Intellectual Property Notes

EPO insight report on mRNA patents reveals a steep increase in patent filing, shedding light on the dynamic future, and past, of this life-saving technology

Live figures from the European Patent Office show healthy appetite for Unitary Patents

HSF shares insights on the Milan local division UPC judges for Managing IP

EPO issues guidance on achieving unitary patent status from day 1 of the UPC/UP system for European patent applications coming up to grant

Approach to assessing entitlement to priority unchanged – TBA in the CRISPR case confirms

Pepper trumps Broccoli: EPO finds products produced by essentially biological processes are not patentable

Patent and Pharma Update, February 2020

Patent and Pharma Update, October 2019

EPO publishes 2018 revision of Guidelines for Examination directed to computer-implemented inventions

The EPO has recently published the 2018 revision to its Guidelines for Examination, which are generally updated annually to take into account …

Brexit "no deal" technical notices published on Patents, Trade marks, Designs, Copyright, GIs, and Exhaustion of rights

The latest tranche of "no deal" technical notices was released yesterday afternoon by the UK Government. Amongst them are several notices …

Supreme Court considers the role of plausibility in UK patent law

This week the Supreme Court is hearing an appeal in Warner-Lambert v Generics (UK) Ltd (Mylan) and others (UKSC 2016/0197) which will consider the …

PATENT AND PHARMA UPDATE - November 2017

Key recent developments in the United Kingdom and Europe relating to the patents and pharmaceutical sector. One of the most significant developments in …