08 May, 2024 UPC not affected by parallel actions filed before 1 June 2023 By Paul England During the UPC's seven year transitional period, which began on 1 June 2023, a choice of forum is provided between the UPC and the...
25 Apr, 2024 UK biotech goes stateside: supporting One Nucleus' Boston Bootcamp 2024 By Adrian Toutoungi The week of the Great One Nucleus Boston Bootcamp has finally arrived! Very excited to be in Boston with Ross McNaughton, Sarah Cole,...
24 Apr, 2024 Brand owners need to act now to secure their continued right to use distinctive packaging designs in the EU By Louise Popple What's the issue? We have already written about how the proposed new EU Packaging & Packaging Waste Regulation could restrict the ability...
19 Apr, 2024 UPC shifts towards English as the lingua franca By Paul England In a significant judgment, the UPC Court of Appeal in Curio Bioscience v 10x Genomics*, has made a decision that is likely to shift the...
22 Mar, 2024 The Illumina Grail saga continues By Paolo Palmigiano Another key development today in the saga of the Illumina Grail case. As many will remember, the European Commission reinterpreted Art.22...
15 Mar, 2024 Time to tinker? The UK Patent Box By Graham Samuel-Gibbon The UK Spring Budget 2024 built upon the commitment made by the government in its Life Sciences Vision to establish the UK as a leading...
14 Mar, 2024 Tenant inducements and the Construction Industry Scheme By Liz Wilson Harriet Revington It is a wonderous thing when a government listens to a request from industry to tweak an irritating set of rules. It is an even more...
07 Mar, 2024 Spring Budget 2024: further tax relief changes "when fiscal conditions" allow for Life Sciences businesses By Sally Robertson Jeremy Hunt’s Spring Budget 2024 has not revealed any new significant changes to relevant tax reliefs following his Autumn Statement in...
29 Feb, 2024 It's the not knowing that kills you - HMRC response times By Graham Samuel-Gibbon HMRC customer service (or lack thereof) has been in the news with the release of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) report for HMRC...
20 Feb, 2024 UPC bifurcation: the dog that didn't bark? By Paul England One of the prevailing questions – and concerns – during the many years of preparation of the Unified Patent Court used to be whether...
15 Feb, 2024 Getting ready for UK visa changes in April By Charlie Pring We now know that the increase in minimum salaries for sponsored work visas will go live on 4 April 2024 (the equivalent date for family...
07 Feb, 2024 A new world for EMI notifications By Ann Casey EMI options are great tax-favoured incentives for employees, but they do come with important administrative tasks. One of these tasks is...