Deepfakes (also known as digital replicas) are created when sophisticated AI technology generates or alters audio-visual content to misrepresent someone or something. Often a person's voice or appearance is digitally...more
8/15/2025
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The Court of Appeal of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) has delivered a decision clarifying the temporal scope of the UPC’s jurisdiction over European patent infringement...more
7/18/2025
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UPC case law on the assessment of inventive step is still evolving. Most local division (LD) decisions have indicated a slightly diverging practice from the EPO’s problem-solution approach. However, more recently, others have...more
The government has published its response to the consultation on the exhaustion regime for IP rights. The overall conclusion is that the UK will permanently maintain its UK+ IP exhaustion regime, the bespoke (and...more
Recent decisions from various UPC divisions provide valuable guidance for parties seeking to amend their cases or patents. The decisions emphasize that it is crucial for parties to know how to distinguish between the rules...more
In a landmark decision Fives ECL, SAS v. REEL GmbH on January 16, 2025, the Court of Appeal (CoA) of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) clarified the jurisdictional boundaries of the UPC. This decision has far-reaching...more
4/2/2025
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Two recent UPC decisions have provided some guidance on the admissibility and reasonableness of auxiliary requests in revocation actions. The court will look at the specific circumstances and complexity of the revocation...more
3/13/2025
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Following months of protracted negotiations and coming four and a half years after the UK voted to leave the EU, 24 December 2020 saw the EU and UK finally agree the shape of their future relationship. While the Trade and...more