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UPC Long Arm Jurisdiction: UK Proceedings Separated From Remaining Proceedings Following Key ECJ Ruling

As previously reported here, the UPC has, at first instance at least, confirmed a long held belief (often referred to as the UPC long arm jurisdiction) that UPC decisions can also have effect in non-UPC member states.

United Kingdom IP

MC

Marks & Clerk

Who Owns The Sound? Intellectual Property & The Music Industry

Music does not just accompany us on our way to work. It is present in almost every area of our daily lives. Whether in film and entertainment, the fashion industry...

United Kingdom IP

MJ

Maucher Jenkins

Brand Security In A Modern World: Author Q&A - John Ferdinand

Headlines continue to highlight the growing threat of counterfeit activity - from Chanel's $4m lawsuit to the alarming FDA warning about counterfeit Ozempic injections, 2025 is proving no different.

United Kingdom IP

MC

Marks & Clerk

A Welcomed Decision By The European General Court Regarding Grace Periods For Designs

The European General Court issued a decision on 12 March 2025, clarifying that for a registered design to benefit from the grace period it does not need to be identical to an earlier disclosed...

United Kingdom IP

MC

Marks & Clerk

You Wouldn't Steal A... Font?

United Kingdom IP

MC

Marks & Clerk

The Future Of Weather Forecasting

United Kingdom IP

MC

Marks & Clerk

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

United Kingdom IP

KG

K&L Gates LLP

UPC Court Of Appeal Confirms Requirement For "Necessity Test" In PI Proceedings

United Kingdom IP

MC

Marks & Clerk

Quantum AI: Patentable By Design?

United Kingdom IP

MC

Marks & Clerk

Is It Fair To Criticise Universities For Protecting Their Intellectual Property (IP)?

United Kingdom IP

MC

Marks & Clerk

IPO Transformation Consultation II

United Kingdom IP

KL

Keltie LLP

United Kingdom IP

MC

Marks & Clerk

United Kingdom IP

MC

Marks & Clerk

From Certificates To Courts: Litigating Second Medical Use Patents

United Kingdom IP

DG

Dennemeyer S.A.

The Supreme Court Hears Motor Finance Test Case

United Kingdom Finance

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Macfarlanes LLP

Financial Services And Markets Act 2000 (Collective Investment Schemes) (Amendment) Order Greater Clarity On The Legal Position Of Staking

United Kingdom Technology

GP

Giambrone & Partners

The EU Anti-Coercion Regulation: A New Tool Against Economic Pressure

European Union International

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WilmerHale

Let Us Help You Navigate The Future Of Green Claims In The EU (Video)

European Union Media & IT

LS

Lewis Silkin

Sponsor Licence Application Eligibility And Overview (Video)

United Kingdom Immigration

WB

WestBridge Business Immigration

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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

CI

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

PC

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

PC

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

CC

CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang

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Copyright

Who Owns The Sound? Intellectual Property & The Music Industry

Music does not just accompany us on our way to work. It is present in almost every area of our daily lives. Whether in film and entertainment, the fashion industry...

United Kingdom IP

MJ

Maucher Jenkins

You Wouldn't Steal A... Font?

The iconic anti-piracy campaign from the early 2000s likened pirating films to stealing physical goods such as handbags, cars, and TV sets - but it turns out, in an ironic twist...

United Kingdom IP

MC

Marks & Clerk

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

The Copyright Licensing Agency (CLA), a United Kingdom (UK) not-for-profit, has announced that it is developing a Generative AI (GenAI) Training Licence, and is hoping to publish the licence in the third quarter of 2025.

United Kingdom IP

KG

K&L Gates LLP

Agent 007 – Mission Amazon': Jeff Bezos Buys The Rights To Ian Fleming's Character

United Kingdom Media & IT

Bugnion

2024 年印度尼西亚在知识产权方面的发展情况

United Kingdom IP

R

Rouse

Tech v. Creatives Smackdown

United Kingdom IP

MC

Marks & Clerk

Dr Michelle Pratt In Conversation With Barbara Niemann Fadani

United Kingdom IP

B

Boult Wade Tennant

Too Large To Litigate? Representative Claim Rejected In Getty Images v Stability AI

United Kingdom IP

M

Macfarlanes LLP

Landmark CJEU Decision For Cross-border IP Litigation In Europe

European Union IP

MC

Marks & Clerk

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Licensing & Syndication

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

The Copyright Licensing Agency (CLA), a United Kingdom (UK) not-for-profit, has announced that it is developing a Generative AI (GenAI) Training Licence, and is hoping to publish the licence in the third quarter of 2025.

United Kingdom IP

KG

K&L Gates LLP

Mastering SEP Licensing And The FRAND Framework

SEP licensing refers to the process where patent holders grant others the right to use their patented technology, which is essential to a specific technical standard...

United Kingdom IP

MC

Marks & Clerk

东南亚的标准必要专利：新兴标准必要专利竞争领域中公平、合理和无歧视（FRAND）承诺的解读

东南亚地区，尤其是泰国、越南、印度尼西亚和菲律宾，正逐渐成为标准必要专利（SEP）诉讼的重要区域...

R

Rouse

Aesthetics And The Licensing Of Non-Surgical Cosmetic Procedures

United Kingdom Healthcare

RB

Rothera Bray

EU Standards Essential Patents (SEP) Proposal Withdrawn

European Union IP

KL

Keltie LLP

What Happens To Your Licence When You Or Your Business Becomes Insolvent?

United Kingdom Insolvency

RB

Rothera Bray

New SEP Resource Hub – UK Unleashes Its Innovative Potential

United Kingdom IP

FH

Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP

UPC Court Of Appeal Limits Disclosure And Leaves Door Open For Future Expert Testimony

United Kingdom IP

MC

Marks & Clerk

Creative License: The Sale And License-Back Structure Appeals To Investors And Brands In The United Kingdom

United Kingdom IP

KM

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

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Patent

UPC Long Arm Jurisdiction: UK Proceedings Separated From Remaining Proceedings Following Key ECJ Ruling

As previously reported here, the UPC has, at first instance at least, confirmed a long held belief (often referred to as the UPC long arm jurisdiction) that UPC decisions can also have effect in non-UPC member states.

United Kingdom IP

MC

Marks & Clerk

A Welcomed Decision By The European General Court Regarding Grace Periods For Designs

The European General Court issued a decision on 12 March 2025, clarifying that for a registered design to benefit from the grace period it does not need to be identical to an earlier disclosed...

United Kingdom IP

MC

Marks & Clerk

The Future Of Weather Forecasting

For many years, looking up at a red sky at night brought delight to shepherds. Cows lying in the fields, however, was a sign to prepare for rain.

United Kingdom IP

MC

Marks & Clerk

UPC Court Of Appeal Confirms Requirement For "Necessity Test" In PI Proceedings

United Kingdom IP

MC

Marks & Clerk

Quantum AI: Patentable By Design?

United Kingdom IP

MC

Marks & Clerk

Is It Fair To Criticise Universities For Protecting Their Intellectual Property (IP)?

United Kingdom IP

MC

Marks & Clerk

Updates To EPO Guidelines Relating To Artificial Intelligence And Machine Learning

United Kingdom Technology

B

Boult Wade Tennant

United Kingdom IP

MC

Marks & Clerk

United Kingdom IP

MC

Marks & Clerk

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Latest Videos

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Trade Mark Round Up Report 2025 (Video)

LS

Lewis Silkin

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

KL

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)

JA

J A Kemp LLP

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

DS

DMH Stallard

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