Patent Newsletter February Edition

• Court of Appeal clarifies UK law on selection inventions: Eli Lilly's olanzapine patent EP0454436B upheld at Court of Appeal
• Case law update: revocation of EP(UK)0509752B at the UK High Court
• US small entity status: gift horse or trojan horse?
• Embryonic stem cells patent referred to ECJ. German Federal Court of Justice stays proceedings to submit questions to the European Court of Justice

Trade Mark Newsletter January Edition

• No soap opera! The value of potential merchandising to broadcasters & the importance of protecting even fictional brands from unauthorised third party use
• Penny Nicholls wins lifetime achievement award
• UK IPO pours water on Focal Point's fire
• Drink, drugs and trade marks? Court of First Instance issues decision on registration of the word mark cannabis
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