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Latest News in Intellectual Property UK

• December 20, 2024

  Pharma Can Get SPCs For Multi-Ingredient Drugs, ECJ Rules

  The European Union's top court has held that pharmaceutical companies can extend patent protections for drugs comprising two active ingredients, in a major ruling for branded drugmakers.

• December 20, 2024

  Zaha Hadid's Firm Can't Exit Deal To License Her IP

  A London judge ruled Friday that the late Zaha Hadid's architectural firm has no right to nix a deal signed before her death giving it a license to use her trademarks, leaving the high-profile firm on the hook for millions a year in fees.

• December 20, 2024

  Roche Defends Insulin Dosing Patent Against Rival At UPC

  Roche has fought off a competitor's attempt to revoke its patent over an insulin dosing device, convincing the Unified Patent Court that the tech is both new and inventive.

• December 20, 2024

  HP Avoids Cartridge Maker's Bid For Stay Of UPC Win

  A first instance panel at the Unified Patent Court has refused to pause the enforcement of a ruling that a cartridge maker infringed HP's patent, ruling that it does not have the power to shelve its own decision.

• December 20, 2024

  McCain Gets Exclusive Rights Over Smiley Croquettes

  Canadian food giant McCain has convinced a German court that consumers would associate any frozen potato products in the shape of a smiley face with the brand, barring any similar products from being sold on the European market.

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