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SHIELD Act - Protecting Against Patent Trolls in the US
The term ‘patent troll’ is widely used to refer to a commercial entity that collects patents mainly for the purpose of aggressively pursuing alleged infringers. Alleged infringers are encouraged to settle with the patent troll, rather than entering expensive litigation proceedings. -
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Samsung v Apple - More Skirmishes in the Patent War
A few new blows have exchanged this month in the on-going worldwide battle between Samsung and Apple. -
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Making or Repairing? Guidance from the Supreme Court
The UK Supreme Court (previously ‘House of Lords’) has very recently given its judgment on the Schütz v Werit case relating essentially to the question of repair. -
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IP Support for Innovative Businesses
The Patent Box scheme, under which a company can apply a lower rate of corporation tax to profits earned from its patented inventions, came into effect on 1 April 2013. -
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Clinical Trials Exempt From Patent Infringement
On 26 February 2013, the UK Government announced a proposal to change UK patent law to exempt clinical trials of innovative drugs, for both regulatory approval and health technology assessments, from patent infringement. This is welcome news for the pharmaceutical industry as it finally clarifies the scope of this exemption,… -
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Boxing Clever - Take Advantage of the UK Patent Box
The financial year starting in April 2013 sees the introduction of potential corporation tax relief under the so-called Patent Box scheme. Use of the Patent Box can reduce corporation tax payable from 23% to10% on profits made by any company in the UK that can be attributed to qualifying patents.… -
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UK to Broaden Clinical Trial Exemption to Infringement
The UK Government has just announced a proposal to change UK patent law to exempt clinical trials of innovative drugs, for both regulatory approval and health technology assessments, from patent infringement. This is welcome news for the pharmaceutical industry as it finally clarifies the scope of this exemption, and the… -
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Pharmaceutical Patenting
As the regulatory requirements to obtain marketing authorization of medicines become more stringent, the research required becomes ever longer and more costly; it can typically take 12-14 years and cost up to $1bn to bring a new drug from its initial discovery to the market. Patent protection is therefore critical… -
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Software rights - to share or to keep control?
In the United Kingdom, and in most countries, both the source code and object code of a computer program are automatically protected by copyright. -
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The Unitary Patent A Connected Europe?
Update 25 February 2013: On 19th February the Unified Patent Court Agreement was formally signed by the 24 participating Member States. This is a formal stage in the process towards the creation and implementation of the Unified (or Unitary) Patent system, although there are still a number of important details…
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