UPC validates second medical use patent in Sanofi v. Amgen antibody therapeutics ruling, finds non-infringement
The Düsseldorf Local Division of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) has handed down a key decision in UPC CFI 505/2024, affirming the validity of a second medical use patent owned by Regeneron and licensed to Sanofi. The case involved alleged infringement by Amgen’s PCSK9...
Certainty for businesses and choice for consumers as UK maintains IP rights regime
No legislative changes mean businesses can continue operating under the existing exhaustion of intellectual property rights regime without any new requirements. The UK+ regime protects creators and innovators while ensuring fair competition in the marketplace and...
Annual Report 2024 of the Boards of Appeal of the European Patent Office
The Annual Report 2024 of the Boards of Appeal of the European Patent Office has been published today. It is available in English, German, and French on the Boards' website. Delivering decisions of the highest quality continued to be a central priority in 2024. As in...
Crystal Crop v. Safex: Delhi High Court on Doctrine of Equivalents and prosecution history estoppel in patent disputes
In Crystal Crop Protection Ltd. v. Safex Chemicals India Ltd. & Ors., CS(COMM) 196/2024, Neutral Citation: 2025:DHC:3382, decided on May 7, 2025 by Hon’ble Mr Justice Amit Bansal of the Delhi High Court, the court refused to grant an interim injunction, holding...
Reddie & Grose appoints Julie Millburn as new executive partner
London UK, January 13, 2025 - Reddie & Grose, the specialist UK and European intellectual property law firm, has announced the appointment of Julie Millburn as its new Executive Partner. It has also confirmed three new senior associate promotions to support the...
UKIPO launches new patent search tool to boost UK innovation
Today’s launch is part of the UK Intellectual Property Office's (UKIPO) major digital transformation. A new online search tool for UK patents launched today will make it easier for businesses and innovators to search and access patent information, supporting UK...
Hogan Lovells welcomes esteemed IP litigator David Perlson to the firm’s San Francisco office
San Francisco, January 13, 2024 – Global law firm Hogan Lovells is pleased to announce that David Perlson has joined the firm as a partner in the Global Regulatory & Intellectual Property Practice Group in the firm’s San Francisco office. Perlson, who comes from...
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MaxVal announces support for Unitary Patent within symphony IP management system
New Release includes additional workflows, country rules, jurisdictions, and automated opt-out to support changes arising from the new Unitary Patent and Unitary Patent Court Los Altos, CA, Feb 7, 2023: MaxVal Group, Inc. (“MaxVal”), one of the leading end-to-end...
Forresters announces Partner and Senior Associate promotions
Forresters is delighted to announce the promotion of four patent attorneys, including two new Partners and two new Senior Associates. Charlotte Sunderland and Jagvir Purewal have been promoted to Partner, bringing the total number of Partners at Forresters to 23. Kate...
Amazon, Twitch hit with its first patent lawsuit of the year
On 5th January 2023, Amazon was hit with its first patent lawsuit (3:23-cv-00057) of this year by BSD Crown Ltd., formerly known as Emblaze (2001-2014) and GEO Interactive Media Group (1995-2001). Currently, BSD Crown is involved in Food Retail Industry, but the...
Nokia and Samsung sign 5G patent license agreement
Agreement covers Nokia’s fundamental inventions in 5G and other technologies Samsung to make royalty payments to Nokia for a multi-year period Previous agreement expired at the end of 2022 Espoo, Finland – Nokia announced last month it has signed a new cross-license...
Women and Girls in Science Day: Mewburn Ellis celebrates women in STEM fields
LONDON – IP firm Mewburn Ellis this week celebrates the 8th International Women and Girls in Science Day. The celebration, led by UNESCO and UN-Women, will be marked by a programme of events at UN headquarters and online, taking place on Friday February 10th ahead of...
Mackenzie D. Rodriguez Joins Stone Pigman as IP Attorney
NEW ORLEANS – (Feb. 1, 2023) – Stone Pigman Walther Wittmann L.L.C. announced today that Mackenzie D. Rodriguez has joined the firm’s business section in its New Orleans office. Rodriguez has 14 years of intellectual property and patent attorney experience. Rodriguez...
Reddie & Grose announces new partner hire in Munich
Intellectual Property specialist law firm Reddie & Grose is pleased to announce the further expansion of its senior team with the appointment of a new partner, Dr Simon Lud. Simon will join the Electrical, Electronics and Software Practice, working out of the...
Is OpenAI’s ChatGPT threatening privacy?
There has been a rush of excitement in recent weeks for OpenAI’s chatbot, ChatGPT. It’s hard not to share in the excitement, when one can ask a question as unusual as “write me a poem about patents in the style of Shakespeare” and receive a coherent and original reply...
Mobile money: need to incentivize cellular standards
Savings accounts, payments and loans play a key role in the economic and social welfare of individuals and countries. Amongst other things, they provide financial inclusion, higher chances of overcoming financial challenges, an opportunity to create a business or to...
Huge leap in number of legal professionals with career concerns
LawCare, the mental health charity for legal professionals in the UK, today released new support statistics and its impact report LawCare's 2022 impact report shows that nearly a quarter (22%) of people contacting LawCare for support were primarily concerned about...
The future for graphene innovation
Since its discovery in 2004, and the subsequent Nobel Prize in 2010, graphene has been one of this generation’s most talked-about advances in the material sciences. It has been touted as a ‘cure all’ for problems in nearly every technological sector, and (perhaps...
Apple Watch patent lawsuits: the art of substantial product modifications, patenting and their defense
On January 11, 2023, the US International Trade Commission (ITC) has issued a ruling that Apple Inc. goes against Section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930 as amended, 19 U.S.C. § 1337, by importing and selling certain Apple Watches with light-based pulse oximetry...
Blank Rome welcomes new Patent Agent in Houston
Blank Rome LLP is pleased to announce that Dr. Joseph B. Jackson has joined the firm’s Houston office in the Intellectual Property and Technology practice group as a patent agent. Joe’s arrival continues the firm’s strategic expansion of its Intellectual Property...
Registration now open for Finnegan IP University
WASHINGTON, DC—Finnegan is pleased to announce that registration is now open for its 2023 Finnegan IP University program. The free program introduces undergraduate and graduate STEM students to career opportunities in IP law over four weeks of online educational...
Holland & Hart creates new principal role
DENVER, January 18, 2023—Holland & Hart announced that it has created a new leadership role of Principal, Patent Agent (Principal). The firm’s leadership promoted Devin Brennan as the firm’s first Principal effective January 1. Brennan joined the firm in 2015 as a...
The continued debate over patent waiver for Covid-19 vaccines, diagnostics, and therapeutics
The waiver debate over Covid 19 treatment is again in focus as countries and health systems brace up for another variant that threatens to wreak havoc over lives and livelihoods. The need to share COVID-19-related IP remains urgent, considering that two years into the...
Withers continues building international life sciences team with new star hires
International law firm Withers continues its rapid growth strategy in the life sciences sector and in its Boston team with the arrival of new partners Tom Meyers and Zachary Hyde. Both join from Brown Rudnick's Boston office, where Tom led the Intellectual Property...
International Trademark Association opens registration for 2023 Annual Meeting Live+ in Singapore
New York, New York—January 11, 2023—The International Trademark Association (INTA) has officially opened registration for the 2023 Annual Meeting Live+. The gathering will be the Association’s 145th Annual Meeting, featuring an in-person event at Singapore’s renowned...
Gender disparity exists at all levels in Hong Kong’s legal sector, finds a survey jointly launched by Mayer Brown and Women in Law Hong Kong
Industry representatives call for collaborative effort to redress the gender imbalance Hong Kong, 12 January 2023 – Mayer Brown and Women In Law Hong Kong (WILHK) today announced the findings of a joint survey aimed at exploring gender biases in Hong Kong's legal...
Sterne Kessler elects record-high seven directors in 2023
Washington, D.C. (January 4, 2023) – Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox is proud to announce that seven attorneys have been elected to the directorship effective January 1, 2023. This year represents the largest class of new directors in Sterne Kessler’s 45-year...
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