Background – Skinny Labelling Enacted by the Hatch–Waxman Act In 1984, the US Congress introduced a law called the Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act, or the “Hatch–Waxman” Act after the two sponsors of the bill: Representative Henry Waxman and...
Prior attempts – Puck Schrover case Previously, several models have filed applications to register trade marks of real-life pictures but have mostly been unsuccessful. One of the recent cases involved the figurative mark of Dutch model Puck Schrover. The application...
Our Headnote It seems that the era of “plausibility” is over, and there may now be little, if any, consideration given to whether the technical effect was plausible / not implausible in view of the application as filed. Instead, emphasis is now placed on the “broadest...
The case has now been remitted to the ED after it was found by the Board that several substantial procedural violations were committed. Below is our timeline of the examination procedure and it is safe to say that, after considering the facts, we are siding with the...
Background In mid-2015, the IP company responsible for managing Lewis Hamilton’s IP (which Formula 1 fans will be amused to read is aptly named “44IP Limited”) applied to register “LEWIS HAMILTON” as an EU trade mark. Registration was ultimately allowed for various...
Change in acceleration practice Recent changes to EPO opposition acceleration practice, published earlier this month, further expand the integration of EPO oppositions with post grant actions in court, whether at the Unified Patent Court or in a national court....
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