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Judgment was handed down on 15 May 2014 in the long running patent dispute between Actavis and Eli Lilly (Lilly) with respect to Lilly’s patent relating to the use of the anti-cancer drug pemetrexed disodium (Alimta®). Claim 1 defines a use of the drug with vitamin B12. In the first case of its kind, Actavis […]

Withers & Rogers is pleased to announce our involvement in the Life Sciences Hub Wales, launched today in Cardiff Bay. The Life Sciences Hub is an initiative launched by the Welsh Government with £100 million support from the Wales Life Sciences Investment Fund. The Hub will be the base for public and private sector specialists […]

Withers & Rogers is delighted to be supporting Sudha Kheterpal, best known as the percussionist from South London band Faithless, in providing intellectual property (IP) services for her #ShakeYourPower project. #ShakeYourPower aims to bring clean energy to places in the world without electricity, through the medium of music. For the last year, Sudha has been […]

Further to our earlier comment on Cadbury’s failed attempt to register as a trade mark its well-known colour purple, the UK Supreme Court has refused its request to appeal the decision. Unfortunately for Cadbury, the Court of Appeal found favour with Nestlé’s contention that its application was incapable of registration. To recap, Cadbury filed a […]

Lush is a well-known manufacturer and supplier of cosmetic products, primarily under the LUSH brand. Amazon, the world’s largest online shopping retailer, used Lush’s trade mark, LUSH, as a Google Adword and as a part of the search function on its UK website. Due to Amazon’s use of LUSH in keyword searches, customers were directed […]

In the latest judgment in the ongoing dispute between Virgin Atlantic Airways (Virgin) and Zodiac Seats UK Ltd (Zodiac), ([2013] EWCA Civ 1713) the Court of Appeal has ruled that the validity (or otherwise) of patents based on the process of examination and grant in the EPO is not open to challenge in the English […]