The Federal Court’s decision in The NOCO Company v Brown and Watson International Pty Ltd [2025] FCA 887 has provided a welcome update on the relevant date for assessing the best method knowledge…
In an increasingly collaboration-driven innovation landscape, it is common for inventions to arise from joint efforts among universities, companies, and research centers. This reality calls for…
Traditionally, patents are territorial rights: their effects are limited to the territory in which they take effect, and therefore any infringing acts are necessarily localised in that territory.…
Readers will likely be aware of the cross-jurisdictional litigation considering infringement by Samsung Bioepis / Amgen’s biosimilar eculizumab products of Alexion’s patent, EP 3 167 888 B1 (“EP 888…
On 18 July 2025, the Danish High Court (Eastern Division) rendered its decision on a matter concerning the medicinal product Dimethyl Fumarate (“DMF”) “Hexal” used in the treatment of multiple…
It has been a little over two years since the UPC issued its first order for provisional measures on 22 June 2023. The first year saw six preliminary injunctions (PIs) granted (two ex parte) out of…
Two recent patent decisions on opposite sides of the Atlantic - EcoFactor v. Google in the United States and Optis v. Apple in the United Kingdom - highlight a growing divergence in the role of…
It is well known that Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming industries worldwide, and with this transformation comes an increasing demand for patent protection. Although the examination of AI-…
The Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office (BRPTO/INPI) has recently opened a public consultation period (ending September 26, 2025) for proposed amendments to its Chemistry examination guidelines,…
In a recent decision by the Mannheim Local Division, the UPC granted the first-ever UPC injunction relating to the UK. This is a landmark decision following a number of preliminary judgments that…
