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Computing and telecoms UK patent applicants to benefit from EPO prior art search

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Submitted: 19 July 2019

Applicants filing computing and telecoms patent applications in the UK could now benefit from quicker and better value-for-money searches.
New rules of procedure for the EPO Boards of Appeal

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Submitted: 11 July 2019

New rules of procedure for the EPO Boards of Appeal will enter force on 01 January 2020 - parties should start preparing now.
UK Patents Court implements recent Supreme Court precedent on obviousness

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Submitted: 24 June 2019

The UK Patents Court has held that a formulation patent for an ophthalmic solution is invalid for obviousness having applied, for the first time, the factors established in recent Supreme Court precedent.[1]
European SPC reform: waiver legislation coming into force on 01 July 2019

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Submitted: 11 June 2019

Following its approval by the European Parliament in April, the final legislation amending SPC Regulation EC/469/2009 – Regulation (EU) 2019/933 of 20 May 2019 – has now been published in the Official Journal of the EU and will enter into force on 01 July 2019.
High Court rules out fortification of cross-undertakings where the underlying injunction has been discharged

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Submitted: 28 May 2019

UK Patents Court dismisses application for fortification of a cross-undertaking for damages where underlying preliminary injunction discharged because patent held to be not infringed.
France and FRAND : what’s new ?

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Submitted: 24 May 2019

On 16 April 2019, the Paris Court of appeal considered that the two patents remaining under discussion were non-essential and thus refused to fix FRAND terms and conditions.
Council publish statements from Member States on SPC waiver

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Submitted: 10 May 2019

The European Parliament has approved the proposal to amend the European SPC Regulation (EC/469/2009) to introduce a manufacturing waiver. Here we discuss two recent updates concerning the reactions of certain Member States along with the status of the legislative procedure.
SPC Manufacturing Waiver approved by European Parliament

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Submitted: 23 April 2019

The proposed European legislation to amend the SPC Regulation and introduce a manufacturing waiver (for export and stockpiling) has now been approved by the European Parliament on first reading.
Supreme Court rules lower dosage regime obvious

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Submitted: 04 April 2019

The UK Supreme Court on 27 March 2019 handed down its decision in the Actavis v ICOS patent case. The Supreme Court agreed with the Court of Appeal in overruling the first instance decision and ruling that the patent was invalid for lack of inventive step.
Update - SPC Manufacturing Waiver nears approval

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Submitted: 04 April 2019

Following the flurry of EU legislative activity in January 2019, there have been significant developments in the progress of the proposed amendments to the SPC Regulation (EC/469/2009). In this update, we analyse the main developments in what now appears to be the form of legislation that is set to be passed in the coming months.