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Year in review 2024

JUVE Patent's Ones to Watch 2024 - the full overview

JUVE Patent identified 17 rising stars as Ones to Watch in 2024. For the first time since JUVE Patent began awarding this accolade, almost half of the ...

24 December 2024 by Mathieu Klos
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JUVE Patent rankings 2025

How long will Kirkland resist the UPC's courtrooms?

Kirkland & Ellis' London patent litigation team can look back on an extremely successful year, having been involved in many important SEP cases. I ...

20 December 2024 by Mathieu Klos
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JUVE Patent rankings 2025

UK firms secure considerable slice of the UPC cake

Despite the UK's withdrawal from the UPC project, UK law and patent attorney firms have established a surprisingly strong presence in UPC cases. Dehns ...

13 December 2024 by Mathieu Klos
People & Business
JUVE Patent Award 2025

Powell Gilbert forges full steam ahead into the UPC market

After Brexit, it initially looked as if UK law firms would not be able to take part in the UPC. Over the last 18 months, however, London IP boutique a ...

6 December 2024 by Mathieu Klos
Cases
Standard essential patents

UK High Court rules no interim licence for Lenovo in dispute with Ericsson

Lenovo's application for an interim licence at the UK High Court has failed. This is the second time in a few weeks that the court has ruled on such a ...

20 November 2024 by Mathieu Klos
People & Business
UK

Major UK merger: AA Thornton joins forces with Venner Shipley

As of December, patent attorney firms AA Thornton and Venner Shipley will merge and operate under the Venner Shipley name. It is one of the largest me ...

20 November 2024 by Laura King
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Gene therapy

uniQure successfully defends haemophilia gene therapy patent against Pfizer

Pfizer may not launch its haemophilia gene therapy drug on the UK market. The UK High Court recently rejected a revocation claim by Pfizer against a p ...

12 November 2024 by Konstanze Richter
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RSV vaccine

Success for Pfizer and Marks & Clerk as UK High Court revokes GSK patents

Pfizer can continue to market its RSV vaccine product in the UK. The pharmaceutical company's nullity suit against GlaxoSmithKline at the UK High Cour ...

17 October 2024 by Konstanze Richter
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Cancer drug

Astellas defends cancer drug patent against generics manufacturers in UK

Various generic drug manufacturers are not allowed to launch their copycat products of Xtandi on the UK market. The UK High Court has dismissed a null ...

14 October 2024 by Konstanze Richter
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mRNA vaccines

Setback for CureVac in the UK

CureVac has suffered a setback in its dispute with BioNTech and Pfizer over mRNA patents. The UK High Court declared two patents invalid this week. If ...

10 October 2024 by Mathieu Klos
Cases
Case preview

UK Court of Appeal puts dampener on start of Panasonic's major SEP battle at UPC

The opening act in Panasonic vs Xiaomi and Oppo at the Unified Patent Court begins today. But a recent ruling by the UK Court of Appeal casts a shadow ...

7 October 2024 by Mathieu Klos
People & Business
In-house move

Emily O'Neill joins BAT as head of patents

British American Tobacco hires Emily O'Neill from Deminor as head of patents.

10 September 2024 by Laura King
People & Business
Interview

Adam Williams: "The main aim is to create more transparency"

Transparency of SEPs is currently on everyone's lips. While the EU Commission is working on a new SEP regulation, the UK Intellectual Property Office ...

29 August 2024 by Konstanze Richter
Legal Commentary
Opinion

"UK solicitors can still be confident in their right to represent clients at the UPC"

The UPC Court of Appeal ruled this week that Ireland is not a contracting member state. This could have serious consequences for the right of Irish so ...

22 August 2024 by Mathieu Klos
Cases
Cement

IPEC grants Cloud Cycle's declaration of non-infringement

In the dispute over a monitoring system for the transport of concrete, the IPEC has now granted the application for non-infringement filed by competit ...

13 August 2024 by Konstanze Richter
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