Validity

Although Greek courts have dealt with SPC disputes on a number of occasions, there has been limited judicial analysis of one of the Regulation’s most fundamental concepts: the definition of a …

Applications in the UPC for Requests to Produce Evidence under r.190 RoP are rare beasts. An Order following one such application was made on 14 April 2026 by the Brussels LD (full panel) in the case…

I reported last year on the three-part article series published in EPI Information by Tamaris Bucher, Principal Patent Attorney at Novartis, on the EPO’s approach to assessing inventive step for…

In a landmark ruling handed down on 11 February, the UK Supreme Court in [Emotional Perception AI v Comptroller General [2026] UKSC 3] has brought about a shift in the way that the patentability of…

Preliminary injunctions (“PIs”) matter in life sciences patent cases.  As often as not, the party which prevails at this stage of the litigation will have the upper hand in settlement negotiations. …

The Russian Intellectual Property Court (IPC) recently revoked an extension (SPC) of Pfizer's Eurasian patent No. 012666 relating to the composition of tofacitinib in relation to the Russian…

In patent law, the concept of “prior art” or “state of the art” describes the universe of information which existed and was made available to the public by means of a written or oral description, by…

In less than 15 days, the Enlarged Board of Appeals (“EBA”) handed down two major decisions in relation to patent validity: (i) one relating to claim construction when assessing the patentability of…

The final week of July usually produces a flurry, and sometimes an avalanche, of decisions from the English Courts as Judges attempt to clear their desks before the holiday period.  This year was no…