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23/04/2024
On the Pulse webinar series 2024
Welcome to the 2024 On the Pulse webinar series.  This webinar series brings you updates on the latest legal and commercial developments in the life sciences & healthcare sector from around the world. Over the coming period, we will be hosting two webinars on:Unified Patent Court (UPC) - 23 AprilEU Pharma Package - 18 JuneEach webinar will be one hour in length with a 15-minute Q&A session.
11/04/2024
Navigating clinical trial disclosures: No reasonable expectation of success...
Recent EPO Board of Appeal decision T 1437/21 adds to a growing number of decisions concerning the patentability of second or further medical use inventions where the prior art relates to a clinical trial...
09/04/2024
CMS European M&A Study 2024: Optimism for M&A amid evolving market trends
The CMS Corporate/M&A Group is pleased to launch the 16th edition of the European M&A Study.It's been a wild ride for mergers and acquisitions (M&A) around the world this year. Yet, despite the turbulence...
09/04/2024
Designs practice update: EU Court of Justice upholds Advocate General’s...
BackgroundIn our previous article (here), we discussed the opinion of Advocate General Capeta in EUIPO v The KaiKai Company Jaeger Wichmann. That opinion was provided following an appeal against the General...
09/04/2024
The sum of parts: Registered design for segments of towers found valid...
BackgroundTA Towers ApS (“TA Towers”), a company based in Denmark, is the holder of the below registered Community design relating to goods for building materials, specifically, ‘building materials...
03/04/2024
EP Case Law in Brief: Long-felt want and inventive step
“Where the invention solves a technical problem which workers in the art have been attempting to solve for a long time, or otherwise fulfils a long-felt need, this may be regarded as an indication of...
03/04/2024
Real estate finance law in Portugal
A. Mortgages 1. Can security be granted to a foreign lender? Yes. Generally, there are no restrictions on the ownership of land by foreign lenders or in relation to the taking or enforcement of securities...
02/04/2024
ESMA feedback statement on shortening the EU settlement cycle reveals widespread...
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has released a feedback statement summarising comments received from market participants during its consultation on shortening the EU settlement cycle.Under...
02/04/2024
Employment conditions for administrative employees not covered by specific...
The Ordinance that regulates the working conditions of administrative employees not covered by specific collective agreements has been amended, as published today in Diário da República, increasing...
28/03/2024
Third country branches regime under the CRD 6
Discussions regarding the proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2013/36/EU (Capital requirements directive, “CRD”) as regards supervisory powers...
27/03/2024
Inflation Reduction Act
The ActOn 16 August 2022, the US took an important step in the history of clean energy and climate change with the adoption of the Act. The Act establishes energy communities and offer production and...
27/03/2024
Another step towards green transition: EU’s Deforestation Regulation
As global concerns about environmental sustainability and climate change escalate, regulators around the world are adopting increasingly stringent measures to address pressing issues such as deforestation...