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In the UK, the law of confidential information has been built up over many years and existed, until very recently, in a mixture of a carefully developed body of common law and a parallel equitable obligation of confidence.

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Of Molecules & Medicine: Lack of Inventive Step in UK Pharmaceutical Patents, Difficulties for “Second Therapeutic Application”

Here in the UK pharmaceutical patents will be revoked by the courts for lack of an inventive step if a motivated routine experimenter would inevitably have reached the invention from the prior art.

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Haseltine Lake Kempner’s IP Analytics Newsletter is Out Now!

Haseltine Lake Kempner’s latest IP Analytics newsletter is now available for download.

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Haseltine Lake Kempner’s China Newsletter is Out Now!

Haseltine Lake Kempner’s latest China newsletter is now available for download.

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A “Sky” of Relief for EU Trade Mark Proprietors

On 29 January the CJEU gave its judgment in the long awaited SKYKICK matter and the decision is good news for trade mark owners.

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Copyright in Designs – Is Everything Now Protectable?

The distinction drawn in UK law between protection for artistic 3D designs (which receive copyright protection for the author’s life plus 70 years) and for more functional 3D designs (which are protected only for 10 years under UK unregistered design right) was thrown into doubt by the CJEU’s 2019 decision in Cofemel. The IPEC has now provided a partial answer as to the implications of Cofemel, albeit in a case involving a 2D design. It is clear that the approach in UK law of categorising the types of works in which copyright can subsist is incompatible with EU law, but much less clear as to whether anything can, will, or indeed should, be done about it.

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Practical Tips for Avoiding the CRISPR Priority Pitfall in Europe

The first European patent to be granted in relation to CRISPR technology (EP2771468) has recently been revoked after high-profile opposition and appeal proceedings.

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Nice and Simple: A Guide to China’s Trade Mark Subclass System

When applying to register a trade mark, Applicants need to detail the goods or services in respect of which they (intend to) use their mark. The Nice classification is an international system of classifying those goods/services into the appropriate class(es), for the purposes of fee payment and availability searching.

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UK Unregistered Design Right – Is It Any Clearer?

The provisions of the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 (“CDPA 1988”) which deal with the UK unregistered design right are notoriously poorly drafted and unclear.

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Trade Secret Escapes

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Of Molecules & Medicine: Lack of Inventive Step in UK Pharmaceutical Patents, Difficulties for “Second Therapeutic Application”

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Haseltine Lake Kempner’s IP Analytics Newsletter is Out Now!

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Haseltine Lake Kempner’s China Newsletter is Out Now!

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A “Sky” of Relief for EU Trade Mark Proprietors

IP insights

Copyright in Designs – Is Everything Now Protectable?

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Practical Tips for Avoiding the CRISPR Priority Pitfall in Europe

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Nice and Simple: A Guide to China’s Trade Mark Subclass System

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UK Unregistered Design Right – Is It Any Clearer?

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