The vexed question of how to enforce second medical use patents has dominated the headlines in the last half year. The case of Warner-Lambert v Actavis1 in the English High Court highlighted the serious difficulties...more
9/23/2015
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AstraZeneca ,
Claim Construction ,
EU ,
European Court of Justice (ECJ) ,
FRAND ,
Gilead Sciences ,
Hospira ,
Injunctions ,
IP License ,
IP Portfolio ,
Jurisdiction ,
Life Sciences ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Portfolios ,
Patents ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Teva Pharmaceuticals ,
UK ,
UK Patents Act
The High Court has quashed the Personal Copies for Private Use Regulations (the Regulations)2 which amended the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (the Act) to introduce section 28B, with prospective effect. This follows...more
7/24/2015
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Cloud Computing ,
Copyright ,
Copyright Designs and Patents Act ,
Copyright Infringement ,
Copyright Litigation ,
European Court of Justice (ECJ) ,
Mobile Devices ,
Motions to Quash ,
Music ,
Music Industry ,
Regulation ,
Sound Recording Copyrights ,
Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU)
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) today handed down its much-awaited decision in the Huawei v. ZTE dispute, in which it was asked to clarify whether and when standard essential patent (SEP) owners may seek and...more