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A Leading Case – Beware Sequence Errors In Patent Claims

The UK Patents Court has held that Samsung Bioepis' and Amgen's eculizumab biosimilars for treating PNH did not infringe Alexion's EP3167888, as the claims covered...

United Kingdom IP

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HGF Ltd

Weights, Biases, And The Scales Of Justice: A Look Inside The Supreme Court Patentability Hearing

UK Supreme Court decisions relating to patentability are few and far between, and are significant for that reason alone. However, this week's proceedings between Emotional Perception AI (EPAI)...

United Kingdom IP

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Lewis Silkin

LD Mannheim, July 18, 2025, Order On Infringement Claims Relating To UK, UPC_CFI_359/2023

According to the ECJ's ruling in BSH Hausgeräte, the court of the Member State of the European Union in which the defendant is domiciled (Article 4(1) Brussels Ia Regulation) does have jurisdiction to rule...

United Kingdom IP

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Bardehle Pagenberg

I Wouldn't Do That If I Were You: UK IPO Refuses Patent For Use Of Neural Networks To Generate In-game Tips

A recent decision of the UK IPO (O/0599/25) has considered key case law relating to patentability of video game mechanics and game rules, and whether there exists a general principle...

United Kingdom IP

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Lewis Silkin

Have Crocs Taken A Step Too Far?

United Kingdom IP

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Marks & Clerk

LD Mannheim, July 18, 2025, Order On Infringement Claims Relating To UK, UPC_CFI_365/2023

United Kingdom IP

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Bardehle Pagenberg

Stop The Press, Literally!

United Kingdom IP

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Boult Wade Tennant

Understanding The ASEAN Manufacturing Landscape

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Rouse

The Home-made Invention That Led To The Sound Of Black Sabbath, And The Birth Of A New Genre - 'Heavy Metal'

United Kingdom IP

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Marks & Clerk

A Case Of Bad "Optics"? EU UPC Grants UK Injunction

United Kingdom IP

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Lewis Silkin

UK Approach To Plausibility Remains Unchanged Despite EPO's G2/21

United Kingdom IP

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Potter Clarkson

Trust Your Dentist: Flossing Is Good For You

United Kingdom IP

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Marks & Clerk

UK IPO Launches Consultation On Standard Essential Patents

United Kingdom IP

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Lewis Silkin

When Is A Decision Not A Decision? When It Is An Intermediate Conclusion

United Kingdom IP

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Marks & Clerk

The Long-awaited Draft Framework For The UK Regulatory Regime For Cryptoassets Has Arrived

United Kingdom Finance

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Addleshaw Goddard

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

A Practitioner's Perspective: Four Keys To Success For A AssS-To-AI Transition

United Kingdom Technology

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AlixPartners

DORA Delegated Regulation On Threat-Led Penetration Testing Published In Official Journal

European Union Finance

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Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

UK Creative Worker Visa: Key Requirements (Video)

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Latitude Law

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

Patenting The Biological Clock

Would you rather be biologically or chronologically young? As life expectancy continues to increase, on average, worldwide, attention is increasingly focussing on biological age...

United Kingdom IP

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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

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Marks & Clerk

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

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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

Tackling The Source Of Phantom Limb Pain With Nerve Stimulation

United Kingdom IP

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Marks & Clerk

UKIPO Launch Consultation On Standard Essential Patents

United Kingdom IP

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Marks & Clerk

Key Takeaways From CJEU Decision C-382/21 (27 February 2024)

United Kingdom IP

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Boult Wade Tennant

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

Last week, the EPO's Enlarged Board of Appeal (EBA) issued its Decision that both a product put on the market before the date of filing of a European patent application...

European Union IP

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HGF Ltd

Tackling The Source Of Phantom Limb Pain With Nerve Stimulation

Millions of people worldwide suffer from pain that is perceived to be in an area of the body that is paradoxically no longer (or never was) attached to the body.

United Kingdom IP

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Marks & Clerk

UKIPO Launch Consultation On Standard Essential Patents

The UK Intellectual Property Office (UK IPO) has today launched a consultation on proposals to make the Standard Essential Patent (SEP) ecosystem work better and more transparently for innovative UK businesses of all sizes...

United Kingdom IP

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Marks & Clerk

Key Takeaways From CJEU Decision C-382/21 (27 February 2024)

Early last year, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) confirmed two important points regarding design rights in the EU...

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Boult Wade Tennant

UPC Day Out: Show Me Your Subsoiler

United Kingdom IP

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Marks & Clerk

Neurotech Patents In Europe: Part 2 - Novelty, Inventive Step, And Device-Specific Pitfalls

Building on my previous article relating neurotech to European patentability exclusions, I will discuss how the novelty of medical devices is assessed differently from pharmaceuticals.

United Kingdom IP

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Marks & Clerk

European Space Agency (ESA)'s Technology 2040 Vision

The European Space Agency (ESA) has recently released their "Technology 2040 Vision" document (18 June 2025).

United Kingdom Technology

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Marks & Clerk

The UPC's New Case Management System—What To Know

For the past few years since its official launch, as well as getting to grips with the developing procedures and case law of the Unified Patent Court (UPC), representatives have been using the UPC's...

United Kingdom IP

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Crowell & Moring LLP

UK SPC Law Changes From 1 January 2025: What You Need To Know

The implementation of the Windsor Framework on 1 January 2025 marked a significant turning point in the UK's regulatory landscape for human medicines.

United Kingdom IP

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Potter Clarkson

UPC Actions Involving Pending European Patent Applications

United Kingdom IP

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Boult Wade Tennant

Q&A With Richard Lawrence: Real-world IP For A Fast-moving World

United Kingdom IP

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Keltie LLP

R&D Funding And The Patent Box For Green Tech Start-ups: Mini Series Part Four

United Kingdom IP

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Boult Wade Tennant

UPC Milan Local Division Grants Stay In Proceedings Pending Adaptation Of Description At EPO

United Kingdom IP

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J A Kemp LLP

"Far-Fetched And Utterly Implausible" - EPO Decision G 001/23

United Kingdom IP

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Lewis Silkin

UPC Court Of Appeal Sets A High Bar For Suspending Enforcement Of First Instance Orders Pending Appeal

United Kingdom IP

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J A Kemp LLP

Safeguarding Your IP At Offshore Europe 2025

United Kingdom IP

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Murgitroyd

Generative AI And Copyright

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Keltie LLP

G1/23 Decision Published

United Kingdom IP

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Boult Wade Tennant

Neurotech Patents In Europe: Part 1 - Methods, Medical Devices, And The EPC Exclusion

United Kingdom IP

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Marks & Clerk

IP Ingredients: Summer Case Law Review 2025

United Kingdom IP

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HGF Ltd

Patents Are Certainly Indicative Of Innovation

United Kingdom IP

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Marks & Clerk

The Effects Of Innovation In Policing

United Kingdom IP

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Marks & Clerk

G 1/24: EPO's Decision On Claim Interpretation

United Kingdom IP

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Potter Clarkson

G 1/23 - The EPO's Enlarged Board Of Appeal Clarifies When A Marketed Product Belongs To The State Of The Art At The EPO

European Union IP

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Marks & Clerk

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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)

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Bardehle Pagenberg

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

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J A Kemp LLP

UPC Unpacked: Issue 2

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HLK

Webinar – Patent Box: Your Guide To The Lesser Known Sibling Of R&D Tax Relief (Video)

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Old Mill

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