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IP weekly highlights—12 December 2024

Published on: 12 December 2024
Published by a LexisNexis IP expert

Table of contents

  • Confidential information
  • Court of Appeal clarifies law on state of mind necessary for breach of confidence (Kieron Corrigan & Co Ltd v Bashir Timol)
  • Patents
  • Haemophilia gene therapy patent valid and infringed (Pfizer v uniQure)
  • Shell beats payment tech providers appeal over QR code patent (Ensygnia v Shell)
  • No assignment of patent found in Bionome Technology Ltd v Clearwater
  • Trade marks/passing off
  • EUIPO reveals EU Member States’ readiness for new CIGI protection system
  • General IP
  • UK Judiciary explores AI’s impact on courts and intellectual property
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Article summary

This week's edition of IP weekly highlights includes: a hand-picked summary of news analysis, updates and new content from the world of IP. These highlights focus on the key rights of copyright and associated rights, database rights, trade marks and passing off, designs, and patents as well as covering issues relating to confidential information, know-how R&D and IP disputes all mainly from a UK and European perspective.

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