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UK Supreme Court to assess plausibility of anaemia patents
The UK Supreme Court has just confirmed that it will hear the appeal in FibroGen Inc v Akebia Therapeutics concerning patents for treating anaemia and whether they lacked plausibility. Green light for appeal Perhaps buried by Christmas cards in the past week is news that the Supreme Court has given permission for the appeal in FibroGen Inc v Akebia Therapeutics to proceed. (The court granted leave on 3 October 2022, although this was not publicised on its website until 16 December...
December 23, 2022
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The Second Draft Patent Examination Guidelines on Patent...
TTThe second draft amendment to the Patent Examination...
November 3, 2022
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China’s First Supreme Court Patent Linkage Decisio...
On 5 August 2022, the Chinese Supreme Court (the “SPC”) handed...
September 7, 2022
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Final(ly) Rules of Procedure of the UPC
Apart from the Unified Patent Court Agreement and a large body of further treaties, regulations,...
July 18, 2022
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New Draft Implementing Regulations propose key changes for pharmaceuticals in China
On 9 May 2022, the National Medical Products Administration (the “NMPA”) published the Implementing Regulations...
May 19, 2022
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The UPC Committees rule!
Start of the Provisional Application Phase and first committee meetings The Provisional...
April 7, 2022
12 min read
Illumina v MGI: Patents Court gives guidance on the skilled person, CGK, and insufficiency
In Illumina v Latvia MGI Tech (MGI) [2021] EWHC 57 (Pat), Birss J (as he...
March 26, 2021
9 min read
Indirect infringement in Spanish courts: a trend reversal and some teachings concerning infringement of second use medical claims
The specialised Section No. 15 of the Appeal Court of Barcelona has recently clarified what indirect...
January 22, 2021
4 min read
Chinese patent linkage system – the Chinese Supreme Court issues Draft Judicial Interpretations
The Chinese Supreme Court (“SPC”) released on 29 October 2020 the “Provisions on Several...
November 13, 2020
6 min read
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