In a significant judgment handed down in respect of Amgen’s European Patent EP3666797, which is a member of a patent…

On 25 September 2025, the EPO’s Enlarged Board of Appeal (‘EBoA’) issued its decision in case G 2/24, the third…

A Briefing Paper Antibodies and their derivatives, including bispecific and multispecific antibodies, fragments, and fusion products, have become central to…

The Unified Patent Court (UPC) allows granted European patents to be enforced or challenged centrally and for a single ruling…

The Unified Patent Court (UPC) has issued its first decision on patent infringement by equivalence in Plant-e Knowledge B.V. &…

The UK Intellectual Property Office (UK IPO) has recently announced the launch of its new ‘One IPO Search’ tool to…

A recent EPO Board of Appeal (BoA) decision (T 1553/22) considered the patentability of human-animal chimeras (organisms or tissues that…

The beginning of the end? Practice at the European Patent Office (EPO) currently requires that, before an application is granted,…

The decarbonisation of road transport in the coming decades seems inevitable. Governments around the world are preparing to ban the…

Abstract Shortly after celebrating its one-year anniversary, things look to be very much in full swing for the Unitary Patent…

As material optimisation is sought to improve peak battery performance, innovation within battery technology is vital. Such innovation is driven…

Net-zero targets; emission goals; minimising carbon footprint: these buzzwords are part and parcel of modern society’s narrative. Everyone is talking…