Unified Patent Court
It’s been a long time coming but it looks as if the Unified Patent Court (UPC) and Unitary Patents (UP) will soon come into effect. Get up to speed with everything you need to know to be prepared for UPC and UP.
EIP at MOVE
EIP is delighted to participate in the MOVE 2022 mobility event. At EIP we help protect the inventions of those involved in disruptive technology and innovation which aims to reduce the environmental impact of modes of transport. Read more about how patents can play a part in cleaner mobility.
Updates
Patents Court affirms power to grant injunctions for pre-grant patents, but refuses injunction for Novartis
Swiss drug-maker, Novartis, sought a preliminary injunction to keep Teva and four other generics off the market for its prescription-only relapse remitting multiple sclerosis treatment, fingolimod, sold under the brand name “Gilenya”. The Patents Court...
Loonshot in Surgical Robotics - Patent Landscape Analysis
Loonshot = an idea that’s not just big, it seems mad to even try - Safi Bahcall Robot-assisted surgery is a hot area in Medtech. The number of patent filings in robotic surgery system (patent classification A61B/34) has been increasing drastically sin...
G1/22 & G2/22: Entitlement to priority
Background As shown by the figure above, the applications in question are European stage of an application under the Patent Cooperation treaty (PCT) and its divisional applications. These applications claim priority from a priority application which li...
Company
EIP highly ranked in FT list of Europe’s Leading Patent Law Firms
EIP has today been highly ranked in a special report commissioned by the FT of Europe’s Leading Patent Law Firms. This is the fourth year the FT has prepared this joint report with Statista. The report covers six broad sectors: Biotechnology & Fo...
EIP celebrate another win at Managing IP EMEA Awards
EIP is delighted to have won an award at the prestigious Managing IP Awards EMEA – European Firm of the Year - Patent Contentious (Patent & Trademark Attorney Firms). The Managing IP Awards recognise remarkable achievements by firms and individual...
EIP makes partner hire with highly experienced electronics and semiconductor patent attorney
EIP has announced further growth with the hire of Andrew Thompson, a highly experienced electronics and semiconductor technologies patent attorney. Andrew has over 20 years of experience in the patent profession and joins EIP from Withers & Rogers...