UK Supreme Court steps into line with Europe, but rejects U.S. approach *

European Union, United Kingdom, USA - November 30 2011
The UK’s highest court recently considered the provisions of the European Patent Convention (EPC) centering on the “susceptible of industrial application” requirement in the context of a patent describing a DNA sequence for a new protein, Neutrokine-α, which was a member of a group of similar proteins known as the TNF ligand superfamily.

Co-authors: Hiroshi Sheraton.

SPCs: is a simplistic system becoming too complicated? *

European Union - November 22 2010
Obtaining and enforcing Supplementary Protection Certificates (SPCs) for medicinal products in the European Union is a fertile ground for challenge and the law is still unclear in a number of key areas.

Co-authors: Hiroshi Sheraton.

“Obvious to try”— U.S. and UK positions converge *

United Kingdom, USA - July 27 2009
Post KSR, KSR International Co. v. Teleflex Inc., (see IP Update, Vol. 10, No. 5), the “obvious to try” test has become a hot topic for U.S. patent lawyers.

Co-authors: Gary Moss.