Background Positec are a company wishing to sell robotic lawnmowers in the UK. They are seeking a declaration of non-infringement and revocation through the High Court of Husqvarna’s patent (EP 1512053), which relates to a method for operating an automatic...
The Supreme Court has now published its Judgement in the case of PMS International Group versus Magmatic Limited ([2016] UKSC 12), better known as the “Trunki” case after the well-known children’s ride-on suitcase manufactured by the appellant. The...
Under Article 112a EPC a party to appeal proceedings may file a petition for review of the decision by the Enlarged Board of Appeal. One instance is where a fundamental procedural defect occurred during the appeal proceedings and the petitioning party was adversely...
In a recent article on this website we examined the case of Actavis vs Lilly and the “plausibility” test for sufficiency of disclosure used in that case. We noted that that this was a departure from the test for sufficiency that has been used previously and that this...
The new European Union Trade Mark Directive and Regulations, which were published in December 2015, come into force on 23 March 2016. This will result in a number of significant changes to trade mark practice in Europe. The new Regulations introduce changes to the...
Executive Summary / Practice Points Stem cell technologies promise to be the next transformative medical technology offering therapies for conditions and diseases that are currently beyond medical science by creating replacement or supplementary tissues for a patient....
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