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Patent litigation in Northern Ireland

Winston & Strawn LLP
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United Kingdom
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September 1 2011

June saw the decision of the High Court of Northern Ireland in Siemens AG v Seagate Technology (Ireland) handed down a year after the hearing of the case

The Patents County Court reborn again

Winston & Strawn LLP
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United Kingdom
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September 1 2011

After its ‘re-launch’ in the Autumn of 2010, the restyled Patents County Court (PCC) has been roundly hailed

Will Ireland outstrip UK’s reputation as a patent “graveyard”?

Winston & Strawn LLP
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Ireland, United Kingdom
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September 1 2011

In November 2010, Mr Justice Arnold, one of the three specialist judges in the Patents Court in London, held three Medinol patents not to be infringed by Abbott Laboratories’ coronary stents

Mr Justice Arnold on experts

Winston & Strawn LLP
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United Kingdom
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September 1 2011

All IP practitioners are aware of the importance of expert evidence in patent proceedings in the English courts

Drilling down into exclusions from patentability

Winston & Strawn LLP
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United Kingdom
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November 7 2011

Sitting as a High Court (Patents Court) judge on an appeal from the UK Intellectual Property Office, Judge Birss recently gave his decision in Halliburton Energy Inc’s Patent

Human Genome Sciences v Eli Lilly

Winston & Strawn LLP
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United Kingdom
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November 7 2011

This is a case that went to the Supreme Court in the summer

First patent cases in the Patents County Court?

Winston & Strawn LLP
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United Kingdom
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November 7 2011

The Patents County Court has been rejuvenated under the leadership of Judge Birss QC and has been hailed a great attraction as a forum for SMEs to enforce their IP rights and to defend themselves

Obviousness is the revocation bar being raised?

Winston & Strawn LLP
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United Kingdom
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April 3 2012

Two decisions handed down from the English appeal courts suggest that the manner in which the “obvious to try” test is being applied is raising the bar for patent challengers in demonstrating the skilled person (or team) would have arrived at the impugned invention through obvious routes given certain prior art

Pharma focus

Winston & Strawn LLP
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United Kingdom
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September 1 2011

Mr Justice Kitchin recently considered the scope of Swiss form claims in the context of the proton pump inhibitor esomeprazole

A practice point: tactical litigation delays become harder in the UK

Winston & Strawn LLP
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United Kingdom
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April 3 2012

In the non-patent case of Fred Perry (Holdings) Limited v Brands Plaza Trading Limited & Another 2012 EWCA Civ 224, the Court of Appeal has signalled the intent of the English courts to require civil litigation to be pushed along at a reasonable pace