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April 18, 2013
Managing IP presented trophies to the outstanding firms in 70 categories last night, as well as in-house and individual achievement awards. Here are all the winners
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March 13, 2013
After three judgments over nearly five years in the Schütz v Werit dispute, we now finally know what is meant by the word “makes” in the UK Patents Act 1977
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February 25, 2013
Managing IP’s Global Awards Dinner recognising outstanding work in IP in the past year takes place in London on April 17. Winners will be selected from the following shortlists
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February 18, 2013
This week EU ministers meet in Brussels where they are due to sign the Agreement on the Unified Patent Court. But what happens next?
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February 04, 2013
The proportion of problematic patent settlements in the pharmaceutical industry has fallen, even though the number of settlements has grown, according to the European Commission
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January 25, 2013
A legal adviser to patent licensing company IPCom can inspect confidential licensing agreements signed by Nokia and HTC, a UK judge has ruled
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December 18, 2012
Managing IP’s editors have scanned the trillions of words written on IP in the past year, and selected their favourite 25 articles from publications such as Fortune, BusinessWeek and the Economist as well as IP blogs and of course Managing IP itself. We’ve also included some infographics, pictures and video
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December 12, 2012
A vote by MEPs yesterday in favour of the unitary patent means that IP owners planning their patent filing strategies could soon have a new way of protecting their rights in Europe
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December 07, 2012
EPO President Benoit Battistelli is “confident, after long discussions, that EU authorities [Council of Ministers and European Parliament] will agree on a unitary patent package next week” he said today
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November 30, 2012
A judge sitting in the High Court in London has said he can rule on whether patents in France, Germany, Italy and Spain are infringed in a single trial in the UK
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November 21, 2012
A compromise proposal on the unitary patent package has won the support – hesitant if not wholehearted – of a key group of MEPs
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November 16, 2012
This week’s settlement between HTC and Apple means an end to at least 10 unresolved lawsuits across three countries involving around 39 patents and 21 firms. Here is a look at some of the patents the Apple-HTC agreement will cover, and the myriad firms representing the two companies
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October 23, 2012
Who will be the judges? What role should the Court of Justice of the EU have? Will there be more bifurcation? And would you like to become a European patent judge? These were just some of the questions addressed by litigation specialists in a panel discussion
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October 15, 2012
Managing IP lists the IP-related decisions, conferences and meetings taking place this week
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September 26, 2012
MEPs and member states are considering a new solution to break the impasse over whether the Court of Justice of the EU should have the final say on how the law on the unitary patent is interpreted, EU Commission official Kerstin Jorna has said
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September 24, 2012
The UCL Institute for Brand and Innovation Law and Taylor Wessing are hosting a two-day conference on November 6 and 7 this year in London
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July 17, 2012
The Court of Justice of the EU will rule in a dispute between Neurim Pharmaceuticals and the UK Intellectual Property Office on Thursday, clarifying whether pharmaceutical companies can obtain supplementary protection certificates (SPCs) for second medical use patents. Here’s the background to the case
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July 17, 2012
Smartphone makers are slugging it out in patent courts around the world. But what are the implications of their fights for other IP owners, antitrust regulators and the organisations that oversee standards setting? Managing IP asked Foss Patents author Florian Müller to explain
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July 16, 2012
Managing IP lists the IP-related decisions and events taking place this week
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July 09, 2012
Managing IP lists the IP-related events and meetings taking place this week