Jan 15, 2025 UPC Preliminary Injunctions: PI limited in scope based on Principle of Proportionality By Thomas Prock Mike Gilbert On 31 October, the Dusseldorf Local Division issued its decisions on the matter of preliminary injunctions requested by Valeo...
Jan 15, 2025 Firms receive UK government funding for ISAM ‘regulatory sandbox’ project By Louisa Spillman Whether to increase the longevity of spacecraft, improve sustainability, or battle the quickly rising threat of space debris, the space...
Jan 14, 2025 Is People Friendly the way to un(Ray)Ban the Metaverse? By Graham McGlashan I was interested to read this article on the Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses. After years of complex and bulky AR headsets, these have...
Jan 10, 2025 UPC Preliminary Injunctions: Presumption of ownership principle confirmed By Thomas Prock Mike Gilbert Jen Cardwell On 31 October, the Dusseldorf Local Division issued its decisions on the matter of preliminary injunctions requested by Valeo...
Jan 07, 2025 UPC Preliminary injunctions: Sales support can constitute infringement By Thomas Prock Mike Gilbert Jen Cardwell On 31 October, the Düsseldorf Local Division issued its decisions on the matter of preliminary injunctions requested by Valeo...
Jan 06, 2025 Satellite launch shows off Poland's thriving space industry By Louisa Spillman The EagleEye satellite successfully launched into low-orbit on 16 August 2024, becoming the first satellite to be developed by the Polish...
Jan 06, 2025 Language matters: UPC orders Claimant to bear translation costs following switch in language of proceedings By Thomas Prock Mike Gilbert Andrew Tiberia In a procedural Order issued on 22 October 2024 concerning infringement proceedings brought at the Hamburg Local Division of the Unified...
Dec 23, 2024 UPC revokes Juul Labs’ patent over added matter while addressing auxiliary requests By Thomas Prock Mike Gilbert In a recent decision concerning the revocation of a European patent owned by Juul Labs International, Inc., the Paris Central Division of...
Dec 19, 2024 Addressing bias in AI healthcare models — could it be patentable? By Eric McNeil A recent article in The Lancet highlights an important challenge facing developers of AI-powered healthcare solutions: so-called...
Dec 19, 2024 An early Christmas present for combination products By Gareth Williams As always, the CJEU continue to refine the rules regarding obtaining SPCs in Europe. The latest judgment on combination products leaves...
Dec 18, 2024 Procedural efficiency at the UPC: Request for Order to produce evidence denied By Thomas Prock Mike Gilbert Karan Lalwani In a decision issued on 20 October 2024 by the Mannheim Local Division of the UPC (UPC_CFI_471/2023), judge-rapporteur Böttcher rejected...
Dec 17, 2024 UPC Inventive Step Assessment Begins to Crystallise with Beginning of Issuance of Decisions By Thomas Prock Mike Gilbert With the frequency of issuance of UPC decisions on the merits beginning to increase, the long-sought answer to the question of how the...