27 Apr, 2023 New EU IP harmonization proposals - SEPs, SPCs and compulsory licences By Juliet Hibbert Today, the European Commission has proposed new Regulations in relation to Standard Essential Patents, Compulsory Licenses, and...
26 Apr, 2023 Is there a second, antitrust bottom beneath the Italian beach? By Szymon Gołębiowski On 20 April 2023, the Court of Justice of the European Union delivered a judgment requiring the Municipality of Ginosa to apply an open...
26 Apr, 2023 Single-arm clinical trials: EMA launches consultation By Phillipus Putter In contrast to randomised controlled trials (RCTs), single-arm clinical trials (SATs) are relatively simple by design: a sample of...
26 Apr, 2023 UK government demonstrates its commitment to IP in latest IPO priorities By Heidi Hurdle Yesterday, on the eve of World IP Day, the UK Intellectual Property Office published its priorities for 2023 - 2024 demonstrating the UK...
24 Apr, 2023 Unitary Patents are just around the corner - but can you find them? By Juliet Hibbert The EU Unified Patent (UP) launches on 1 June 2023 - so there is just over one month left before the European Patent Office (EPO) starts...
24 Apr, 2023 Open Banking, Open Finance and the DPDI Bill: JROC publishes its recommendations By Christina Fleming Last week saw further developments in the move towards Open Finance as the the Joint Regulatory Oversight Committee (JROC), co-chaired by...
19 Apr, 2023 Generative AI tools - can you afford to ignore them? By Juliet Hibbert Anywhere you look at the moment, AI is producing something - a picture for your wall, a new song, a bit of code. And lots of legal issues...
19 Apr, 2023 European Commission dawn raids the fashion sector again By Szymon Gołębiowski Some industries are more vulnerable to cartelisation – and thus face higher exposure to antitrust enforcement – than others. Those most...