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Patenting Graphene Related Inventions
A study by the UK Intellectual Property Office (UK IPO)1 has commented on recent trends in patent application filings relating to graphene. In particular, it notes that there has been a “rapid take-off of patenting related to graphene since 2000” and that a large proportion of the recent graphene-related patent… -
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Smith & Nephew plc v Convatec Technologies Inc
A recent UK High Court decision regarding an application by Smith & Nephew Plc (the claimant) to revoke European Patent (UK) 1,343,510 owned by Convatec Technologies Inc (the defendant) contained some interesting comments regarding the issue of added subject matter. -
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2012 European Inventor Award - Rewarding Innovation
The European Inventor Award for 2012 was presented on 14 June 2012. The award, which honours inventors in five categories, was launched by the European Patent Office in 2006 and is organised in conjunction with the European Commission. The award ceremony takes place in the country holding the rotating European… -
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Sheep don't follow authorisation: CJEU decides on Neurim SPC application
The CJEU has recently decided in favour of the applicant in the recent referral in Neurim. The decision is good news for Supplementary Protection Certificate (SPC) applicants and for research into new uses of known medicines, but like many recent CJEU decisions on SPCs leaves as many questions open as… -
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Tomato Case Referral to Enlarged Board of Appeal G 2/12
EP1211926, sometimes referred to as the 'tomato case', has now been the subject of a second referral (G 2/12) to the Enlarged Board of Appeal. In the decision for the first referral, G 1/08, the Enlarged Board of Appeal had addressed three questions with respect to the application of Art… -
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Samsung v Apple - Not As Cool, But Not Infringing
On 9 July 2012 a decision was issued by the UK High Court in the on-going dispute between Samsung and Apple. This decision concerns Apple’s Registered Community Design (R000181607-0001 (‘the RCD’) and a number of Samsung’s Galaxy Tab tablet computers. Specifically, this case related to a declaration of non-infringement of… -
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Apple v Samsung: UK High Court Hearing Set for 18 June
Following on from our recent articles regarding the ongoing dispute between Apple and Samsung, a date for the hearing of the declaration for non-infringement of Apple’s Registered Community Design at the UK High Court has been set. -
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Yahoo! v Facebook: Peace Breaks Out
Among the plethora of patent battles taking place in the mobile device sphere, a less well reported battle between two internet giants has recently settled. The battle was between an old veteran of the web, Yahoo! and a new upcoming giant, Facebook. -
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Software: To Open Source, or Not to Open Source?
With at least half a million open source software (OSS) projects in the world1, OSS represents a significant aspect of contemporary software development. However, although there are advantages to be had from both using and releasing OSS, there are a number of issues to be kept in mind for the… -
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Website and Email Prior Art: What's Publicly Available?
Under Article 54(2) EPC the state of the art comprises everything made available to the public by means of a written or oral description, by use, or in any other way, before the filing of a European patent application.
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