Kingdom Environment

KL

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

FinReg Monthly Update

United Kingdom Finance

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Proskauer Rose LLP

Do Not Bottle The Truth: Major Soft Drinks Company Commits To Correcting Its Recycling Claims Under EU Law

European Union Environment

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K&L Gates LLP

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Biotech, Life Sciences & Healthcare

Home Health Diagnostics, Microfluidics & IP

The concept of self-conducted diagnostic tests, administered by patients in their own home, would likely have been thought completely preposterous 100 years ago – conjuring-up images of an array of test-tubes, flasks and Bunsen burners.

United Kingdom IP

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ClearView IP

Supplementary Protection Certificates: The Court Of Justice Agrees With Potter Clarkson That SPCs With Negative Terms Are Acceptable

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruled yesterday in an important case (C-125/10, Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp. v Deutsches Patent- und Markenamt), relating to Supplementary Protection Certificates (SPCs).

European Union IP

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Potter Clarkson

HGS v Eli Lilly: Bar For Industrial Applicability Of Gene Patents In UK Lowered And Realigned With The EPO

On 2 November 2011, the UK Supreme Court (formerly the House of Lords) handed down its decision in Human Genome Sciences Inc (HGS) v Eli Lilly and Company (Lilly), which was primarily concerned with the issue of industrial applicability of claimed biological material.

United Kingdom Healthcare

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Potter Clarkson

A Step Back From The Patent Cliff? The Court Of Justice Of The EU Rules On SPCs

European Union IP

MB

Mayer Brown

UK Supreme Court Lowers The Threshold For Biologics Patents

United Kingdom IP

MB

Mayer Brown

European Court Of Justice Clamps Down On Human Embryonic Stem Cell Patents

United Kingdom IP

HL

HGF Ltd

Advocate General's Opinion Concerning the EU Harmonised Test For Granting An Extension Of The Term Of A Patent For Medicinal Products

European Union Healthcare

MB

Mayer Brown

Update on the Patent Box consultation

United Kingdom Healthcare

MB

Mayer Brown

IP Snapshot April 2011

United Kingdom IP

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CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang

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Copyright

AI And Creativity: Hero, Villain – Or Something Far More Nuanced?

As part of SXSW's first tever UK edition, Lewis Silkin brought together a packed room to hear five esharp minds – photographer-advocate Isabelle Doran...

United Kingdom Technology

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Lewis Silkin

When Is Dancing Not Just Dancing? When Copyright And Choreography Intersect

What do TikTok, "emotes", dance moves, "Apple," and video games all have in common? Well, recently they were all at the centre of a very modern intellectual property (IP) dispute...

United Kingdom IP

MC

Marks & Clerk

The Importance Of IPR Valuation

To exploit your intellectual property rights to their maximum potential, you need to first understand their value. Megan Taylor outlines why rights holders need to consider IP valuation...

United Kingdom IP

NG

Novagraaf Group

UKIPO Launches Major Consultation On UK Design Law Reform

United Kingdom IP

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Boult Wade Tennant

Your Step By Step Guide To The UK's Important Design Law Consultation

United Kingdom IP

GW

Gowling WLG

Sony v Datel: IP Law vs Mods, Cheats And Hacks In Video Games

United Kingdom IP

LS

Lewis Silkin

Protecting Your Business In The Metaverse

United Kingdom Technology

GP

Giambrone & Partners

Owning Memes That Own The Internet: Navigating IP Protection

United Kingdom IP

M

Murgitroyd

Tote Bags, Trade Marks And Corporate Dissolution: Lessons From The Notting Hill Shopping Bag Case

United Kingdom IP

LS

Lewis Silkin

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Licensing & Syndication

AI And Creativity: Hero, Villain – Or Something Far More Nuanced?

As part of SXSW's first tever UK edition, Lewis Silkin brought together a packed room to hear five esharp minds – photographer-advocate Isabelle Doran...

United Kingdom Technology

LS

Lewis Silkin

Enforcing SEPs In Key Southeast Asian Markets

While the EU, UK, India, China, the US and, to some extent, Brazil remain key battlegrounds for enforcing standard essential patents, SEP holders are increasingly incentivised...

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Rouse

Reimagining Licensing: A Joint Industry-government Vision For The Future 

The Licensing Act 2003, which governs alcohol sales, entertainment, and late-night refreshment in England and Wales...

United Kingdom IP

RB

Rothera Bray

Football Governance Act Becomes Law In Historic Moment For English Football

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Addleshaw Goddard

License Analogy And Right To Information In Cases Of Unauthorized Image Use – The "Cologne Cathedral Case"

United Kingdom IP

MJ

Maucher Jenkins

Football Governance Act Becomes Law

United Kingdom IP

LS

Lewis Silkin

UK IPO Launches Consultation On Standard Essential Patents

United Kingdom IP

LS

Lewis Silkin

Briefing Note: UKIPO SEP Consultation

United Kingdom IP

HL

HGF Ltd

The Cream Rises Again – But Who's Really Behind The Pump Clip?

United Kingdom IP

MC

Marks & Clerk

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Patent

No Help From Luxembourg: UPC Court Of Appeal Says CJEU Can't Rule On Interpretation Of UPCA

A recent decision of the Court of Appeal of the UPC has held that the UPC must interpret its own substantive and procedural law in line with EU law, but that the UPC cannot request the CJEU...

United Kingdom IP

B

Boult Wade Tennant

No Profit In This Patent Undertaking

The High Court has confirmed that in cross-undertakings as to damages, an injured party is not entitled to an account of profits.

United Kingdom IP

LS

Lewis Silkin

Wrestling With G1/24 – How Should The Claims Be Interpreted In View Of The Description?

In G1/24, the Enlarged Board of Appeal (EBA) codified how claims should be interpreted for assessing patentability: in consultation with the description.

United Kingdom IP

HL

HGF Ltd

UPC: No Need To Separate Multi-Defendant Proceedings To Protect Sensitive Information

United Kingdom IP

MC

Marks & Clerk

Has The UPC Just Taken Its First Steps In Developing Its Own Doctrine Of Equivalents?

United Kingdom IP

MC

Marks & Clerk

Tang Gold May Be A Sweet Mandarin, But It's A Sour Result For Asda

United Kingdom IP

M

Murgitroyd

Thaler's AI Patent Application Confirmed As Deemed Withdrawn In The UK

United Kingdom IP

KL

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

UPC Grants First UK Injunction

United Kingdom IP

PC

Potter Clarkson

Description Amendment Requirements At EPO (Video)

United Kingdom IP

HL

HGF Ltd

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Latest Videos

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Antibodies (Video)

HL

HGF Ltd

Lift Off - How To Protect Your IP In LEO (Video)

MC

Marks & Clerk

Trade Mark Round Up Report 2025 (Video)

LS

Lewis Silkin

Lifecycle Of A Smart Idea - The UPC: An 18-Month Round-Up (Video)

GW

Gowling WLG

Watch Now: Setting Your IP Strategy For 2025 – Strategic Patent And Trade Secret Portfolio Development (Video)

KL

Keltie LLP

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