Intellectual Property Notes

CJEU refuses UK High Court's request for preliminary ruling on SPC applications based on third-party MAs, on account of referred question being "hypothetical" (C-239/19 Eli Lilly v Genentech)

Data Assets - Protecting and Driving Value in a Digital Age

Preparations for the UPC continue despite an "unpredictable environment"

The UPC Preparatory Committee has issued a “Status of the Unified Patent Court Project” statement and review of 2018, confirming that there …

Advocate General proposes literal interpretation of Article 3(d) SPC Regulation in Abraxis (C-443/17)

The Advocate General of the CJEU proposed a narrow interpretation of Article    3(d) in the Opinion given yesterday in Abraxis …

Italy moves the unitary patent a step closer

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 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 …

UK Government agrees elements of the European Commission's proposals for post-Brexit protection of EU-wide IP rights in the UK in the latest draft of the Withdrawal Agreement

In the latest draft of the Withdrawal Agreement (19 March 2018) the UK Government and European Commission negotiators appear to have agreed text …