IP News

October 4, 2017 Mark Bhandal

Intellectual Property (Unjustified Threats) Act 2017

The Intellectual Property (Unjustified Threats) Act came into force on 1 October 2017.  We first reported this bill in our …

October 4, 2017

Recent Changes to EU Trade Mark Law

EU Trade Mark Law has changed, to make the EU trade mark system more efficient and consistent overall, and to …

June 20, 2017 Chris Bond

Added matter at the European Patent Office

The European Patent Office (EPO) is strict in only permitting amendments during prosecution of European patent applications which are “clearly …

June 14, 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 …

June 14, 2017 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 …

June 12, 2017 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 …

June 8, 2017 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 …

June 7, 2017 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” …

June 5, 2017 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, …