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When is a product "protected" by a basic patent for the purpose of Article 3(a) of the SPC Regulation?

In its long-awaited judgment in SkyKick v Sky, the Supreme Court reversed significant aspects of the Court of Appeal's decision on bad faith. This landmark ruling reshapes the interpretation of bad faith in UK trade mark law, with wide-ranging implications for the filing, enforcement, and scope of trade marks.

Avago Technologies International Sales Pte. Limited (Avago) brought an infringement action against Tesla Germany GmBH and Tesla Manufacturing Brandenburg SE (Tesla) on 1 June 2023, accusing Tesla of infringing Avago's patent EP 1 612 910. Tesla contested Avago's ownership of the patent, as well as counterclaiming for the invalidity of the patent.

In a recent decision, the UPC Court of Appeal ruled on the correction of errors in a patent by interpretation. This case, concerning Alexion Pharmaceuticals' patent (EP3167888), underscores the importance of precise drafting and consistency in arguments used during patent litigation.

Under the so-called ‘Bolar' exemption, clinical trials for generics and biosimilars are exempt from infringement.

A recent decision at the Court of First Instance of the UPC shows the direction the UPC is moving in, with regards to claim interpretation and invalidity.

reads the headline of the article to which I link here and it is not about geographical changes to the European landscape or new political alliances and even less about Brexit.

Anne Ulvestad, CEO of Arctic Pharma AS, kindly opened up about her experiences in this industry, from her motivation for pursuing a career in STEM to her experience of barriers to entry.

A recent ruling by the EUIPO First Board of Appeal in Walter Kidde Portable Equipment, Inc. v UAB Fire Experts (R0780/2019-1, [2020]), in which Dehns acted for the Appellant, saw a total ...

This case concerns six trade mark applications filed by Jaguar Land Rover Limited (JLR), to register the shapes of its Series 1, Series 2 and Defender cars in the UK.

It can hardly have escaped the notice of those with even a just toe in the IP world that Europe is now on the brink of a new and more "unified" patent system.

IP analysis: Given that the ‘average consumer' is a legal construct, and ‘honest use in industrial and commercial matters' as well as ‘honest concurrent use' are considered objectively,...

On 14 November 2018 the UK Supreme Court (SC) handed down its decision in Warner-Lambert Company LLC v Generics (UK) Ltd t/a Mylan and Actavis

The fight over use of the colour purple is, perhaps, one of the more hotly contested colour battles. It is not, however, restricted only to a couple of businesses in a single field...

The purpose of patents is to drive innovation. However, many jurisdictions accept that a patent term of 20 years from filing is not always sufficient to compensate an innovator for the expense...

The time and financial expense of bringing a novel drug to market is enormous and the process is fraught with risk. Very often, a putative novel chemical entity...

As recently as last December, in India, the Delhi High Court declared Christian Louboutin's ‘red sole' a well-known trade mark.