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No Country for New Laws

Trailblazing developments in Artificial Intelligence have left a litany of complex legal cases in their wake, and judges are tasked with deciding how old law should be interpreted against the backdrop of this technological revolution. Comptroller-Gen...

T 0192/22 - Is a first medical use claim a magic bullet?

The EIP team was pleased to receive the BoA Decision on T 0197/22 earlier this month, providing the reasons for revocation of Translate Bio’s EP 3318248 B1 at the oral proceedings held in March, where we represented one of the Opponents. The p...

To Injunct Or Not To Injunct?

Judge Asked To Grant A 9/10 Day Interim Injunction to Protect Bayer’s Anticoagulant Rivaroxaban Ahead of Main Judgment Pharmaceutical company, Bayer found success in its application seeking an interim injunction, lasting just 9-10 days, to prot...

AI and Big Data in Agritech

First published by Process Engineering - February 2024 The world’s population stands above 8 billion in 2024 and is still growing. That growth may be slowing down but nonetheless there may be another 2 billion mouths to feed in the next 50 year...

Technology and Climate change

Key points The transition to green energy may reduce the cost of energy as renewable energy becomes cheaper than fossil fuels for most applications. Cheaper energy will support future technology. The environmental impact of technologies such as a...

Abbott v Dexcom [2024] EWHC 36 (Pat)

Abbott v Dexcom [2024] EWHC 36 (Pat) Background The first UK battle held in the wide-ranging (both in terms of number of patents and geographical area) patent fight between Abbott and Dexcom has ended in a stalemate. Mr Justice Mellor has found two...