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The European Patent Office and the World Intellectual Property Organization have both recently published patent filing figures for 2018.

Sheena Linehan takes a look at the recent legal cases impacting the life sciences landscape. Issues arising from the repurposing of medicines for new uses are a dominant theme in this roundup of legal judgements from the past six months.

The recent publication of results for the UK patent attorney qualifying examinations revealed that this has been a stellar year so far for Potter Clarkson’s trainee patent attorneys.

Potter Clarkson is delighted to have been shortlisted in three categories in the Managing IP Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) Awards 2019.

Supplementary protection certificates compensate for delay to market entry for products (medicinal or plant protection) in the European Union and some European Economic Area states by providing up to an additional five years of protection beyond patent expiry.

Steve Smith has been appointed as the managing partner of Potter Clarkson, following Colin Baker’s five-year tenure in the role.