IP insights Is a Prima Facie Inadmissible Appeal an Appeal? And if it is, Where is it? The Enlarged Board of Appeal of the EPO recently had to decide (G 2/19) an intriguing question arising from the relocation of the Boards of Appeal to the municipality of Haar in the Munich district, which lies outside the boundaries of the city of Munich. The question arose on the back of an Appeal filed by a third party against the grant of a European patent, which had the aim of correcting the allegedly unjustified grant of unclear patent claims.
IP insights Current Practices in the Area of Blockchain Patentability in Europe and China As blockchain is increasingly being recognised as a disruptive technology that could revolutionise a wide range of industries including finance, logistics, and data services, it continues to be one of the hottest topics in IP in 2019.
IP insights Warner-Lambert v Actavis: the Supreme Court’s Judgment on Second Medical Use Claims Brian Whitehead and Stuart Jackson wrote an article on for the Bio-Science Law Review, Volume 17 Issue 2.
IP insights Haseltine Lake Kempner’s China Newsletter is Out Now! The Developing Face of Intellectual Property in China
IP insights Haseltine Lake Kempner’s CLS Newsletter is Out Now! In this newsletter we take a look at the treatment of rare diseases, second medical use patents and how EPO co-operation is positive news for biotech innovators. We also review the recent court decisions in Helsinn v Teva, Actavis v ICOS Corporation and Actavis v Eli Lilly.
IP insights Of Molecules & Medicine: Peppers, Politics, and Patentability Can a new referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal finally settle whether plants and animals exclusively obtained by means of an essentially biological process are patentable at the EPO?
IP insights Abbott v Edwards Lifesciences – Getting to the Heart of Interim Injunctions in Patent Litigation The judgment of Henry Carr J in Abbott v Edwards Lifesciences, whilst breaking no new ground in legal terms, provides a useful illustration of the English courts’ approach to applications for interim injunctions in patent cases.
IP insights Haseltine Lake Kempner’s Electronics Newsletter is Out Now! A series of articles exploring modern advances in intellectual property and electronics.
IP insights More Work for the Enlarged Board of Appeal – Article 3 Simulated Patentability Our third and final article in this series looks at the patentability of simulations.
