In-house roundup: UPC: businesses still on hold; cooking up food patents; open data licences wanted; personalised medicine eligibility

Managing IP is part of Legal Benchmarking Limited, 1-2 Paris Gardens, London, SE1 8ND

Copyright © Legal Benchmarking Limited and its affiliated companies 2025

Accessibility | Terms of Use | Privacy Policy | Modern Slavery Statement

In-house roundup: UPC: businesses still on hold; cooking up food patents; open data licences wanted; personalised medicine eligibility

Drugs

Managing IP rounds up the latest news and analysis of patent-focused businesses

Drugs

UPC: businesses still on hold despite Judge Huber announcement

Sceptical of a UPC breakthrough, counsel at Bracco, Johnson & Johnson, Amadeus and elsewhere say they’re grateful for a timeframe, but that they won’t be ramping up preparations until the common system is closer to establishment. Read more... 



Consumable goods companies offer IP food for thought

IP specialists from the food and tobacco industries reveal new ways patents are used to protect consumable goods and offer advice on how best to use trade secrets for protecting products. Read more... 



Open data: tech companies seek better licences

With the growing popularity of data development in the open source space, counsel at Red Hat, Microsoft and Benevolent AI say a mechanism is needed to enable better collaboration. Read more... 



Personalised medicine is victim of US eligibility

US Supreme Court decisions from the past decade have slowed down innovation in personalised medicine because of eligibility hurdles for diagnostic methods and gene sequencing. Read more... 



more from across site and SHARED ros bottom lb

More from across our site

Bird & Bird, Brinkhof and Bardehle Pagenberg were successful at the Court of Appeal, while there was a partial victory for Amazon in a case concerning audio recordings
Following the anniversary of Venner Shipley and AA Thornton's merger, Ian Gill recalls the initial trepidation about working for his spouse and offers tips for those who may find their personal and professional worlds colliding
Two partners have departed DLA Piper to join Squire Patton Boggs and Blank Rome in San Francisco and Chicago, respectively
Practitioners say a 32% rise in court fees is somewhat expected to maintain the UPC’s strong start, but some warn that SME clients could be squeezed out
Swati Sharma and Revanta Mathur at Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas explain how they overcame IP office objections to secure victory for a tyre manufacturer
Claudiu Feraru, founder of Feraru IP, discusses the benefits of a varied IP practice and why junior practitioners should learn from every case
In the ninth episode of a podcast series celebrating the tenth anniversary of IP Inclusive, we discuss IP & ME, a community focused on ethnic minority IP professionals
Firms that made strategic PTAB hires say that insider expertise is becoming more valuable in the wake of USPTO changes
Aled Richards-Jones, a litigator and qualified barrister, is the fourth partner to join the firm’s growing patent litigation team this year
An IP lawyer tasked with helping to develop Brownstein’s newly unveiled New York office is eyeing a measured approach to talent hunting
Gift this article