by Carolyn Haywood | Oct 10, 2023 | US & International
Background With the present appeal, Baxalta challenged the District Court’s decision to hold claims 1–4, 19, and 20 of U.S. Patent No. 7,033,590 (the ‘590 patent) invalid for lack of enablement. Independent claim 1 is representative and recites: An isolated antibody...
by Sean Hughes | Oct 5, 2023 | EPO
The Decision According to Article 72 EPC, the assignment of a European patent application must be made in writing and requires “the signature of the parties to the contract”. The question for the Legal Board of Appeal in J 0005/23 was whether the...
by David Eyre | Sep 29, 2023 | UK
This case relates to methods for manufacturing a quartz glass lamp. In particular the invention relates to forming the seal between the metal electrode and the quartz glass tube during the course of manufacture. Accordingly, the problem that this invention seeks to...
by Juliette Boynton | Sep 19, 2023 | EPO
Background The patent relates to an apparatus and method for filling a plurality of inflatable containers with a liquid, e.g. to fill a large number of water balloons simultaneously. While the exact details of the need to request re-establishment are not critical to...
by Chloe Sullivan | Sep 14, 2023 | UPC
The application for the issue of an injunction resulted from a dispute between myStromer AG, the proprietor of European Patent No. 2546134, and RevoltZycling AG, the alleged infringer of the European patent in question. The Judge’s reasoning for issuing the...
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