09 Jul, 2024 Transfers of value: the disclosure trap By Alison Dennis On 5 July 2024, Novo Nordisk (NN), received its second public reprimand from the PMCPA in 18 months. The reprimand relates to a voluntary...
04 Jul, 2024 UPC invalidates patent before Germany can decide By Paul England As written previously, there has been a long-standing question in the UPC about whether the UPC and national courts can host parallel...
26 Jun, 2024 Is the UPC a reason to expedite English patent actions? By Paul England Seeking a quick English decision from the Patents Court, particularly on invalidity, to try to influence later decisions in foreign...
20 Jun, 2024 UK SPCs to return, but for second medical uses? By Paul England With the new unitary Supplementary Protection Certificate (SPC) and changes to EU supplementary protection certificates still in...
03 Jun, 2024 Extreme UV photo-resist University patent dispute spotlights continued geopolitical tensions in semiconductor sector By Adrian Toutoungi Amy Cheng It is no secret that the semiconductor sector has been buffeted by geopolitical winds since the supply chain disruption caused by the...
23 May, 2024 Using the prosecution file in the UPC? An idea from the UK By Paul England In SES-Imagotag v Hanshow (20 December 2023), the Munich Local Division of the UPC appeared to open the way to using the prosecution file...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
31 Jan, 2024 Flexible but brief? Expert evidence in the UPC By Paul England One of the unusual features of the Unified Patent Court is the way its procedures combine aspects of Europe’s civil and common law...