James Egleton

May 20, 2024 | mondaq.com | Graham Lewis |James Egleton |James Smythies

The UK courts have been reasonably active in the SPC field recently, with two cases in particular catching our attention. In the first case, the High Court of England and Wales heard an appeal from a decision of the UKIPO to refuse Merck Serono's SPC application for cladribine, which turned on the applicability in the UK of the CJEU judgment in Santen (C-673/18). As is explained in more detail below, the Court held as expected that Santen applies in the UK ex tunc.

Feb 26, 2024 | mondaq.com | James Egleton

On Tuesday 13 February, the UK celebrated "pancake day", the colloquial name for the religious festival of Shrove Tuesday, which marks the last day before the fasting period of Lent. For centuries it was traditional in the UK to use up any household dairy produce to make pancakes on Shrove Tuesday before the Lenten fast began. Pancake day still remains a firm fixture in the UK's cultural calendar.

Nov 29, 2023 | mondaq.com | James Egleton |Ravi Srinivasan

The EPO's Enlarged Board of Appeal has recently made a key ruling on the issue of priority entitlement in decision G1/22 and G2/22. The decision represents a significant relaxation of the formal requirements that were previously imposed on applicants and patentees to demonstrate the validity of a priority claim. It will be welcome news to rights holders.

Nov 28, 2023 | lexology.com | James Egleton |Ravi Srinivasan

The EPO’s Enlarged Board of Appeal has recently made a key ruling on the issue of priority entitlement in decision G1/22 and G2/22. The decision represents a significant relaxation of the formal requirements that were previously been imposed on applicants and patentees to demonstrate the validity of a priority claim. It will be welcome news to rights holders.

Nov 1, 2023 | mondaq.com | Ravi Srinivasan |James Egleton

The recent Enlarged Board of Appeal decisions G1/22 and G2/22 on priority entitlement provide a good opportunity to review this complex issue. Join us for a review of priority entitlement at the EPO. We will cover: An outline of G1/22 and G2/22 and consideration of what that means for assessing whether a new applicant is a "successor in title" of the applicant for the priority application.