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HIV: Handling a Killer Condition

The first AIDS-related deaths began to surface almost 40 years ago in 1981.  At that time, we had no effective medication and AIDS was a certain death sentence.  At its peak, the AIDS crisis was kil...

Chemistry and the Skilled Person

Almost undoubtedly, those with an interest in the patent field will have heard patent attorneys and examiners alike talk about “the skilled person”.  This fictitious person represents a standard ...

Arnie Clarke and Peter Finnie Recognised by Who’s Who Legal

Arnie Clarke and Peter Finnie have been recognised by Who’s Who Legal in the The Patents Agent & Attorneys 2019: Analysis. The report lists the world-leading patent ...

The Impact of AI-Generated in Silico Data on Pharma Patent Applications

This article was originally posted in Drug Discovery Today and remains their copyrighted material.  Please visit their website here to read the full article. In silico data generated using AI platf...

GJE Recognised by Managing IP Stars 2019

We are delighted to have been listed as a leading firm in the 2019 edition of Managing IP.  Every year, the publication independently researches practices in order to identify the world’s leadi...

The President of the EPO Turns up the Heat on the Boards of Appeal in the Debate Over Patentability of Products of Essentially Biological Processes

Following on from my previous report on the EPO Administrative Council’s new Rule 28(2) explicitly excluding products of “essentially biological processes” from patentability, this story has tak...

Theragnosis: Does the Patent System Account For Autonomous Treatment in Medtech?

If you’ve been following academic and media discussion of medtech innovation over the past year, you’ll likely have detected mounting excitement about the concept of theragnosis.  A portmanteau o...

Medtech Innovation Through the Ages – From Artificial Hearts to Artificial Intelligence

Healthcare and technology are intrinsically linked.  Whether through the development of new drugs or the design and manufacture of more sophisticated devices to examine, diagnose, monitor conditi...

British Software in China – Intellectual Property and Industrial Software Considerations

The UK Intellectual Property Office recently published a guide for British companies looking to provide software to projects or customers in China to help identify and mitigate potential intellectual ...

Comment on T 0489/14 Pedestrian Simulation CONNOR

Recently, in the decision T 0489/14 the EPO’s Boards of Appeal published their referral of three questions relating to computer implemented simulations to the Enlarged Board of Appeal.  Referra...