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2 months ago | 
pinsentmasons.com | Christopher Sharp |Sarah Taylor
A new ruling could have significant implications for the strategies businesses deploy to enforce patent rights across Europe, experts in patent litigation have said.
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Nov 25, 2024 | 
pinsentmasons.com | SArah Johnson |Sarah Johnson |Sarah Taylor
Patent experts at Pinsent Masons said the decision, which reverses an earlier ruling by the Helsinki local division of the UPC, will provide new litigation options for some patent rights holders and could pave the way for an increase in UPC litigations in future. The UPC became operational on 1 June 2023.
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Nov 21, 2024 | 
pinsentmasons.com | Sarah Taylor |Aleesha Way |Andrew Mitchell |Attila Bangha-Szabo
According to patent experts at Pinsent Masons, this is another decision which helps to advance the UPC’s approach to patent claim construction. “The ruling is interesting as it provides further clarity to businesses as to how the UPC will interpret patent claims,” said Sarah Taylor, a patent law expert at Pinsent Masons.
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Nov 19, 2024 | 
pinsentmasons.com | Mark Marfe |Sarah Taylor |Aleesha Way |Alison Rankine
The court found Philips’ patent for wireless charging of portable electronic devices to be valid as granted and infringed by Belkin. Notably, a FRAND defence was not available to Belkin. The injunction granted covers several European countries including Germany, but carves out Belkin GmbH and Belkin Limited in Germany, as there is a contradicting legally binding national judgement already in place that involves both businesses.
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Nov 14, 2024 | 
pinsentmasons.com | Sarah Taylor
The case law that has been developed – on 22 preliminary injunction applications determined, at the time of writing – provide comfort and certainty to businesses seeking to litigate before the UPC.
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Jun 28, 2024 | 
nashvillebanner.com | Sarah Taylor |Sarah Grace Taylor
The American Civil Liberties Union claims that letters from Tennessee election officials requesting proof of citizenship from 14,000 registered voters are unconstitutional. In a letter to state officials Thursday, multiple groups are threatening to sue. “Tennessee is trying to make it harder for voters to exercise their most fundamental right, using methods that courts across the country have already repeatedly rejected,” said Theresa J.
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Jan 9, 2024 | 
stevens-bolton.com | Sarah Taylor
In the most recent chapter of the Brexit saga, legislation has come into force which fundamentally diminishes the impact of retained EU law in the UK and removes its superior status in our jurisdiction. The technical bitAlthough the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (REUL Act) was passed in June 2023, many of its provisions did not take effect until 1 January 2024.
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Jun 29, 2023 | 
commentcentral.co.uk | Sarah Taylor
No commentary on this subject would be complete without acknowledging the role of China – both as a producer and user of critical minerals. China is estimated to be the biggest producer (either as a raw material or refined product) of 12 out of the 18 minerals on the UK’s critical list and it has form for restricting access to critical minerals as a diplomatic bargaining tool – no doubt one of the driving factors behind the recent US/Japan trade deal.
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May 3, 2023 | 
pinsentmasons.com | Mark Marfe |Sarah Taylor
SEP holders that fail to register the patents they consider standard essential in a timely manner will not be able to claim damages or collect royalties on the SEPs for the duration of the delay. The competence centre would be responsible for undertaking essentiality checks on a sample of registered SEPs annually.
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Mar 1, 2023 | 
pinsentmasons.com | Mark Marfe |Sarah Taylor
Technologist and entrepreneur Dr. Stephen Thaler is seeking to seeking to patent inventions that he claims were derived from an AI machine called 'DABUS'. He believes the owner of AI systems should be the default owner of patents for inventions derived from those systems, and that it should be possible to name those AI systems as inventors on patent applications.
