In Eli Lilly v Human Genome Sciences, the English Patents Court sets out guidelines for the first time on the industrial application criteria for patentability (the EPC equivalent to the US "utility" requirement).

On 20 June 2001, Cristina Ricci's predecessor in title applied to register the device mark "Stradivari 1715" (the opposed mark) as a Community Trade Mark for goods in classes 14, 16 and 18.

The Department for Culture, Media and Sport opened up a consultation yesterday on the implementation of the Audiovisual Media Service Directive.

The patent which was the subject of extended entitlement proceedings between Markem Systems Limited and Zipher Limited now been found invalid.

Patent law has once again been the subject of consideration of the House of Lords in Conor Medisystems Inc v Angiotech Pharmaceuticals Inc & Others.

The Advocate General has delivered her opinion in the INTELMARK case as to when a later mark should be considered to have taken unfair advantage of or be detrimental to the distinctive character of an earlier mark with a reputation - here the famous INTEL.

The Advertising Standards Authority has banned an Orange 'Home Max' broadband and telephone package advert featured in national and regional press.

eBay will be relieved by yesterday's ruling in the long-running legal action brought against it by Tiffany in the US.

The House of Lords has delivered a patent law decision which is likely to be welcomed by innovative companies throughout the UK and the pharmaceutical industry in particular.

In Germany, applications for interim injunctions to prevent alleged patent infringement have until now been rejected by the infringement court if the patent in suit has been revoked by the Federal Patents court at first instance.

China's State Council released its Compendium of China National Intellectual Property Strategy in June 2008. This is likely to lead to significant changes to the IP system in China.

If a narrow construction of a patent has been made by a court in earlier proceedings, does this mean an infringement action which requires a wider construction to succeed is doomed?

There has been a lot of "noise" on the net suggesting that due to the latest criminal case relating to an alleged mod chips related offence.

The Culture Secretary, Andy Burnham, announced this month that the UK Government will not exercise its option under the AVMS to allow paid product placement to appear on British television. Read our expert analysis of product placement issues.

In a decision that is bound to be welcomed by many brand owners, eBay has been ordered to pay more than €38 million (£31.6 million) to the LVMH group.

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has declined to follow the opinion of Advocate General Mengozzi.

The UK Government shocked advertisers yesterday by announcing that it will exercise its option under the new Audio-Visual Media Services Directive not to allow product placement to appear on British television.

Should applications for trade marks at EU member state registeries all be treated equally? The European Court of Justice will shortly have to consider this issue. Graf von Westphalen have put together an analysis of this important development.

The long-awaited Court of Appeal judgment in the Actavis UK Ltd v Merck & Co Inc patent case has been handed down.

Within its judgment in Generics v Lundbeck, the Court of Appeal has provided important guidance on the judgment of the House of Lords in Biogen v Medeva regarding the enabling disclosure the specification must provide to support the claims in the patent.

The Court of Appeal has judicially reviewed guidance issued by the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) concerning the prescription of certain medicines for the treatment of Alzheimers and held it to be procedurally unfair.

The publisher of the original Dr Who books has been unsuccessful in its claims of copyright infringement against the BBC for its publication of a Dalek Survival Guide. To learn more about the High Court judgment, read our expert analysis.

The UK High Court has been asked to consider whether by offering keywords to advertisers which are the same as or similar to another's trade mark, Yahoo infringed that mark.

After banning its ninth Ryanair advert in just two years, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has referred Europe's largest budget airline to the Office of Fair Trading.

The rules on charging VAT on electronic services are changing.

In the context of pan-European patent litigation relating to BlackBerry mobile devices, the Court of Appeal has provided some useful guidance.

3 intellectual property alerts, complete with analysis.

The truth - is it really out there? The problem is that truth is a relative concept – whose truth would you like?

In Alfredo Nuno v. Leonci Franquet, the ECJ was asked to consider the provisions of the Trade Marks Directive 89/104/EEC of 21 December 1988 which deal with the effect of an earlier unregistered mark on a subsequent trade mark registration.

Two alerts today, both relating to patents. The first is a reminder of the changes to the UK Patent Act, which will take effect on 13 December in order to implement the EPC 2000. The other concerns a novelty for the UK courts.

Innovator pharmaceutical group obtains interim injunction against generic pharmaceutical group in UK High Court patent infringement proceedings on the basis that damages would not be an adequate remedy.