Europe
Partner Pierre Pérot rejoins the firm he left in 2022 alongside another returning lawyer, associate Camille Abba
Vaping dispute, in which Stobbs and Brandsmiths are the representatives, tested how the UK's Human Rights Act can apply to injunctions restraining unjustified threats
Publication of the UPC’s annual report and adoption of the procedural rules of the Patent Mediation and Arbitration Centre were also among major developments
The variety of winners demonstrates that the UPC is now a core benchmark rather than an experimental consideration, while junior lawyers are becoming more deeply involved in key work
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Sponsored by MaiwaldMichaela Weigel-Krusemarck of Maiwald considers the impact of the Enlarged Board of Appeal introducing a rebuttable presumption that a patent applicant is entitled to claim priority -
Sponsored by Bird & BirdSenior intellectual property practitioners of Bird & Bird consider the factors that are leading to a large number of filings to the Unified Patent Court being made by companies based outside Europe
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Sponsored by MaiwaldEva Ehlich and Anja Fux of Maiwald discuss an EPO board ruling relating to the standard of disclosure concerning the novelty and sufficiency of a therapeutic effect in the context of existing case law
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Sponsored by Gün + PartnersSelin Sinem Erciyas, Aysel Korkmaz Yatkin, and Fatma Sevde Tan of Gün and Partners consider whether a guarantee provided for a preliminary injunction is part of a later compensation action arising from an unfair preliminary injunction
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Sponsored by CASMatt Garver and Peter Mattei of CAS discuss why companies should develop patent monitoring programmes
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Sponsored by Bird & BirdJade Thompson of Bird & Bird IP Services, wholly owned by Bird & Bird LLP, discusses the importance of innovative approaches to legal services provision and whether legal tech is the only way forward
European Jurisdictions