ArticleFICPI Issues Summary Of Covid-19 Extensions At Worldwide IP OfficesThe IP attorney membership organisation FICPI has produced a guide on changes to deadlines and arrangements for national...United KingdomCoronavirus (COVID-19)J A Kemp
ArticleCJEU Overturns Neurim – No SPCs For New Therapeutic Uses Of Old Active IngredientsThe CJEU issued on 9 July 2020 its judgment in the Santen C-673/18 case. United KingdomLitigation, Mediation & ArbitrationJ A Kemp
ArticleThe Enlarged Board Of Appeal Sets 28 May 2021 For The Hearing On Case G1/21 Regarding The Legality Of Video Conference HearingsAs reported here, a referral has been made to the Enlarged Board of Appeal concerning the legality of holding oral proceedings by video conference without the consent of the parties.United KingdomLitigation, Mediation & ArbitrationJ A Kemp
ArticleUK Government Publishes Brexit White PaperThe UK Government has published a White Paper setting out its proposals for the future relationship between the UK and the European Union (EU). European UnionIntellectual PropertyJ A Kemp
ArticleUK Supreme Court Confirms That English Courts Can Determine Global FRAND TermsThe UK Supreme Court has upheld the landmark judgement by Birss J in 2017 that an English court can grant an injunction to restrain infringement of declared standard essential UK patents, ...United KingdomIntellectual PropertyJ A Kemp
ArticleEPO To Trial Zoom As A Platform For Oral Proceedings By Video ConferenceThe EPO announced today that it will be testing Zoom as a platform for "oral proceedings involving multiple opponents and/or requiring simultaneous interpretation".United KingdomLitigation, Mediation & ArbitrationJ A Kemp
ArticleUK's Exit From The European Union ("Brexit") DelayedLast week the European Union (EU) gave its approval for the UK to delay its exit from the EU beyond 29 March 2019, without requiring the UK Government to revoke Article 50 and cancel BrexitEuropean UnionGovernment, Public SectorJ A Kemp
ArticleEPO Announces Further Cooperation With Standards BodiesThe EPO has announced a cooperation with European Committee of Standardization (CEN) and the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization (CENELEC)European UnionIntellectual PropertyJ A Kemp
ArticleEPO Boards Of Appeal Set To Move Back To Central Munich From HaarThe European Patent Office (EPO) has announced plans to relocate the Boards of Appeal from Haar (a suburb of Munich) back to the city centre area of Munich, where the rest of the EPO is based.European UnionIntellectual PropertyJ A Kemp
ArticleEPO Enlarged Board Of Appeal Answers Question Regarding Patent Eligibility Of Technical SimulationsThe EPO's Enlarged Board of Appeal has issued a decision today concerning the patent eligibility of technical simulations. United KingdomFinance and BankingJ A Kemp
VideoParameters At The EPO (Video)Parameters are generally used in patent claims to define subject matter which cannot be expressed in terms of structural features. They can be the most appropriate way to ensure that a claim scope...United StatesIntellectual PropertyJ A Kemp
ArticleLucky 13? Austrian Upper House Brings The Unitary Patent CloserThe EU "unitary patent" took a step closer to being established on 2 December when the upper House of the Austrian parliament (the Federal Council) approved the Protocol for Provisional Application...European UnionIntellectual PropertyJ A Kemp
ArticleUK National Security And Investment Act – Impact On Intellectual PropertyOn 29 April 2021, legislation giving powers to the UK Government to scrutinise transactions on grounds of national security (the UK National Security and Investment Act, "NSIA") was enacted into UK law. United KingdomGovernment, Public SectorJ A Kemp
ArticleEPO To Increase Official Fees From 1 April 2022The European Patent Office (EPO) has announced that the official fees charged for European patent applications will be increasing from 1 April 2022. United KingdomIntellectual PropertyJ A Kemp
ArticleSupreme Court Affirms Current Practice On Inventive Step In Actavis v IcosThe Supreme Court issued its judgment in Icos v Actavis yesterday 27 March, considering the issue of inventive step. United KingdomIntellectual PropertyJ A Kemp
ArticleUK Government Publishes Response To Consultation On The Impact Of AI On IP RightsFollowing an open consultation calling for views on the impact of AI on IP rights, the UKIPO has now issued the results of the consultation together with the government's response in some key areas.United KingdomIntellectual PropertyJ A Kemp
ArticleEPO Further Extends Video Conference For Opposition Division Oral Proceedings Until 31 December 2022The EPO has announced that it is once again extending the use of video conference for opposition division oral proceedings. United KingdomLitigation, Mediation & ArbitrationJ A Kemp
ArticleRussian Government Takes Powers To Appropriate IP Rights Without Compensation Where Proprietors Are From "Unfriendly Countries"The government of the Russian Federation has adopted on 7 March 2022 a decree which provides that no compensation is payable when a patent, utility model or industrial design is subjected to a compulsory license...WorldwideIntellectual PropertyJ A Kemp
ArticleUK Implements EU Trade Mark DirectiveFollowing the changes that took place within the EU trade mark system as of March 2016 and October 2017, the UK government has today implemented the EU Trade Mark Directive into UK law.European UnionIntellectual PropertyJ A Kemp
ArticleInsufficient Evidence To Support Change To UK Exhaustion RegimeAs reported previously, the UK government has been consulting on the future regime for exhaustion of intellectual property rights following the UK's departure from the EU.United KingdomIntellectual PropertyJ A Kemp