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An EU patent court for London

  • Shepherd & Wedderburn LLP
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  • European Union, United Kingdom
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  • February 22 2013

The members of the European Union have been trying to agree on a unified patent for around forty years. The EU has managed to agree on a Community

Small claims procedure for the Patents County Court good for business?

  • Shepherd & Wedderburn LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • October 16 2012

The introduction of a cheaper and faster forum for simple intellectual property disputes has been welcomed by many, but is it good for business?

The Clash of the Titans rumbles on

  • Shepherd & Wedderburn LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • August 31 2012

The latest legal bout between the two technology titans Apple and Samsung recently resulted in a victory for Apple in the United States

Counting sheep? No longer any need

  • Shepherd & Wedderburn LLP
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  • European Union, United Kingdom
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  • August 16 2012

On 19 July 2012, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) handed down its ruling in Case C 13011 Neurim Pharmaceuticals (1991) Ltd v Comptroller-General of Patents regarding whether or not a supplementary protection certificate (SPC) granted to Hoescht in relation to a patent for a melatonin product, Regulin, which assisted in regulating sheep’s breeding activities precluded an SPC being granted to extend the term of a later patent granted to Neurim for another melatonin product, Circadin, used in the treatment of insomnia (in humans

Branded Copaxone - to stay in the UK for few more years?

  • Shepherd & Wedderburn LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • August 15 2012

Section 71 of the Patents Act 1977 allows a court or Comptroller of Patents at the UKIPO (the Comptroller) to grant a declaration that an act or a proposed act does not or will not infringe a patent, provided that the person doing or proposing to do the act has applied in writing to the proprietor for a written acknowledgement for a declaration of noninfringement, furnishing full particulars in writing of such act or proposed act, and the proprietor had refused to give such acknowledgment

Samsung wins latest patent battle with Apple

  • Shepherd & Wedderburn LLP
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  • Netherlands
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  • June 26 2012

A court in the Netherlands has ruled that Apple Inc have infringed patents owned by Samsung

Jury rules that Google infringed copyright: but was it fair?

  • Shepherd & Wedderburn LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • May 18 2012

A Californian jury has ruled that the Android mobile platform, which is operated by Google Inc, infringes copyright relating to the Java programming language, which is owned by Oracle Corp

Facebook fights back

  • Shepherd & Wedderburn LLP
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  • USA
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  • April 11 2012

Social network Facebook has launched a counterclaim in response to the patent infringement action brought against it by Yahoo!

Stem cells confirmed too potent to patent in EU

  • Shepherd & Wedderburn LLP
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  • European Union, Germany
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  • November 18 2011

On 10 March 2011, Advocate General Bot delivered his opinion in relation to Case C-3410, a reference to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) from the German Federal Court of Justice (Bundesgerichtshof) in Oliver Brüstle v Greenpeace eV

Advocate General issues opinion on supplementary protection certifications

  • Shepherd & Wedderburn LLP
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  • European Union, United Kingdom
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  • May 19 2011

Advocate General Mengozzi has given his opinion on the questions referred to the European Court of Justice by the UK courts in April 2009 in relation to Synthon BV v Merz Pharma GmbH