Europe
Exclusive survey data reveals a generally lax in-house attitude towards DEI, but pitches have been known to turn on a final diversity question
Managing IP will host a ceremony in London on May 1 to reveal the winners
Abigail Wise shares her unusual pathway into the profession, from failing A-levels to becoming Lewis Silkin’s first female IP partner
Lawyers at Simmons & Simmons look ahead to a UK Supreme Court hearing in which the court will consider whether English courts can determine FRAND terms when the licence is offered by an intermediary rather than an SEP owner
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Sponsored by MaiwaldKerstin Wolff and Tobias Matschke of Maiwald Intellectual Property examine a landmark Unified Patent Court decision on second medical use claims and compare it with Germany’s established approach to ‘skinny label’ products -
Sponsored by InspicosJakob Pade Frederiksen of Inspicos analyses a ruling confirming that patent claims must be interpreted with reference to the description and drawings
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Sponsored by Patrinos & KilimirisMaria Kilimiris of Patrinos & Kilimiris says the decision on the ‘Belvedere Mykonos Club’ mark highlights the importance of complementary goods and services as a factor in opposition cases
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Sponsored by Bugnion SpAAndrea Delbarba and Claudia Finetti of Bugnion SpA explain how supplementary protection certificates extend pharmaceutical patent protection, the role of paediatric extensions, and recent Italian clarifications on fees and regulatory processes
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Sponsored by MaiwaldKerstin Wolff of Maiwald Intellectual Property examines the EU’s winding path towards the regulation of new genomic techniques, with a proposed patent ban remaining a key source of contention
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Sponsored by InspicosPeter Koefoed of Inspicos examines an Enlarged Board of Appeal decision on whether the internal structure of a commercially available but undisclosed product can form part of the state of the art
European Jurisdictions