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Patent – Infringement. The claimant and the third to fifth defendants (Idenix) claimed that the first and second defendants (Gilead) had infringed their patent. The Patents Court, in dismissing the application, held that Gilead was entitled to claim priority of its own international patent application from a United States patent application, such that Idenix's patent lacked novelty. Further claims lacked an inventive step absent technical contribution to the art and one claim contained added matter. Idenix's application to amend the claims were not allowable, since it would result in added matter.
Patent – Infringement. The claimant and the third to fifth defendants (Idenix) claimed that the first and second defendants (Gilead) had infringed their patent. The Patents Court, in dismissing the application, held that Gilead was entitled to claim priority of its own international patent application from a United States patent application, such that Idenix's patent lacked novelty. Further claims lacked an inventive step absent technical contribution to the art and one claim contained added matter. Idenix's application to amend the claims were not allowable, since it would result in added matter.
The Chair of the Bar reports back
By Kem Kemal, CEO, Henry Dannell
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Mário Barroso, Head of R&D and Method Development at AlphaBiolabs
Susie Griffin on the admin that keeps barristers from billable work
Clement Cowley, Partner at The Penny Group, explains how global events can influence the performance of pensions and ISAs, and why taking a long-term approach to investing is often the most effective strategy
Kick off your career at the Bar Council’s Pupillage Fair this October – it’s one of the most valuable opportunities for aspiring barristers, says Amelia Clegg
The golden age of advocacy? David Langwallner pays homage to the filmic if contentious barrister Sir Edward Carson and some of his contemporaries
Henry Fingerhut outlines what the Bar Standards Board AI guidance means for early career barristers
The Ministry of Justice will match-fund up to 100 criminal pupillages, with grants available to criminal chambers across England and Wales. Similar to the COIC scheme, the grants will match-fund pupillages additional to those otherwise offered without government funding
Not yet, says Jacob Turner. Regulation, unlike the technology itself, is a domain the legal profession can still control
