Mathys Amp Squire News Today

The UPC Court of Appeal ‘narrowly’ interprets law in transparency test case | Court dismisses interventions by two law firms due to “legal interest” rules | Order sets high bar for intervention in UPC cases | Concerns over transparency persist; final decision expected in spring 2024.

Courts ruling reinforces the PTABs decision that two claims in Masimos patent for blood oxygen measurement technology are unpatentable | Decision significant in the context of Apples recent injunction at the US ITC and the ongoing dispute concerning Apple Watch tech.

Demands for transparency at Unified Patent Court rests upon crucial hearing in Ocado v Autostore | Mathys & Squire’s separate ‘test’ case challenges future of p

Is the court’s public access rule unfit for purpose? Lawyers at Mathys & Squire are arguing for pleadings and evidence to be automatically made available on request, finds Muireann Bolger.

Moves enhance the firm’s expertise in supercomputing, AI, biomedical engineering, life sciences, and pharma | Mathys also announces the additional promotion of

London-based Nicholas Fox brings more than 25 years’ experience as a patent litigator to the firm, with expertise in electronics, telecommunications and softwar

Research shows near 60% rise in microchip patents | UK files less than 0.3%, prompting concerns over lack of support for innovation.

UK has been outside the scope of EU-registered designs since 1 January, 2021 | Investors “increasingly keen” to see design rights and other IP is properly protected say report’s authors.

Granted drone patents rise by nearly 40% in 2021 | US lagging behind China | Drone patents increase three-fold in five years.

Long-awaited court takes an important step forward, say lawyers from Mathys & Squire, EIP, Oxon IP, Finnegan.