by Juliette Boynton | Jan 1, 2020 | Briefings, UK
The Supreme Court issued its judgement recently in relation to the application for employee compensation by Professor Shanks considering use of the “outstanding benefit” test in relation to a large company. Prof Shanks was employed by CRL, a wholly owned...
by | Oct 1, 2019 | Briefings, EPO
Division was held to be enough for remittal to be ordered. T 688/16 T 688/16 relates to an appeal of the Decision of an Opposition Division to revoke EP2053959, a patent related to a method for assessing and guaranteeing the thermal hygiene efficiency in a multi-tank...
by Alex Bajjon | Aug 1, 2019 | Briefings, UK
Background The patent in question in this case was EP2854723 in the name of Coloplast A/S and related to ostomy bags. The European patent was opposed by Hollister Inc on 16 April 2018 on the ground that the claimed invention was not new and did not involve an...
by Juliette Boynton | Mar 1, 2019 | Briefings, UK
Technetix was the proprietor of a patent for a cable tap, namely a unit which subdivides a cable TV signal arriving at a street cabinet to individual feeds for individual houses. Cable taps incorporate directional coupler units which reduce the strength of the cable...
by Sean Hughes | Jan 1, 2019 | Briefings, US & International
The time-consuming and costly regulatory review of new pharmaceuticals led to the Supplementary Protection Certificate (SPC) system being introduced in 1992. The SPC system is designed to compensate for the shortening in effective patent term that arises from the...
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