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G01/18: An appeal is deemed ‘not filed’ if the appeal fee is paid late and/or the notice of appeal is filed late
August 2019
The decision of case G01/18 has recently been published in French by the EPO’s Enlarged Board of Appeal (EBoA). The conclusion reached was that late payment of the appeal fee and/or late filing of the notice of appeal results in the appeal being deemed not filed.
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Do I really need a contract?
July 2019
Recent case gives an affirmative nod on this common question.
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FT - Europe's leading patent law firms
July 2019
HGF ranked 'Gold' in the Financial Times special report - Europe’s Leading Patent Law Firms
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Latest CRISPR patent dispute
June 2019
HGF Patent Director and established CRISPR expert Catherine Coombes comments in The Scientist and Science Magazine within hours of recent CRISPR dispute
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G3/19: A further Referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal on Plants Produced by Essentially Biological Processes
June 2019
In decision T1063/18, a EPO Technical Board of Appeal created controversy in ruling that the jurisprudence of the Enlarged Board of Appeal took precedence over Rule 28(2) of the EPC. The Board held that decisions G2/12 and G2/13 should be followed in preference to the rule, thus allowing claims to plants produced by essentially biological processes.
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AIexa, ‘what’s the impact of AI on trademark law’
June 2019
The rise of artificial intelligence is increasingly impacting the retail world and trade mark law, write Lee Curtis and Rachel Platts of HGF in Managing Intellectual Property Magazine.
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IAM Patent 1000 2019
June 2019
The IAM Patent 1000 – The World’s Leading Patent Professionals 2019 guide has now been published. HGF have 13 attorneys listed within the guide and is listed as a Recommended Firm.
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EU SPC waiver for generic pharmaceuticals producers
May 2019
The awaited regulation which will introduce a “manufacturing waiver” for EU SPCs relating to medicinal products has been formally adopted by the EU Council and is expected to enter into force on 1 July 2019 (dependent on the date of publication of the Regulation in the EU’s Official Journal).
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Swiss Institute for Translational and Entrepreneurial Medicine
May 2019
HGF are delighted to have been appointed as the IP service provider for the Swiss Institute for Translational and Entrepreneurial Medicine (sitem-insel).
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Madonna Producer Succeeds in Royalty Appeal Against Warner Music
April 2019
A New York appeals court has held that Shep Pettibone, the producer of Madonna’s 1990 hit “Vogue” is entitled to back royalties from Warner Music Group, following a dispute over an indemnity provision in an agreement.
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