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Splash in the deepening pool of Chinese prior art
A recent decision handed down from the UK Court of Appeal illustrates the potential treasure trove of prior art available for parties challenging the validity of patents. Conversely, it also presents a potential headache for patent applicants and proprietors defending any such validity attack. -
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Guide to the IP5 Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot
The IP5 Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) is a pilot programme between the five largest IP offices (Europe, Japan, Korea, China and the US) to allow faster and more efficient examination. The PPH allows these five offices to exploit search and examination reports (‘work products’) previously issued by another IP5 office. -
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Actavis v Lilly: file wrapper estoppel in the UK?
In the seminal UK case on claim construction, Kirin Amgen v Hoechst Marion Roussel, Lord Hoffmann, who gave the leading speech, commented that because Article 69 EPC focuses the scope of protection on the language of the claims, there was no doctrine of equivalents in Europe. -
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A cease fire for Apple v Google?
On Friday 16 May 2014 it was announced that Apple and Google have reached a decision to drop the ongoing lawsuits between them and will work together to reform patent law. -
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Motorola and Samsung: SEP anti-competition guidance
In the latest development in the smartphones war, the European Commission has now issued two decisions in respect of standard essential patents (SEPs), fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory (FRAND) commitments and anti-competition rules. -
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Sweden moves towards the unitary patent
The Swedish parliament are currently considering two patent bills, one of which mainly concerns amendments necessary for the adaptation of their law to the unitary patent system -
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T 2221/10 - EPO Confirms the Extent of G 02/06
Over the past 18 months we have reported on the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJ) decision in Brüstle v Greenpeace (C-34/10) which relates to the patentability of technology based on the use of human embryonic stem cells (hESC). -
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Shanks v Unilever: employee compensation
An inventor has lost his claim for compensation from his employer before the UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO). -
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Shaking things up: EPO changes of procedure
There has been a fair amount of procedural change at the European Patent Office (EPO) recently. -
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EPO fees: appeal and divisional fees now in effect
Inflation adjusted EPO fees will increase by an average of about 4.3%, although the European Search Fee will rise by about 10.3% (to EUR 1285) in order to bring it more into line with the cost of an International Search carried out by the EPO as International Search Authority (EUR…
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