The Court of Appeal dismissed Boehringer Ingelheim’s application for permission to appeal the first instance Patents Court decision that EP (UK) 1,379,220 lacked inventive step. The Court of Appeal also considered and overturned the existing judicial guidance on granting permission to appeal in patent matters.
Case date: 16 December 2016
Case number: A3 2016 0271
Court: Court of Appeal of England and Wales, Civil Division
A full summary of this case has been published on Kluwer IP Law
_____________________________
To make sure you do not miss out on regular updates from the Kluwer Patent Blog, please subscribe here.
Kluwer IP Law
The 2022 Future Ready Lawyer survey showed that 79% of lawyers think that the importance of legal technology will increase for next year. With Kluwer IP Law you can navigate the increasingly global practice of IP law with specialized, local and cross-border information and tools from every preferred location. Are you, as an IP professional, ready for the future?
Learn how Kluwer IP Law can support you.
![Kluwer IP Law](https://wolterskluwerblogs.com/patent/wp-content/uploads/sites/52/2023/02/1122-KIPL-FRL-1x191-003.jpg)
![This page as PDF](https://patentblog.kluweriplaw.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-mpdf/themes/pdf.png)