The artwork in question is the “Flower Thrower” as reproduced below. The application was filed on 7 February 2014 and registered on 29 August 2014. It was filed in the name of Pest Control Office Limited, – the legal representative of Banksy, and in...
Paediatrics Regulation In Europe, Orphan Medicinal Products are medicinal products that are intended for the treatment of conditions that affect no more than 5 in 10,000 people in the EU. In order to incentivise the development of treatments for these rare conditions,...
EPO Decision T1285/15 relates to an appeal from an Opposition Decision to maintain (in amended form) European Patent No. EP1567358 owned by De La Rue International Limited. The patent relates to security devices, for example those used to verify the authenticity of...
A decision in the IPEC, see https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/IPEC/2020/2069.html , discussed interesting issues surrounding bad faith and the ability of a dissolved company to file a valid trade mark application, and indeed who would be the legitimate owner of...
Previously, most contracting states of the European Patent Convention (EPC) require the filing of a translation of the specification in order for a granted European patent to come into force in that state. This validation process and, in particular, the requirement...
Background Supplementary Protection Certificates (SPCs) are available under EU law to effectively compensate patent owners for some of the lost patent protection that inevitability occurs due to the time it takes to obtain marketing authorisation. Article 3 of the SPC...
Recent Comments