IP News

March 3, 2020

UK government confirms it will not seek involvement in the UPC

It was announced last week that the UK will not seek to be part of the UPC.

The Unified Patent …

February 6, 2020

EPO’s Technical Board of Appeal upholds decision to revoke key CRISPR/Cas9 patent

The EPO’s Technical Board of Appeal has upheld the decision of the Opposition Division to revoke The Broad Institute, Inc., …

January 30, 2020

Long-awaited Sky vs Skykick decision

The Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) handed down its long-awaited decision in the case of Sky v …

June 21, 2019

The UK is a global leader for IP protection

The UK has a world-leading intellectual property environment, according to a recent report by the US Chamber of Commerce.

The …

January 18, 2019 Charlotte Teall

More pain for Warner-Lambert and their pregabalin patent

The long-awaited UK Supreme Court decision concerning Warner-Lambert’s Lyrica^® patent was handed down last month.

In summary, the Supreme …

July 4, 2018

UK joins the Hague Agreement for industrial designs

On 13 June 2018, the UK officially became an individual contracting member of the Hague Agreement, meaning that it is …

April 24, 2018 Dan Rusby-Gale

UK ratifies Hague Agreement for industrial designs

UK ratifies Hague Agreement for industrial designs

On 13 March 2018, the UK government completed the final ratification step for …

March 15, 2018 Charlotte Teall

Invalid claim to priority brings down Broad Institute’s original CRISPR patent at the EPO

Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats (CRISPR) is a natural defence system used in bacteria which has been modified for …

December 20, 2017 Dr Matt Barton

G1/16 – Disclosed and undisclosed disclaimers at the EPO

The Enlarged Board of Appeal decision in G1/16 – “disclosed and undisclosed disclaimers” is now out, dated 18 December 2017:…