Patents, Supplementary Protection Certificates (SPCs) and the Unitary Patent Court (UPC) Trade Marks and Designs Copyright Exhaustion of Rights Please click on one of the hyperlinks above to go to the particular guidance note. The overarching intention of the...
What Are GMO and Why Are They Regulated? Genetically modified organisms are heavily regulated in Europe and indeed most of the Western hemisphere. In Europe this is governed by Directive 2001/18/EC on the deliberate release of GMOs into the environment (the “GMO...
NDAs A non-disclosure agreement (NDA) is a legal contract between two or more parties that outlines confidential material, knowledge or information that the concerned parties wish to share with one another but wish to restrict access to third parties. Clients often...
In Jushi v OCV, Jushi Group Co., Ltd applied to the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court to revoke European Patent 1831118 in the name of OCV Intellectual Capital LLC. Jushi alleged that the patent lacked novelty and was obvious over US Patent Application No....
Introduction SPCs are national rights provided for by EU regulations. The European Commission published a proposal for a new Regulation on 28 May 2018 to amend Regulation (EC) No469/2009 concerning the SPC for medicinal products. Further details of the proposal can be...
In this case, an opposition was filed against European Patent No. 2177045 (in the name of Freebit AS) by the patent attorney firm, Santarelli SA. At first instance, the Opposition Division held that the claims of the patent were new, inventive and sufficient and...
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