Events archive for February 2018

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• USPTO - Artificial Intelligence: Intellectual Property Policy Considerations

  January 2019

  HGF Partner Lee Curtis will be part of the trade mark panel at the 'Artificial Intelligence: Intellectual Property Considerations' conference on the 31st January 2019 run by the United States Patent and Trademark Office in Alexandria, Virginia.

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• IP Seminar - Practical Tips to Maximise Success in EPO Oppositions and Appeals

  January 2019

  HGF are hosting a seminar on practical tips to maximise success in EPO oppositions and appeals in Basel on Wednesday 16th January.

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• GSK breathes easy after Arrow declaration success

  December 2018

  GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) successfully pleaded a Gillette defence and obtained an Arrow declaration in a patent infringement action brought by Vectura in respect of inhalable medicaments - Glaxo Group Ltd & Ors v Vectura Ltd [2018] EWHC 3414 (Pat) (13 December 2018).

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• EPO Technical Board of Appeal considers Plants produced by Essentially Biological Process are in fact Patentable

  December 2018

  In an appeal from an Examining Division decision, the Board of Appeal stated that the recently introduced R.28(2) EPC is in conflict with A.53(b) EPC as interpreted in both the Enlarged Board decisions G2/12 and G2/13 (“broccoli II” and “tomatoes II”).

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• Global IP Exchange USA

  December 2018

  Lucy Johnson and Craig Thomson will be attending the IQPC Global IP Exchange, which takes place 5th - 7th December in Georgia USA.

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