Synapse - November 2019

This month on Synapse

SPC manufacturing waiver (Part 1): You may now – yes, what actually?

Verena Bertram and Anja Lunze address which activities the manufacturing waiver regulation actually privileges.

Poland changes course on its Bolar provision

Agnieszka Sztoldman explains how Poland is about to adopt a more lenient approach to the Bolar provision.

A Formstein objection in the UK?

Paul England looks at how the UK courts might apply the doctrine of equivalents to patent claims in the context of determining novelty or other validity objections.

A way into the UPC for post-Brexit Britain?

Paul England explores what the EU Parliament's recent analysis tells us about the likelihood of UK participation in the UPC.

Patents diary: November 2019

In this month's update, Josie Miller looks at the UK Supreme Court decision in the long-running Shanks v Unilever case about inventor compensation.