by Alex Bajjon | Jan 1, 2020 | Briefings, Designs & Copyright, Trademarks, UK, UPC
There has been much discussion over the past few years on the effect of Brexit on intellectual property rights within the UK. The precise outcomes were, for a long time, unknown due to the uncertainty regarding the type of Brexit that would be delivered. It is now...
by Juliette Boynton | Jan 1, 2020 | Briefings, UK
The Supreme Court issued its judgement recently in relation to the application for employee compensation by Professor Shanks considering use of the “outstanding benefit” test in relation to a large company. Prof Shanks was employed by CRL, a wholly owned...
by David Eyre | Oct 1, 2019 | Briefings, UK, UPC, US & International
Currently, the cost of validating a European patent in multiple European jurisdictions can be prohibitive and a prudent Patentee may have to select a subset of EPO countries to protect their invention in. In contrast, the unitary patent offers the advantages of wider...
by Sean Hughes | Aug 1, 2019 | UK
Background In Illumina v TDL & Ariosa [2019] EWHC 1159, an interesting question at hand was whether Illumina had to get the Court’s permission to rely on expert evidence which was used in a different case and then served under a hearsay notice in the present...
by Alex Bajjon | Aug 1, 2019 | Briefings, UK
Background The patent in question in this case was EP2854723 in the name of Coloplast A/S and related to ostomy bags. The European patent was opposed by Hollister Inc on 16 April 2018 on the ground that the claimed invention was not new and did not involve an...
by Juliette Boynton | Jul 1, 2019 | Briefings, UK
The case relates to expandable garden hoses, which are now commonly available. Emson is the exclusive sub-licence of two UK patents, which Emson claimed Hozelock have infringed. Hozelock counter claimed for invalidity of both patents. Important features of this hose...
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