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  • UK approves provisional application of the UPC

    Article

    Submitted: 11 July 2017

    The UK has deposited with the EU Council the document required to apply the Protocol to the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court (UPC) on provisional application​.

  • Case summary: Chugai Pharmaceutical Co v UCB Pharma SA Restricted access

    Article

    Submitted: 30 June 2017

    The Patents Court held that the act of state doctrine (which requires the English courts to refrain from adjudicating upon issues relating to the sovereign acts of a foreign state) did not apply to a contractual dispute about the payment of royalties under a patent licence in respect of a US patent where the patent's validity was not in issue and the patent licence contained an English exclusive jurisdiction clause​.

  • UK takes the final legislative step needed to ratify the UPC

    Article

    Submitted: 27 June 2017

    The draft Statutory Instrument, the Order on Privileges and Immunities, which needs to be passed before UK ratification of the Unified Patents Court (UPC) can take place, was laid before Parliament on 26 June 2017.​

  • Playing roulette with the Unified Patent Court judges

    Article

    Submitted: 22 June 2017

    This article considers the appointment of Unified Patent Court (UPC) judges and the composition of the panels of judges in local divisions of the UPC. It explains why local divisions may initially comprise a significant proportion of English, French and German judges.

  • The Patents Court considers the validity of SPCs based on a Markush formula

    Article

    Submitted: 09 June 2017

    The UK Patents Court has considered the validity of a supplemental protection certificate (SPC) based on a Markush formula, including the interpretation of Article 3(a) of the SPC Regulation. This article analyses the decision and considers how it sits in the context of recent cases.

  • Business protection: Practical tips

    Webinar

    Submitted: 08 June 2017

    Materials from our webinar where Anna Shelley and Róisín Murphy discussed the practical ways in which businesses can protect their key assets1

  • Podcast 595: Business protection - The basics

    Video Podcast

    Submitted: 25 May 2017

    Simmons & Simmons partners Andrea Finn and Angus McLean discuss the basics of business protection including the ways in which breaches can occur, which assets are at risk and how best to protect these assets.

  • Business protection: The basics

    Webinar

    Submitted: 19 May 2017

    ​Materials from our webinar where Simmons & Simmons partners Andrea Finn and Angus McLean discussed the basics of business protection including risk factors and potential breaches, the business assets at risk and how best to protect these.

  • Can your most valuable assets walk out of the door? Restricted access

    Seminar

    Submitted: 18 May 2017

    To a large extent, the security of your business is in the hands of those individuals who have access to information, strategy and staff. Managing the risk caused by the natural movement of people into and out of a business, or by negligent or rogue employees, is something that all organisations need to grapple with. This session focuses on some of the practical and legal steps that businesses can take to mitigate the risks arising from today’s increasingly flexible, mobile and global workforce.

  • The Court of Appeal recently upheld Birss J’s original decision in the Synthon v Teva case, dismissing both appeals by Teva

    Article

    Submitted: 18 May 2017

    The Court of Appeal recently handed down its decision in Synthon BV v Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd, upholding Birss J's decision at first instance that Teva's patent relating to glatiramer acetate (GA) (EP (UK) 2 361 924) was valid but that claim 20 and dependent claims were invalid for added matter.

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