Following the CJEU greatly anticipated judgement to questions raised to it, the UK High Court has now issued Lord Justice Arnold’s concluding decision, in the Sky v SkyKick case. As reported previously, Justice Arnold had requested the CJEU provide...
The recently published Opinion of the Attorney-General in the Sky v Skykick case, has provided some much-needed clarity on the legitimacy of wide-ranging specifications, and the associated issue of ‘bad faith’ being pleaded in trade mark invalidation proceedings....
The general rule is ‘file your patent first, then disclose’. Some countries, eg. USA, do allow disclosure first and then filing within 12 months. But most countries do not, and thus a non-confidential prior disclosure will ‘knock out’ your patent.
