CJEU dismisses European Medicines Agency's appeals against interim measures halting the release of documents relating to two medicinal products to third parties
Countdown to the UPC - Experts, experiments and confidentiality
by multiple authors
Fujifilm declarations – High Court rules in favour of FKB in Humira challenge
Virtual Reality How to protect your IP rights in a virtual world
There has been a great deal of talk about Virtual Reality (VR) being the 'next big thing'. Some have even predicted that it will be bigger than social media. Not that much has been said, however, about the legal considerations around this technology and the implications its increasing ubiquity might have for intellectual property rights holders.
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Big Data and intangible property rights - can IPRs and rights in personal data exist in harmony?
Data can be many things to many people. The versatility of data is why it is so valuable, particularly in the age of 'big data' where enormous datasets are revolutionising the development of technology in virtually every field. However, the versatility of data also explains why protecting property rights subsisting in it presents a serious challenge.
by Jo Joyce
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Blockchain technology and IP
Heralded by some as the future of financial transactions, there is no doubt that blockchain technology has the potential to shake up the world of finance. Already, financial institutions are looking to capitalise on the technology to create fast and low-cost payments for customers, investing millions of pounds in the process. However, the usefulness of blockchain technology is not limited to finance and banking.
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Rezeptortyrosinkinase II: Patent protection for a test method does not extend to test results
Calculation of SPC term in EU accession countries
Data exclusivity for innovators - a bridge too far?
by Andrew Payne
Countdown to the UPC - The Unitary Patent and its renewal fees
Pemetrexed in Germany: Federal Court of Justice sets aside decision of Appeal Court
by Christoph de Coster, LL.M. (UC Davis) and Julius Zacharias