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Life Sciences and Healthcare
EU overhauls pharmaceutical law with sweeping 2026 reform package
Landmark reform overhauls incentives, supply obligations and regulatory pathways for pharmaceuticals operating in Europe
Life Sciences and Healthcare
Nagoya Protocol compliance shapes EU sourcing of genetic resources for R&D
Life sciences, food and cosmetics businesses using biological materials should assess their exposure to ABS obligations
Regulatory Outlook
Artificial intelligence | UK Regulatory Outlook March 2026
UK government position on copyright and AI | Lords Communications and Digital Committee calls on government to reject opt-out model
Intellectual property
Opted out: UK government moves away from preferred position on AI and copyright following report
No concrete policy decisions made; wide text and data mining copyright exception with opt-out no longer preferred approach; more information
Unified Patent Court
Retracting the long arm? UPC clarifies territorial scope of enforcement orders and imposes heavy penalties for non-compliance
Mannheim LD holds UPC decisions require recognition by national courts before they can be enforced outside UPC, but information obligations
Intellectual property
InterDigital v Amazon SEP saga: back and forth between UPC and English court continues as compliance remains in dispute
Amazon forced to declare limitation of damages claims before UPC and English court; English court critical of UPC but continues
Intellectual property
Supreme Court opens the door in the UK to patentability of AI inventions
UK brought into alignment with EPO as domestic approach to patentability of computer-implemented inventions overturned
Regulatory Outlook
Artificial intelligence | UK Regulatory Outlook February 2026
UK: AI Opportunities Action Plan: one year on | AI and copyright: recent comments from the government | New criminal
Life Sciences and Healthcare
Enactment of BBNJ Act brings UK closer to ratifying High Seas Treaty
Secondary legislation still required to meet treaty obligations before ratification
Intellectual property
UK Supreme Court confirms that 'milk' cannot be used for plant-based products in trade mark dispute
'Post Milk Generation' mark found invalid for oat-based food and drinks due to a breach of EU-derived law
