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IP challenges for the personalised medicines industry - gene claims (part 1)

  • Barker Brettell LLP
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  • European Union, United Kingdom, USA
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  • May 9 2013

When you go to the doctor you expect to be asked a lot of questions about your symptoms and your lifestyle, as the doctor builds up a clinical

U.K. jumps on “pay-to-delay” bandwagon

  • Fish & Richardson PC
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  • United Kingdom, USA
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  • April 24 2013

The U.K. Office of Fair Trading ("OFT") jumped on the "pay-to-delay" bandwagon last week when it issued a "Statement of Objections," indicating a

The SHIELD Act - protecting against patent trolls in the US

  • D Young & Co
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  • United Kingdom, USA
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  • April 9 2013

The term 'patent troll' is widely used to refer to a commercial entity that collects patents mainly for the purpose of aggressively pursuing alleged

Apple v Samsung: the long war continues

  • William Fry
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  • United Kingdom, USA
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  • April 2 2013

The on-going legal battles between the world's two largest smartphone manufacturers continued recently with two significant decisions in different

The America Invents Act what does it mean for you?

  • Mewburn Ellis LLP
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  • United Kingdom, USA
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  • February 7 2013

The America Invents Act (AIA) has resulted in a major reform of the US patent system and it introduces some fairly significant changes. The main

Apple takes a bite out of Samsung in the United States (03 September 2012)

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • United Kingdom, USA
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  • September 4 2012

Certain of Samsung's mobile phones and tablet devices (including the Galaxy SII and Galaxy Tab) infringed patents (including design patents), including in relation to scrolling and tap to zoom, and the design of the iPhone 3Gs front surface, its round corners and home button, and the home screen design and icon layout

New global initiatives to accelerate examination of cleantech patent applications

  • Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox
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  • Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Israel, Japan, South Korea, United Kingdom, USA
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  • August 6 2012

In an effort to promote the development and commercialization of technologies that conserve natural resources or reduce negative environmental impact, patent offices around the world have adopted programs to expedite the examination of patent applications pertaining to clean technologies

General counsel update

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • China, European Union, Germany, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Mongolia, Singapore, United Kingdom, USA
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  • July 11 2012

This is the thirtieth in our series of general counsel updates which aim to summarise major developments in key areas

The extent of patent coverage in offshore waters: a comparison

  • McDermott Will & Emery
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  • South Africa, United Kingdom, USA
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  • April 5 2012

Patents are often said to be defined by their claims and, as such, are analogous in the parlance of real property to the “metes and bounds” of a deed to real property

Patents: where will the dust settle after Yahoo and Facebook have fought it out?

  • Kingsley Napley
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  • United Kingdom, USA
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  • March 26 2012

Late nights for Facebook’s legal team in the wake of Yahoo! filing a suit against the social network claiming that it operates in breach of ten patents held in Yahoo’s portfolio