Mathys & Squire Partner Nicholas Fox has been featured in the following article by WIPR and LSIPR

Partner Nicholas Fox has been featured in the ‘’This is a big problem’: The CRISPR controversy and the ‘mess’ at the heart of the EPO’s appeals boards’’ article by Sarah Speight published by WIPR and LSIPR discussing a request by CRISPR scientists to withdraw their patents over allegations of mishandling by the EPO’s Board of Appeals has thrust a ‘’fundamentally unfair, uncertain system’ into sharp focus.

Here is a short extract from the articles:

 ‘’…It’s seriously unusual for one set of patent attorneys in another set of proceedings to refer to another case in the way that they have done,” says Mathys & Squire partner  Nicholas Fox, who filed the Ipsen complaint…

 ….”The fundamental issue here is discretion,” he adds. “It’s the discretion of the board, and it’s causing [problems], particularly for amendments or later amendments’’…

 This article was first written for and published in WIPR and LSIPR on 27 September 2024. Please visit WIPR and LSIPR to read the full articles.