Year: 2017

Kate Selwyn

The UK Unjustified Threats Act receives royal assent

On 27 April 2017, the long awaited Intellectual Property (Unjustified Threats) Act received royal assent. The Act now requires secondary …

Dr Matt Barton

More trouble for the UPC

Further delay for the Unitary Patent

Executive summary

It is reported that the German Federal Constitutional Court (BVerfG) has asked …

Dr Ryan Mitchell

Triple combination SPC held invalid

In March 2017, the UK High court held that Merck Sharp & Dohme Corporation’s (MSD) SPC for an anti-HIV triple …

Charlotte Teall

Another raft of questions concerning patent term extensions (SPCs) referred to the CJEU

The CJEU has been busy recently answering questions concerning the SPC Regulation, which is aimed at providing a patent term …

Charlotte Sunderland

UK court grants declarations allowing biosimilar companies to “clear the way” of secondary patents

In the latest of a series of related judgements between the parties, the UK High Court has granted so-called “Arrow” …

Dr Jack Gunning

The latest on the Unitary Patent (UP) and the Unified Patent Court (UPC)

For the unitary patent package (which includes a Unitary Patent and a Unified Patent Court structure) to come into effect, …

Charlotte Teall

Forresters partner Charlotte Teall takes on the Barcelona Ironman® 70.3® during the INTA conference

Charlotte Teall (left in the photo) successfully took part in the Barcelona Ironman® 70.3® with a group of …

Forresters – Conversion to Limited Liability Partnership as from 1 April 2017

In line with many other professional services providers, Forresters is converting to a Limited Liability Partnership (LLP) – No. OC416271.…

Matthew Shaw

Brexit Process Officially Triggered – But It’s Business As Usual At Forresters, Now And In The Future

The UK prime minister, Theresa May, has today invoked Article 50 of the Treaty of Lisbon, which officially begins the