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Powering Kipchoge Most people interested in sports will be aware of Project 1.59 – Eluid Kipchoge’s 2019 first sub-2 hour marathon. Technology played a significant part; he had an arrow-shaped formation of lead runners to draft, a car to pa...
The Concept of “Technical Character” becomes increasingly relevant for healthcare patents – Lessons from Recent EPO BoA Decisions
As patent attorneys practicing in the healthcare sector, we are encountering more and more inventions which straddle the life and computer science fields. AI and smart technologies are now a central feature in many medical technologies. In claims inco...
Patents Court affirms power to grant injunctions for pre-grant patents, but refuses injunction for Novartis
Swiss drug-maker, Novartis, sought a preliminary injunction to keep Teva and four other generics off the market for its prescription-only relapse remitting multiple sclerosis treatment, fingolimod, sold under the brand name “Gilenya”. The P...
Loonshot in Surgical Robotics - Patent Landscape Analysis
Loonshot = an idea that’s not just big, it seems mad to even try - Safi Bahcall Robot-assisted surgery is a hot area in Medtech. The number of patent filings in robotic surgery system (patent classification A61B/34) has been increasing drastical...
G1/22 & G2/22: Entitlement to priority
Background As shown by the figure above, the applications in question are European stage of an application under the Patent Cooperation treaty (PCT) and its divisional applications. These applications claim priority from a priority application which li...
Inventor as Expert, Unable to Ventilate Appropriate Evidence
In Fleur Tehrani v Hamilton Bonaduz AG & Ors [2021] EWHC 3457 (IPEC), heard before the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court, ("IPEC") the court conducted an assessment of the validity of a patent for a method and apparatus for controlling a venti...