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Patent Newsletter No.85
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IP Cases & Articles
AI in drug discovery - technical and IP challenges
Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are not new concepts – they have been the subject of academic investigation for decades. However, real-world applications have had to wait longer for the availability of the computing power and rich data sets necessary to successfully implement such approaches. -
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FibroGen Ltd v Akebia Therapeutics - when are structurally- and functionally-defined claims excessively broad?
The Court of Appeal recently clarified the steps for assessing whether claims defined both structurally and functionally are insufficient due to excessive claim breadth, under the UK Patents Act 1977. The case involved two FibroGen patent families relating to a class of compounds for use in treating two forms of… -
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Germany simplifies and modernises industrial property laws
Germany offers an outstanding system for IP protection – its patent and trade mark office (the DPMA) is the largest national IP office in Europe and the fifth largest national patent office in the world. It is however over ten years since the last major reform of industrial property protection… -
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Database management and information retrieval systems - has their time finally come?
The realm of computer-implemented inventions is a challenging one, with traps and pitfalls for the unaware and unwary. The guidance provided by the European Patent Office (EPO) to its examiners for assessing the patentability of computer-implemented inventions provides valuable insight into how to navigate this troublesome area. -
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Too much time for live - Facebook v Voxer IP: struggles with equivalence in a post-Actavis world
In this recent case, Facebook’s live broadcast feature was found not to infringe Voxer’s patent related to exchanging messages in “live” and “time-shifted” communication modes. Specifically, it was deemed that a minimum 10-second delay between content being captured by one user and being viewed by another user was “just too… -
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T 1197/18: clarification of the video conferencing order issued on G 1/21
T1197/18 provides some clarity on the scope of the term “impairing” in the order concerning video conferencing (ViCo) issued on G1/21 by the Enlarged Board of Appeal. -
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Slovenia has ratified the Protocol to the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court (UPC) on provisional application (PPA) and the UPC Agreement (UPCA)
On 15 October 2021, the Slovenian Government deposited the instrument of ratification for the PPA and the UPCA. -
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GENGHIS KHAN decision highlights importance of industry peculiarities to unregistered company rights
A famous German music producer and founder of the band Genghis Khan, has brought an infringement action against the band’s former lead singer in a counter attack at the Munich courts, based on unregistered rights to the band name, as well as other grounds. This came after the defendant attempted… -
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Top ranking for D Young & Co in The Legal 500 UK 2022
We are delighted to celebrate the news that our patent and trade mark attorney teams have again been ranked as top tier by Legal 500.
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