On 4 June 2025, the Patent Mediation and Arbitration Centre of the Unified Patent Court (PMAC) launched a public consultation to gather...
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Introduction On 6 May 2025, the UK and India signed the long-awaited Free Trade Agreement (FTA), expected to double bilateral trade and...
On 4 June 2025, the Patent Mediation and Arbitration Centre of the Unified Patent Court (Centre) launched a public consultation to gather...
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The Court of Appeal has clarified that Brexit has not changed the test to determine whether supplementary protection certificate (SPC)...
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The European Court of Justice (CJEU) handed down its judgment in Servier on 27 June 2024, agreeing with Advocate General Juliane Kokott’s...
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2023 was marked by some real success stories in the life sciences and healthcare space, including ground-breaking new weight loss...
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Two recent UPC orders have changed the existing languages of proceedings from Dutch and German respectively to English. Is this the start...
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“Greenwashing” is a clear buzzword in the UK and EU. Greenwashing is the use of false, misleading, or unsubstantiated claims about the...
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The Unified Patent Court (UPC) is in its third week of operations and from what is visible so far we’re seeing the life sciences sector...
The Unified Patent Court (UPC) case finder search facility enables the public to search for cases filed in the UPC. It’s pleasing that...
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On 20 December 2022, the German Annual Tax Act 2022 entered into force. An essential component of this new legislation is the partial...
The second of our two-part blog on the draft implementing rules (see part one on merger control here), published by the State...