Feb 14, 2024 Life sciences – what to expect in 2024 By Harriet Hanks Emma Franck-Gwinnell Adam Golden 2023 was marked by some real success stories in the life sciences and healthcare space, including ground-breaking new weight loss...
Nov 28, 2023 Will English become the language of the UPC? By Alexandra Morgan Dr. Christopher Stothers Dr. Stephan Dorn Two recent UPC orders have changed the existing languages of proceedings from Dutch and German respectively to English. Is this the start...
Jun 21, 2023 UPC week 3 – what we are seeing (and not seeing) By Dr. Christopher Stothers Alexandra Morgan Dr. Stephan Dorn 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...
Jun 09, 2023 The UPC case finder: Beware of the Leopard By Alexandra Morgan Dr. Christopher Stothers Dr. Stephan Dorn The Unified Patent Court (UPC) case finder search facility enables the public to search for cases filed in the UPC. It’s pleasing that...
Jun 10, 2020 The German UPC story: take 2 (and is the London seat up for grabs?) By Dr. Stephan Dorn Alexandra Morgan The German Federal Ministry of Justice shows unexpected pace in repeating the legislative process for the German Act of Approval for the...
Mar 25, 2020 The German UPC story – stop, breathe and repeat - UPDATE By Dr. Stephan Dorn In an order published on 20 March 2020 (but dated 13 February) the German Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) ruled that the Act of...
Oct 23, 2019 UK Supreme Court: employee owed £2m for 1980s invention By Ben Cohen The UK Supreme Court handed down its judgment today in Shanks v Unilever (link to Supreme Court judgment). This broadens the...
Apr 09, 2019 F/RAND : implementers sanctioned for gaming the system and failing to protect their costs position By Alexandra Morgan Dr. Christopher Stothers Paul Abbott The English Courts have become a popular forum for resolution of disputes over standard essential patents (SEPs) and, in particular,...
Feb 12, 2019 Inventor compensation: what is ‘outstanding benefit’ to an employer? By Dr. Christopher Stothers Laura Whiting The UK Supreme Court has been hearing a case about when an employer must compensate an employee for inventing something patentable in the...
Nov 14, 2018 UK Supreme Court patent decision in Lyrica: what you need to know By Laura Whiting Dr. Christopher Stothers Paul Abbott The UK Supreme Court handed down its much anticipated judgment in the Warner-Lambert v Mylan and Actavis (Lyrica) case today...