Intellectual Property Office relaxes exception to patentability for...
The Intellectual Property Office has relaxed the rules relating to the patentability of the computerisation of what would otherwise have been a mental act. This follows a High Court case which had...
View ArticleSticky situation as gelled honey medical dressing patent ruled to be valid –...
Apimed had successfully registered a European patent for a medical dress which combined honey with a gelling agent. The Patents County Court (PCC) had ruled that the patent was invalid for obvious in...
View ArticleEuropean Patent Office apply Enlarged Board of Appeal Ruling on the Surgical...
On consideration of a patent application for an invention relating to the measurement of blood flow in a haemodialysis shunt used in the process of dialysis the European Patent Office (“EPO”) has...
View ArticleGSK says it will not make a move for AZ as big pharma struggles to cope with...
GSK, the biggest UK pharmaceuticals company, has ruled out a bid for the second biggest AstraZeneca. The GSK chief executive, Andrew Witty, said that such a move would be distracting. He believes that...
View ArticleUK patents will not be approved if result from destroyed human embryos
UK patents will no longer be granted by the Intellectual Property Office if they result from a process involving the destruction of human embryos. That is according to a statement from the Intellectual...
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