Who's Requesting UKPO Invalidty and Noninfringement Opinions

In "Two Years of Patent Office Opinions," Nicholas Braddon, in IP Law and Strategies on January 24, 2008 takes a brief look at the basics of the UK Patent Office launched its Opinions service before analysing certain aspects of its performance to-date and some of the opportunities that it may provide.

Thanks to Hal Wegner for also pointing out that in in Glaxo Group Ltd v Genentech Inc, [2008] EWCA Civ 23 (Ct. of Appeal 2008)(Ward, Mummery, Jacob, JJ.), the Court of Appeal confirmed the trial court’s decision to permit a British national invalidity proceeding to go forward without suspension, despite the existence of a concurrent opposition proceeding at the EPO, "largely upon the basis of the sloth in Munich that leads to multi-year delays in any final outcome in an opposition proceeding."