Are your IP agreements Brexit proof?
The UK’s exit from the EU may have an effect on all types of intellectual property (IP) where there are existing agreements or licences in place The UK is currently in a transition period until 31… read more…
German ‘webinar’ trade mark – what’s behind the rumours?
During these challenging coronavirus times, digital life is at its peak – with people meeting, working and learning digitally from home Accordingly, more and more online seminars, so called… read more…
Latest developments on the unitary patent system
Background The efforts to create a unified patent system in Europe are now well advanced The agreement on a unified European Patent Court has been coordinated at European level and is now… read more…
Volte-face: EPO’s G3/19 decision
In this article for Intellectual Property Magazine, Mathys & Squire associate Alexander Robinson analyses the implications of the EPO’s high-profile plant and animal ruling reversal In a… read more…
EPO’s Enlarged Board hearing G 1/19 – patentability of computer simulation inventions
Today (15 July 2020) saw the hearing of the EPO Enlarged Board of Appeal in G 1/19 – only the second such hearing ever relating to Computer Implemented Inventions (CIIs) at the EPO While the… read more…
EPO’s G3/19 decision: no turning back?
The EPO’s May 2020 decision in G3/19, on the patentability of certain plants, was among the most controversial in the office’s history In this article for Life Sciences Intellectual Property… read more…
CJEU restricts SPCs for new uses of previously authorised products
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), the EU’s highest court, has issued its decision in case C-673/18 (Santen) The ruling relates to the interpretation of Article 3(d) of the… read more…
SEPs and FRAND terms in Europe – is Germany moving towards the approach taken in the UK?
The German Federal Court of Justice (the Supreme Court) recently issued its written decision in the ongoing dispute between Sisvel v Haier (KZR 36/17) Sisvel manages an LTE and LTE-A (4G)… read more…
Regeneron v Kymab: Supreme Court reins in Regeneron patents (the mice bite back)
An updated version of this article – which was published in the October 2020 (Volume 12, Issue 13) of the IPI Journal – is available here The Supreme Court judgment (24 June 2020) sends a… read more…
