The UPC recently rejected a PI application by Ballinno against the Union of European Football Associations for the use of VAR technology at the European Championship in Germany.
In decision T 1437/21, the Board of Appeal held that documents reporting the successful completion of a clinical trial involving the use of a medicine do not render the invention obvious.
Expected rise in corporation tax could amplify the benefits of the Patent Box regime
The Court of Appeal handed down judgment in the Unwired Planet v Huawei appeal yesterday (23 October 2018). The decision has been eagerly anticipated, dealing as it does with important mechanisms for the way technology standards are agreed upon.
The Patent Box regime introduced in April 2013 provides tax relief for UK companies exploiting certain qualifying patents.