In IPCom GmbH & Co KG v HTC Europe Co Limited and others [2013] EWCA Civ 1496, the English Court of Appeal has very recently given guidance concerning the circumstances in which it is appropriate for…
According to a recent decision of the Administrative Council, from November 2014 it will be possible, by paying appropriate further search fees, to obtain searches of any claimed invention when…
In 2008, the English Court of Appeal in Glaxo Group v Genentech ([2008] EWCA Civ 23) gave general guidance on the Patent’s Court discretion to stay legal proceedings on the ground that there are…
As the readers will know, one of the possible methods used by the European Patent Office ("EPO") to examine inventive step is the so-called "problem & solution" approach, which has three parts: i)…
by Miriam Büttner
On 21 January 2013 we already reported on the decision of the German Federal Supreme Court (BGH) regarding the validity of German patent no. 197 56 864, the so-called "Brüstle…
Judgments from the English Courts are nowadays usually delivered in draft form and in strictest confidence from the Judge’s clerk to the parties by way of an attachment to an email. This invariably…
In a recent decision, the Danish specialty court for inter alia patents, the Maritime and Commercial Court, demonstrated its ability to render an in-depth analysis and reasoned decision in a patent…
On 13 June 2001, the Supreme Court published a judgment dated 27 April 2011 by virtue of which the Court rejected an appeal against the judgment of 17 March 2008 from the Barcelona Court of Appeal …
Can a claim directed to a "Composition comprising A, B and C" amended into a "Composition consisting of A, B and C", i.e. a composition that only contains A, B and C and no further components? Or…
