Abstract
This report highlights the main UK patent decisions from 2017, including a major Supreme Court infringement case introducing a doctrine of equivalents, the first ruling on FRAND royalty rates and injunctions, compensation for employee inventors, legal priority, patentable subject matter, and a novel, unsuccessful attempt by the State to sue a pharmaceutical company whose invalid patents delayed the entry of generics.
| Original language | English |
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| Journal | International Review of Intellectual Property and Competition Law |
| Publication status | Published - 25 Apr 2018 |
Keywords
- UK
- patent law
- 2017
- FRAND
- doctrine of equivalents