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UK Government launches consultation on role of MHRA post-Brexit and confirms commitment to underwrite Horizon 2020 funding
The UK Government has today launched a consultation on the role of the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) post-Brexit "seeking …
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 …
Brexit "No Deal" Technical Notices - lots for the life sciences sector to think about
The UK Government issued the first batch of its Brexit "No Deal" Technical Notices on 23 August 2018. These are designed to provide guidance to …
Bulgaria ratifies the Protocol on Provisional Application of the UPC Agreement but delays still in store for the UPC
On 24 July Bulgaria ratified the Protocol on Provisional Application of the UPC Agreement (Protocol). Four more ratifications/declarations are needed, …
HSF Legal Guide to Brexit - an update on provision for intellectual property rights
IP rights which are designated as applying across the EU (EU trade marks, Community plant variety rights, Community registered designs and Community …
CJEU SETS OUT TEST ON THE INTERPRETATION OF ARTICLE 3(a) SPC REGULATION
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has today delivered its decision on the interpretation of Article 3(a) SPC Regulation in Case C-121/17 …
Intellectual Property and Cyber Security issues considered in UK Government White Paper on the future UK-EU relationship
The UK Government's White Paper detailing its proposal for the future relationship between the UK and the EU (published on 12 July 2018) includes a …
PATENT AND PHARMA UPDATE - July 2018
Key recent developments in the United Kingdom and Europe relating to patents and the pharmaceutical sector English courts begin to consider the new …
Changes to the SPC regime? The EU Commission proposal
The European Commission issued a proposal on 28 May 2018 to change the rules around Supplementary Protection Certificates (Regulation (EC) 469/2009), …
THE ENGLISH COURT GRANTS CARVE-OUT PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION WHERE NO ALTERNATIVE TREATMENT AVAILABLE
Arnold J's judgment in Edwards Lifesciences LLC v Boston Scientific SCIMED, Inc and others [2018] EWHC 1256 (Pat) handed down on 24 May 2018 demonstrates …
ADVOCATE GENERAL PROVIDES OPINION ON THE INTERPRETATION OF ARTICLE 3(A) SPC REGULATION
Advocate General Wathelet (the "AG") has provided his opinion to the Court of Justice of the European Union (the "CJEU") on the interpretation of Article …
The UK ratifies the Unified Patent Court Agreement on World IP Day
The UK has ratified the UPC Agreement today, 26 April 2018, which also happens to be World IP Day. The UK IP Minister announced the ratification at …
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