Following the Unified Patent Court (UPC) Administrative Committee’s appointment of 85 legal and technical judges last month, including the appointment of two legally qualified judges in the Milan local division, Herbert Smith Freehills’ Joint Global Head of Intellectual Property Laura Orlando shares her insights with Managing IP on what this may mean for the UPC.
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Emma And Rebekah Talk IP: Patents for the clean energy transition: The debate continues
In this podcast series, Australian partners Rebekah Gay and Emma Iles explore a variety of topics, issues and areas of intellectual property law.
In episode 16, Emma and Rebekah are joined by Andrew Wells from Herbert Smith Freehills’ London office to talk about the role of intellectual property rights in a rapid and fair renewable
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Patent filing trends signal boom in low emissions technologies
By Rebekah Gay, Emma Iles, Andrew Wells, Natasha Daniell, Catherine Chan
Filings – the current landscape
IP Australia has recently released its patent analysis of low emission technologies (LET), based on patent filings for the period 2015 – 2020 (see report here). The data serves to ‘identify holdings of specific expertise, helping to analyse…
New website launched for the Unified Patent Court (UPC)
The Unified Patent Court has launched its official website today, replacing the UPC Preparatory Committee’s original site at the same address: www.unified-patent-court.org. The new website carries links to all the key legal documents establishing the Court and to the Procedural Rules, as well as information on the Court and Registry. It also links to
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HSF comments for JUVE Patent on UPC judges list announcement
On 19 October 2022, the Unified Patent Court (UPC) Administrative Committee announced the appointment of 85 legal and technical judges, ready for when the UPC Agreement comes into force, likely in Spring 2023 (1 April 2023 as per the latest announcement from the UPC Administrative Committee).
Milan-based Joint Global Head of Intellectual Property, Laura…
Patents in hydrogen on the up – a prediction of things to come?
By Erinthomson
Governments and companies alike are striving towards a net-zero emissions future and implementing new technologies to help them get there. Hydrogen has emerged as a promising technology in the path to the clean energy transition, leading governments to recently announce ambitious hydrogen targets and projects.
Background
Earlier this year, the Australian Government announced approximately $430…
Near enough is good enough: Full Federal Court of Australia revisits construction of “about” in patent claim
By Erinthomson
By Shaun McVicar, Catherine Chan and Michael Dardis
In the area of patent law, clarity is king. Where precision of language is essential for defining the limits and scope of legal rights, the acceptance within Australia of unbounded terms such as “about” in patent claims (unlike other major jurisdictions such as Europe) seems almost anomalous.…
HSF comments for IAM on The UPC on Day 1
Laura Orlando and Rachel Montagnon were in conversation with Adam Houldsworth of IAM recently, leading to their comments being published in the IAM article Your guide to the UPC on day one. The article looks at how the UPC and unitary patent landscape will look at the start of the new system, including the likely…
Unified Patent Court to open doors and unitary patents to be available from 1 April 2023 and opt-outs from 1 January 2023
It’s all systems go it seems for the UPC. The Rules of Procedure of the new court came into force in September and now the UPC’s Administrative Committee has confirmed its timetable leading up to the start of the new court and the availability of unitary patents as well as the start date for the opt-out…
CLIMATE CRISIS CARVE-OUT FROM US WIND TURBINE PATENT INJUNCTION
By Hsfipgroup
A recent decision from the US shows the importance of IP in the context of renewable energy
The decision (Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy A/S v. General Electric Co, U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, No. 1:21-cv-10216) also highlights the potential that IP rights such as patents have to allow those in the field…