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EPO Ruling On Claim Interpretation Will Have Broad Impact

Use of Descriptions and Drawings in Claim Interpretation: The Enlarged Board of Appeal decided that the description and drawings accompanying a European patent or patent application should always be consulted...

United Kingdom IP

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Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP

Getty Images v. Stability AI: Landmark Copyright Trial At The UK High Court

The Getty Images v. Stability AI trial is a landmark case that highlights significant issues of copyright, trademark, and database right infringement that will impact AI model developers and copyright owners in the UK.

United Kingdom IP

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Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP

Dr Michelle Pratt In Conversation With Jonathan Pratt And Angela McCleave

I'm delighted to be joined today by Jonathan Pratt, a Partner at Boult specialising in engineering and designs, and Angela McCleave HR Director. Jonathan Pratt has an active part in overseeing the educational needs...

United Kingdom IP

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Boult Wade Tennant

Reimagining Licensing: A Joint Industry-government Vision For The Future 

The Licensing Act 2003, which governs alcohol sales, entertainment, and late-night refreshment in England and Wales...

United Kingdom IP

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Rothera Bray

To Opt Out Or Not To Opt Out?

United Kingdom IP

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Boult Wade Tennant

Court Of Appeal Upholds Invalidity Of AstraZeneca's Compound Patent And Clarifies The Standard Of Plausibility

United Kingdom IP

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A&O Shearman

Fashion IP Lessons From UK Design Rights Ruling

United Kingdom IP

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Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP

The Online Safety Act Enters Phase 2

United Kingdom IP

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Mayer Brown

Intellectual Property – European Patent Court Orders Injunction Prohibiting UK Patent Infringement

United Kingdom IP

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Advising A Leading Logistics Provider On Trademark Dispute Resolution

United Kingdom IP

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Herrington Carmichael

3D Printing Trends In Agritech

United Kingdom IP

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Marks & Clerk

When Will Modifying A Chemical Scaffold Be Inventive? The UK Court Of Appeal Opines In The Xtandi Case

United Kingdom IP

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Finally: A Referral To The Enlarged Board Of Appeal On Description Amendments

United Kingdom IP

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Boult Wade Tennant

Adapting The Description Before The EPO: Referral To The Enlarged Board Of Appeal

United Kingdom IP

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Murgitroyd

Scheme Sessions Vol1.2025 - A Year Of The New DB Funding Regime: Where Are We Now? (Video)

United Kingdom Employment

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Gowling WLG

Arts & Culture Guide (Video)

United Kingdom Immigration

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Latitude Law

Temu's Back On Top... But For How Long? 2025's Retail Growth Story

Worldwide Commercial

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AlixPartners

If A Child Has An EHCP In Place, Do They Also Need A Care Plan? (Video)

United Kingdom Litigation

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Anthony Gold Solicitors LLP

Proposed Changes To ILR: What UK Businesses Need To Know

United Kingdom Immigration

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Richmond Chambers Immigration Barristers

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Biotech, Life Sciences & Healthcare

Home Health Diagnostics, Microfluidics & IP

The concept of self-conducted diagnostic tests, administered by patients in their own home, would likely have been thought completely preposterous 100 years ago – conjuring-up images of an array of test-tubes, flasks and Bunsen burners.

United Kingdom IP

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ClearView IP

Supplementary Protection Certificates: The Court Of Justice Agrees With Potter Clarkson That SPCs With Negative Terms Are Acceptable

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruled yesterday in an important case (C-125/10, Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp. v Deutsches Patent- und Markenamt), relating to Supplementary Protection Certificates (SPCs).

European Union IP

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Potter Clarkson

HGS v Eli Lilly: Bar For Industrial Applicability Of Gene Patents In UK Lowered And Realigned With The EPO

On 2 November 2011, the UK Supreme Court (formerly the House of Lords) handed down its decision in Human Genome Sciences Inc (HGS) v Eli Lilly and Company (Lilly), which was primarily concerned with the issue of industrial applicability of claimed biological material.

United Kingdom Healthcare

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Potter Clarkson

A Step Back From The Patent Cliff? The Court Of Justice Of The EU Rules On SPCs

European Union IP

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Mayer Brown

UK Supreme Court Lowers The Threshold For Biologics Patents

United Kingdom IP

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Mayer Brown

European Court Of Justice Clamps Down On Human Embryonic Stem Cell Patents

United Kingdom IP

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HGF Ltd

Advocate General's Opinion Concerning the EU Harmonised Test For Granting An Extension Of The Term Of A Patent For Medicinal Products

European Union Healthcare

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Mayer Brown

Update on the Patent Box consultation

United Kingdom Healthcare

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Mayer Brown

IP Snapshot April 2011

United Kingdom IP

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CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang

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Copyright

Getty Images v. Stability AI: Landmark Copyright Trial At The UK High Court

The Getty Images v. Stability AI trial is a landmark case that highlights significant issues of copyright, trademark, and database right infringement that will impact AI model developers and copyright owners in the UK.

United Kingdom IP

FH

Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP

The Online Safety Act Enters Phase 2

The UK's Online Safety Act (the "Act") is a transformative piece of legislation and is introducing extensive online safety obligations for user-to-user services...

United Kingdom IP

MB

Mayer Brown

License Analogy And Right To Information In Cases Of Unauthorized Image Use – The "Cologne Cathedral Case"

The decision of the Higher Regional Court of Cologne deals with the dogmatic distinction between the protection of publicly accessible spaces under property law and copyright...

United Kingdom IP

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Maucher Jenkins

Arbitration Act 2025 In Force From 1 August 2025 – What You Need To Know

United Kingdom Litigation

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Mayer Brown

Delayed EU Code Of Practice Provides Compliance Framework For General-Purpose AI Models

United Kingdom Technology

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Perkins Coie LLP

Briefing Note: UKIPO SEP Consultation

United Kingdom IP

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HGF Ltd

AI Regulation Update US/EU/UK - US Withdraws State Moratorium And The European Commission Publishes First AI Code Of Practice

United Kingdom Technology

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Lewis Silkin

Top Secret: Coca-Cola's IP Legacy

United Kingdom IP

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Marks & Clerk

What Do Customers Need In Contracts For AI Products?

United Kingdom Technology

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Gowling WLG

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Licensing & Syndication

Reimagining Licensing: A Joint Industry-government Vision For The Future 

The Licensing Act 2003, which governs alcohol sales, entertainment, and late-night refreshment in England and Wales...

United Kingdom IP

RB

Rothera Bray

Football Governance Act Becomes Law In Historic Moment For English Football

Following Royal Assent on 21 July 2025, the Football Governance Act ushers in the statutory regulation of men's elite football in England. The implementation of the Independent Football Regulator...

United Kingdom Anti-trust

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Addleshaw Goddard

License Analogy And Right To Information In Cases Of Unauthorized Image Use – The "Cologne Cathedral Case"

The decision of the Higher Regional Court of Cologne deals with the dogmatic distinction between the protection of publicly accessible spaces under property law and copyright...

United Kingdom IP

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Maucher Jenkins

Football Governance Act Becomes Law

United Kingdom IP

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Lewis Silkin

UK IPO Launches Consultation On Standard Essential Patents

United Kingdom IP

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Lewis Silkin

Briefing Note: UKIPO SEP Consultation

United Kingdom IP

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HGF Ltd

The Cream Rises Again – But Who's Really Behind The Pump Clip?

United Kingdom IP

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Marks & Clerk

LS@SXSW AI And Creativity - Hero Or Villain? (Podcast)

United Kingdom Technology

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Lewis Silkin

Cosmetic Licensing: What Scotland's Bill Means For The Rest Of The UK

United Kingdom IP

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Rothera Bray

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Patent

EPO Ruling On Claim Interpretation Will Have Broad Impact

Use of Descriptions and Drawings in Claim Interpretation: The Enlarged Board of Appeal decided that the description and drawings accompanying a European patent or patent application should always be consulted...

United Kingdom IP

FH

Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP

Dr Michelle Pratt In Conversation With Jonathan Pratt And Angela McCleave

I'm delighted to be joined today by Jonathan Pratt, a Partner at Boult specialising in engineering and designs, and Angela McCleave HR Director. Jonathan Pratt has an active part in overseeing the educational needs...

United Kingdom IP

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Boult Wade Tennant

To Opt Out Or Not To Opt Out?

During the transitional period following the opening of the Unified Patent Court (UPC), proprietors of EP patent applications and granted traditional European Patents can choose to opt out of jurisdiction of the UPC.

United Kingdom IP

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Boult Wade Tennant

Court Of Appeal Upholds Invalidity Of AstraZeneca's Compound Patent And Clarifies The Standard Of Plausibility

United Kingdom IP

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A&O Shearman

What Is Responsible AI, And Is It Patentable?

United Kingdom Technology

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Murgitroyd

Intellectual Property – European Patent Court Orders Injunction Prohibiting UK Patent Infringement

United Kingdom IP

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

EU Regulatory Reform For Medicinal Products: Bolar Exemption

United Kingdom Healthcare

KL

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

3D Printing Trends In Agritech

United Kingdom IP

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Marks & Clerk

When Will Modifying A Chemical Scaffold Be Inventive? The UK Court Of Appeal Opines In The Xtandi Case

United Kingdom IP

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

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Latest Videos

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Lift Off - How To Protect Your IP In LEO (Video)

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Marks & Clerk

Watch Now: Setting Your IP Strategy For 2025 – Strategic Patent And Trade Secret Portfolio Development (Video)

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Keltie LLP

IP Insights: Are UPC Injunctions Subject To Proportionality Considerations? (2024) (Video)

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Bardehle Pagenberg

J A Kemp & DLRC Joint Webinar | Optimising Patent Strategies Under The Revised EU Clinical Trials Transparency Rules (Video)

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J A Kemp LLP

Trademark Protection - Essential Strategies For Protecting Your Brand (Video)

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DMH Stallard

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