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UK SUPREME COURT RAISES SUFFICIENCY STANDARD FOR SWISS-FORM CLAIMS AND LIMITS THE ABILITY TO ASSERT THEM AGAINST "SKINNY LABEL" PRODUCTS
Commercial impact Yesterday's Supreme Court decision in Warner-Lambert v Mylan is disappointing news for patentees who may have made significant …
THE COURT OF APPEAL MAKES FRIENDS WITH SEP HOLDERS
Unwired Planet International Limited v Huawei Technologies Co. Limited [2018] EWCA Civ 2344 The Court of Appeal has endorsed the approach taken by Birss …
France adopts a confidentiality regime for the trade secrets relied upon in (patent) litigation
As part of the French Law on the Protection of Trade Secrets dated 31 July 2018, French lawmakers have finally adopted a long-awaited array of …
Patent and Pharma Update - October 2018
Key recent developments in the United Kingdom and Europe relating to patents and the pharmaceutical sector The CJEU has provided its preliminary ruling …
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 …
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 …
TRADE SECRETS - SHORT VIDEO ON THE IMPACT OF THE NEW UK REGULATIONS IN IP AND EMPLOYMENT CONTEXTS
Here's a short video made for Practical Law, in which Herbert Smith Freehills IP and Employment Professional Support Consultants, Rachel …
EU Digital Copyright Directive - European Parliament adopts amended text
In the second reading of the Digital Copyright Directive by the European Parliament on 12 September 2018, the controversial Articles 11 and 13 were …
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 …
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