2024 AGM and elections to Council
Lee Davies
CIPA Journal
September 2024 / Volume 53 / Number 9
Featured
USPTO issues request for comments on experimental use exception
Mary C. Till and Amanda K. Murphy highlight the USPTO’s request for public comment regarding the experimental use exception. On 28 June 2024, the United States Patent and Trademark Office…
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Could the Court of Appeal bring back SPCs for new medical indications?
The UK IPO’s refusal of Merck Serono’s SPC application for a new medical indication of cladribine has been upheld but is heading for the Court of Appeal. By Sam Walters…
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Reforms to the EU’s system for regulatory exclusivity approved by the European Parliament
Alongside SPCs, regulatory exclusivity provides valuable protection for new pharmaceutical products. However, reforms currently in the legislative pipeline will present a significant change from the current practice. By Molly Harte…
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Claiming through a linguistic looking glass
A purposive approach to linguistics in the context of claim construction. A way for overcoming a final hurdle to harmonization? By Greg Corcoran, Brenda Holmes, Takahiro Koshibu and Toby Mak….
Up front – CIPA news
Council Minutes, July 2024
Lee Davies
Council Minutes, August 2024
Lee Davies
Our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion
Lee Davies
Canadian patent attorneys visit to CIPA
Emily Jones
AIPLA’s visit to CIPA
Emily Jones
Other news
Important notice from UK IPO – action needed to continue using EPO online filing
IPO Update
British companies failing to patent innovations overseas
Isabella Fish
New ‘IP Minister’
New guidance on notifying the IPO of court cases
Iain Ross
IPO introduces statements of grant for international designs
Iain Ross
IP Advance: IPO launches new SME financial support scheme
USPTO: The impact of the proliferation of artificial intelligence on prior art
Simon Davies
Articles
Claiming through a linguistic looking glass
Greg Corcoran, Brenda Holmes, Takahiro Koshibu and Toby Mak
Artificial intelligence and computer-implemented inventions under the hammer
Bruce C. Dearling
USPTO issues request for comments on experimental use exception
Mary C. Till and Amanda K. Murphy
A sample of Singapore patents granted in 2024
Ian Mirandah and Hilmi Zaini
Review of SPC decisions – Part 2
Review of Supplementary Protection Certificate (SPC) decisions – Part 2
Daniel Wise
C-181/24: The CJEU has given its view on the interpretation of article 3(d)
Natalia Wegner
Could the Court of Appeal bring back SPCs for new medical indications?
Sam Walters and Paul Kaufman
Antibody applications and article 3(a) à la française
Sudarsan Rajagopal (Fellow) and Fergus Tyrrell
Reforms to the EU’s system for regulatory exclusivity approved by the European Parliament
Molly Harte and Paul Kaufman
Decisions
Patents – UK court cases
John Hull, Anna Hatt, Deborah Hart, Matthew Ng and Sarah-Jane Crawford
IPO decisions
David Pearce
EPO decisions
Claire Phipps-Jones, Kathryn Hambly, Rachael Cartwright and Hannah Rigby
Unified Patent Court decisions and orders
Darren Smyth, Monika Rai, Joanne Welch, Schi-Hwa Chae, and Felix Hutt
Unified Patent Court decisions extra reporting
Khushbu Solanki and Ellis King
Patent Case Law Tour Dates
Congress 2024: The UPC and its impact
IP Paralegals
Strategies for success on EPAC exam day
Lucie Jones
Paralegal Committee elections
Dóra Máté
Changes afoot at the EPO
JoAnna Emery
Hong Kong Intellectual Property Office replaces paper grant certificates with electronic versions
Meera Taank
Personal and education
Supporting diversity and inclusion in IP through partnership
Luke McKelvey
IP Inclusive update
Andrea Brewster
Yellow Sheet
Informals Committee
Meet the team: Bod Ogunrinu-Peters
Bod Ogunrinu-Peters