Rachel Montagnon and Jonathan Turnbull have published a Unitary Patent practice note on Practical Law, updated for developments over the first year of the UPC (copy available direct here).
The note provides an overview of the European patent (EP) with unitary effect (also termed the unitary patent (UP)) and sets out:
• What a
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We are thrilled to be named “European Cross-border Patent & Regulatory Team of the Year” by Managing IP at their 2024 EMEA Awards.
This is in recognition for our work steering the course in Biogen’s ongoing multi-jurisdictional patent dispute. Our role involves coordinating tens of proceedings in more than 20 European jurisdictions in relation to…
INSIDE ARBITRATION ISSUE 17: Arbitration of IP disputes
We are delighted to share with you Issue 17 of Inside Arbitration from Herbert Smith Freehills’ Global Arbitration Practice, which, in particular, features an article on arbitrating IP disputes arising from energy transition innovations.
In this issue, we delve into two critical topics facing many of our clients: the energy transition and digitalisation, and the…
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Considering how to enforce your IP rights online and make maximum use of the take-down procedures? Read Jonathan Turnbull, Victoria Horsey and Sabesh Asokan’s practical tips in their practice notes, recently updated and published in Practical Law:
• Enforcement of intellectual property rights across online platforms: injunctions A checklist on the circumstances in which a…
The IP in AI: Can AI infringe IP rights?
In this instalment of our series The IP in AI, we take a look at the degree of protection likely afforded to IP rights holders against unsanctioned use of authored works by an AI system, including the relevant legal and practical considerations for both authors and creators/users of AI systems.
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UK Government should deal definitively with copyright issues on LLM/GenAI training data whilst adopting a positive vision for LLMs to ensure UK does not miss “AI goldrush” – recommends House of Lords Committee
Large language models (LLMs) and generative AI (genAI) will produce “epoch defining changes comparable with the invention of the internet“, stated the House of Lords Communications and Digital Committee as it issued its report “Large language models and generative AI” today (2 February 2024). The Committee concluded that the “goldrush” opportunity that AI…
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Latest news on planned AI regulation under the EU AI Act and on AI litigation in the EU, UK, US and China
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JUVE Patent names Andrew Wells as one of five ‘Ones to Watch’ in the UK patent market in 2024
JUVE Patent has named Herbert Smith Freehills Partner Andrew Wells as one of only five lawyers chosen as ‘Ones to Watch’ in the UK patent market for 2024. This award recognises the most impressive up and coming individuals in patent litigation based.
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Revision of the SPC system in Europe moves a step closer
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