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Life sciences legal weekly update: patent entitlement ruling, EU crisis compulsory licensing, Vifor CMA commitments, Lundbeck limitation decision, BioNTech UK R&D expansion, semi-synthetic cannabinoids review, ASA advertising rulings

Published on: 29 May 2025

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Intellectual property

In light of the evidence—documentary analysis defeats inventor’s account of patent entitlement (Hill v Touchlight Genetics)

This dispute concerned entitlement to an invention by Dr Hill, with the exact timing decisive. A service agreement between her and the defendants (Touchlight) was said to assign only part of her rights, leaving a remainder allegedly infringed by the defendant. Although the inventor placed significant weight on her testimony, there was a substantial body of contemporaneous documents. In dismissing the claim, the court conducted a meticulous review of presentations, emails and draft patents to resolve the timing question. The decision shows that, in such exercises, what a document omits—and the context and motivations of its author—can matter as much as its wording. Weighing these implications against the extensive factual evidence from the inventor, the court found her account entirely lacking in credibility. The court also analysed...

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