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Finding those UK design registrationswhere are they hiding?
In the context of design registrations which cover the UK, there are two potential routes for obtaining this protection. The first route is via the national route, which involves submitting a UK registered design application before the UK design registry (the UK Intellectual Property Office or UKIPO). The second route… -
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Techbio platforms: to patent or not to patent?
Techbio refers to the use of machine learning and other data-driven computational techniques to advance learning in the fields of life sciences and biotechnology. In recent years considerable development effort has been undertaken to produce platforms capable of making predictions for use in areas including drug discovery, target selection, patient… -
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Help, the UK design registry is objecting to my Hague design registration! Why, and what can I do?
In the context of design registration protection which covers the UK, one of the ways in which this protection can be achieved is through the submission of a Hague design registration, before the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), which includes a UK designation. -
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UPC & EPO symbiosis: Seoul Viosys v expert klein & expert e-Commerce
Since its start in June 2023, the Unified Patent Court (UPC) has continued to gather momentum with an increasing number of cases producing judgments that provide the sort of legal and technical analysis that can provide increasing confidence to European patent rights holders. Perhaps a good example is the judgments… -
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Cause and effect of bifurcation at the UPC? Edwards v Meril review
In the ongoing heart valve saga between Edwards Lifesciences and Meril Life Sciences, the Unified Patent Court’s (UPC) Munich Local Division refused to stay infringement proceedings, pending an appeal of the Paris Central Division’s finding on validity of the patent in question in these bifurcated proceedings. The Munich Local Division… -
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SPC eligibility for combination products: clarification at last?
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has issued its long-awaited judgment on how Articles 3(a) and 3(c) of the EU Supplementary Protection Certificate (SPC) Regulation are to be interpreted in the joined cases C-119/22 and C-149/22. -
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UKIPO Manual of Patent Practice: January 2025 Section 1 updates
At the start of January 2025 the United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) issued an updated version of the Manual of Patent Practice. This is the document which lays out the UKIPO’s approach to patent examination. The most significant of the updates are found in Section 1, which relates to… -
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UPC crosses borders and breaks boundaries: long arm jurisdiction questions arise again!
The Düsseldorf Local Division recently handed down a decision that has sent reverberations throughout the EU patent landscape and beyond. In its decision, it was determined that the Unified Patent Court (UPC) has jurisdiction to hear infringement actions concerning European patents validated in non-UPC contracting member states. We delve into… -
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We have lift off: first commercial vertical launch from UK soil gets the green light
The UK’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has just granted the first vertical launch licence for a launch site at the SaxaVord Spaceport in the Shetland Islands in Scotland. -
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European Commission drops the EU Regulation on standard essential patents
On 11 February 2025, the European Commission published its workflow for 2025 and in that document identified that it was not going to progress the implementation of the EU Regulation on standard essential patents (SEPs) (the SEP Regulation) because there was no foreseeable agreement on implementing the regulation.
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