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The UPC – Two Years On

The Unified Patent Court – a one-stop-shop for European patent litigation – is now two years old. As it enters its third year of operation, we look at the approach that is becoming established in the new system...

United Kingdom IP

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Trends Emerging As The UPC Enters Its Third Year

The one-stop-shop for European patent litigation, the Unified Patent Court (UPC) celebrated its two year anniversary on 1 June 2025.

European Union IP

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Briefing Note: UKIPO SEP Consultation

The UKIPO's 2025 consultation on Standard Essential Patents (SEPs), announced on 15 July 2025, signals a potential policy shift in how the UK approaches SEP...

United Kingdom IP

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HGF Ltd

Granini Has Last Laugh

Where an element of a mark is non-distinctive for certain goods and/or services, the fact that these may be included in a broader term in the specification does not necessarily mean the mark is non-distinctive...

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Boult Wade Tennant

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

United Kingdom IP

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Marks & Clerk

Patenting The Biological Clock

United Kingdom IP

MC

Marks & Clerk

UPC: NPE's Licencing Income Renders Risk Of Insolvency Low

United Kingdom IP

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Marks & Clerk

UPC: Does An Acquired Marketing Authorisation Indicate Imminent Infringement?

United Kingdom IP

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Marks & Clerk

Neurotech Patents In Europe: Part 3 - Sufficiency Of Disclosure And The Plausibility Problem

United Kingdom IP

MC

Marks & Clerk

EU Design Law Overhaul: What Businesses Need To Know

United Kingdom IP

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Lewis Silkin

Top Secret: Coca-Cola's IP Legacy

United Kingdom IP

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Marks & Clerk

UPC Confirms Right Of Parties To Request Costs Up To Ceiling As Default

European Union IP

MC

Marks & Clerk

UPC Clarifies Infringement Standards For Second Medical Use Claims In Landmark PCSK9 Ruling

United Kingdom IP

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Marks & Clerk

G1/23: The Enlarged Board Of Appeal Shift EPO Practice Towards An "On-sale" Bar.

European Union IP

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HGF Ltd

Scheme Sessions Vol1.2025 - A Year Of The New DB Funding Regime: Where Are We Now? (Video)

United Kingdom Employment

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Gowling WLG

Proposed Changes To ILR: What UK Businesses Need To Know

United Kingdom Immigration

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Richmond Chambers Immigration Barristers

UK To Tighten Immigration Rules: Highlights From The 2025 White Paper

United Kingdom Immigration

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Richmond Chambers Immigration Barristers

Arts & Culture Guide (Video)

United Kingdom Immigration

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Latitude Law

UK Creative Worker Visa: Key Requirements (Video)

United Kingdom Immigration

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Latitude Law

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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

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Mayer Brown

UK Supreme Court Lowers The Threshold For Biologics Patents

United Kingdom IP

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Mayer Brown

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

United Kingdom IP

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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

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Mayer Brown

Update on the Patent Box consultation

United Kingdom Healthcare

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Mayer Brown

IP Snapshot April 2011

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CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang

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Copyright

Briefing Note: UKIPO SEP Consultation

The UKIPO's 2025 consultation on Standard Essential Patents (SEPs), announced on 15 July 2025, signals a potential policy shift in how the UK approaches SEP...

United Kingdom IP

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HGF Ltd

AI Regulation Update US/EU/UK - US Withdraws State Moratorium And The European Commission Publishes First AI Code Of Practice

The last couple of weeks have seen several developments on approaches to AI regulation in the US/EU. Despite debate around the so-called 'Trump effect' and calls for the enforcement of EU AI regulation to be delayed...

United Kingdom Technology

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Lewis Silkin

Top Secret: Coca-Cola's IP Legacy

While Coca-Cola has not officially confirmed any changes to its U.S. recipe, there are indications that a shift from the use of corn syrup to cane sugar may be on the horizon.

United Kingdom IP

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Marks & Clerk

What Do Customers Need In Contracts For AI Products?

United Kingdom Technology

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Gowling WLG

LS@SXSW AI And Creativity - Hero Or Villain? (Podcast)

United Kingdom Technology

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Lewis Silkin

The UK Getty Trial: Key Takeaways On The AI/Copyright Case

United Kingdom IP

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Jones Day

Training And Deploying AI Models Around The World: The Territorial Issues At Stake In Getty Images v. Stability AI

United Kingdom IP

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A&O Shearman

AI Legal Watch: July 2

United Kingdom Technology

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Baker Botts LLP

Comic Figure Of A Cat Protected By Copyright?

United Kingdom IP

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Maucher Jenkins

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Licensing & Syndication

Briefing Note: UKIPO SEP Consultation

The UKIPO's 2025 consultation on Standard Essential Patents (SEPs), announced on 15 July 2025, signals a potential policy shift in how the UK approaches SEP...

United Kingdom IP

HL

HGF Ltd

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

The announcement that Boddingtons Cask Ale, the iconic "Cream of Manchester", is returning to pubs across the North West has generated nostalgic excitement among beer lovers and Mancunians alike.

United Kingdom IP

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Marks & Clerk

LS@SXSW AI And Creativity - Hero Or Villain? (Podcast)

Recorded live at SXSW UK, this podcast brings together leading voices from the creative, legal, and technology sectors to debate whether AI is a hero or villain in the world of creativity.

United Kingdom Technology

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Lewis Silkin

Cosmetic Licensing: What Scotland's Bill Means For The Rest Of The UK

United Kingdom IP

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Rothera Bray

US Court Of Appeals Denies Copyright Claim For "Eleanor", The Ford Mustang

United Kingdom IP

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Marks & Clerk

In Discussion With Our Licensing Team

United Kingdom IP

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Rothera Bray

UK Court Rules On Reverse Engineering Of Mainframe Software

United Kingdom IP

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Jones Day

UK's Collective Licensing Initiative Aims To Harmonize AI And Copyright Law

United Kingdom IP

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Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton

Could This Be The Ai-nswer? A Collective Copyright Licence For Generative AI Training

United Kingdom IP

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K&L Gates LLP

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Patent

The UPC – Two Years On

The Unified Patent Court – a one-stop-shop for European patent litigation – is now two years old. As it enters its third year of operation, we look at the approach that is becoming established in the new system...

United Kingdom IP

KL

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Trends Emerging As The UPC Enters Its Third Year

The one-stop-shop for European patent litigation, the Unified Patent Court (UPC) celebrated its two year anniversary on 1 June 2025.

European Union IP

KL

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Briefing Note: UKIPO SEP Consultation

The UKIPO's 2025 consultation on Standard Essential Patents (SEPs), announced on 15 July 2025, signals a potential policy shift in how the UK approaches SEP...

United Kingdom IP

HL

HGF Ltd

Patenting The Biological Clock

United Kingdom IP

MC

Marks & Clerk

UPC: NPE's Licencing Income Renders Risk Of Insolvency Low

United Kingdom IP

MC

Marks & Clerk

UPC: Does An Acquired Marketing Authorisation Indicate Imminent Infringement?

United Kingdom IP

MC

Marks & Clerk

Neurotech Patents In Europe: Part 3 - Sufficiency Of Disclosure And The Plausibility Problem

United Kingdom IP

MC

Marks & Clerk

Top Secret: Coca-Cola's IP Legacy

United Kingdom IP

MC

Marks & Clerk

UPC Confirms Right Of Parties To Request Costs Up To Ceiling As Default

European Union IP

MC

Marks & Clerk

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Latest Videos

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Brand Security In A Modern World: Author Q&A - Kirsten Gilbert (Video)

MC

Marks & Clerk

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

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Keltie LLP

IP Insights: Are UPC Injunctions Subject To Proportionality Considerations? (2024) (Video)

BP

Bardehle Pagenberg

Drafting And Prosecuting Applications For Polymorphs Of Drug Compounds At The EPO (Video)

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J A Kemp LLP

Trademark Protection - Essential Strategies For Protecting Your Brand (Video)

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DMH Stallard

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