Archive - January 2017
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Bespoke Brexit and Intellectual Property – business as usual
26 January 2017Read more >Following UK Prime Minister, Theresa May’s speech of 17 January 2017 and subsequent comments, we now have greater clarity regarding the “bespoke” nature of the UK’s leaving of the European Union. There is no doubt, following her speech, that the intent of the UK executive government is that the UK will no longer be a […]
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Unitary Patent Package expected to enter into force in December 2017
16 January 2017Read more >An official statement from the Unified Patent Court (UPC) website, published today (found here), has outlined a rough timetable for the UPC becoming operational. If all continues as expected, the Agreement on the Unified Patent Court (UPCA) and the Court itself should be up and running in December 2017. This would mean that the ‘Unitary […]
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Court of Appeal provides clarification “about” numerical values
3 January 2017Read more >The use of numerical ranges and values to accurately describe the amount of ingredients present in a composition or formulation is a widely used approach in patent specifications, especially in the field of pharmaceuticals and formulation chemistry. Patentees need to clearly define the limits of various active ingredients, excipients and the like in order to […]
