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HGF awarded Winner of the Prosecution Firm of the year MIP
March 2019
We are delighted that HGF are ‘Winners of the Prosecution Firm of the Year – United Kingdom (Scotland) 2019 at the Managing IP – Global IP awards which took place last night in London. The firm was also shortlisted for ‘Patent Contentious’ for the United Kingdom 2019.
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From March 1 Patronus IP have merged with HGF
March 2019
The HGF team in Germany and Austria works across offices in Munich, Heidelberg and Salzburg led by Partners Bernard Ganahl, Jan Robert Naefe, Andrea Sommer & Markus Zoller. Das HGF Team aus Deutschland und Österreich ist in München, Heidelberg und Salzburg tätig und wird von den Partnern Bernhard Ganahl, Jan Robert Naefe, Dr. Andrea Sommer & Dr. Markus Zoller geführt.
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WTR 1000 2019
January 2019
World Trademark Review 1000 - The World's Leading Trademark Professionals 2019 guide has now been published and HGF are proud to have 13 Attorneys listed.
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An update on Brexit and its implications on EU and UK Trade Mark Protection
January 2019
16 January 2019 - the deadline for the UK to leave the EU on 29 March 2019 is fast approaching and there continues to be political uncertainty over the terms of any Brexit.
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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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Pain for Warner-Lambert: Plausibility and the infringement of Swiss form claims clarified
November 2018
In a complex and lengthy judgment, a majority of the Supreme Court rejected Warner-Lambert’s appeal against a finding that the Swiss-form claims 1 and 3 of its second-medical use patent was invalid. The Patent lacked plausibility and was therefore insufficient.
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HGF ranked Tier 2 in The Legal 500 United Kingdom 2019 rankings
November 2018
HGF ranked Tier 2 in the regions of Yorkshire & The Humber, West Midlands, North West, and PATMA in The Legal 500 United Kingdom 2019 rankings.
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SEPs can obtain global FRAND licence and FRAND injunctions in the English Court
October 2018
The Court of Appeal has dismissed Huawei’s appeal of Mr Justice Birss’ FRAND Judgment in the long-running Unwired Planet (UP) litigation. More than one set of FRAND terms was possible but in this case, Mr Justice Birss’ finding that a global FRAND licence was correct.
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Court of Appeal keep their cool over Actavis
October 2018
The Court of Appeal has in the case of Icescape Ltd v Ice-world International applied the Supreme Court’s Actavis decision on infringement.
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