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  29.09.2023

  International

  EP Case Law in Brief: Erroneous Disclosures

  “Mistakes in a document do not in themselves constitute prior art such as to prevent the grant of a patent.”So begins section I.C. 4.9 of the Case Law of the Boards of Appeal. This statement, and the accompanying case law, provides for the possibility of a ‘get out of jail free card’ for novelty objections in certain circumstances.An invention is "considered to be new if it does not form part of the state of the art". The "state of the art" is defined as "everything made available to the public by means of a written or oral description, by use, or in any other way, before...

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  21.09.2023

  United Kingdom

  CMA launches review into veterinary services market

  On 7 September 2023, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) announced that it has launched a review into the veterinary services market for household pets in the UK (i.e. small animals such as dogs and cats). The CMA intends to explore how well the market is working for pet owners who are paying for veterinary services, including whether they are receiving the necessary information to obtain appropriate treatment for their pets. The CMA is carrying out this review pursuant to its general information-gathering powers in section 5 of the Enterprise Act 2002.Almost two-thirds of households in...

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  12.09.2023

  United Kingdom

  UK Re-joins Horizon Europe

  On 7 September, the UK re-joined the world’s largest research collaboration programme, Horizon Europe. The decision has been welcomed by academics and life sciences businesses within the UK and the EU with hopes it will foster greater cross border collaboration between researchers after the UK’s three-year hiatus, enabling UK scientists to re-join the international research networks that they had built up over decades. From this date UK researchers are once again able to apply for grants from a pot of over € 95bn (£81 bn) and bid to take part in projects with certainty...

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  01.09.2023

  Hongrie

  Summary on the employment of guest workers in Hungary

  On 1 November 2023, Act L of 2023 on the Employment of Guest Workers in Hungary will enter into force, introducing a new type of residence permit (i.e. the guest worker residence permit). The government and ministerial decrees for the detailed rules of the Act have not yet been published, but the following is a summary of what is known about the legislation.Who can apply for a guest worker residence permit?Citizens of countries that are not neighbours of Hungary and located outside the European Economic Area. (These countries will be listed in the relevant ministerial decree). The permit can be...

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  15.08.2023

  United Kingdom

  Use of AI in public procurement

  There has been a huge surge in interest in Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) technology in recent months as consumer generative AI tools are starting to become integrated into day-to-day life.As the technology rapidly advances, the private and public sectors are considering how they can incorporate AI technology into their organisations to create transformational change, to streamline processes and to increase productivity. When it comes to public procurement, bidders and authorities are thinking about how they could incorporate AI into a procurement process.  This article...

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  28.07.2023

  United Kingdom

  The Supreme Court deals blow to litigation funding and collective proceedings regimes in the UK

  On 26 July 2023, the Supreme Court handed down judgment in R (on the application of PACCAR Inc and others) (“Appellants”) v Competition Appeal Tribunal and others (“Respondents”) [2023] UKSC 28. The judgment ruled, in effect, that many litigation funding agreements (“LFAs”) constitute damages-based agreements (“DBAs”) for the purposes of section 58AA of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (the “1990 Act”).  This judgment has immediate and acute consequences for litigation funding of competition class actions, but also for...

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