Wynne-Jones IP marks World IP Day by revealing top innovations of 2017

Innovation – is it just an overused word? Or does it lead to radical economic progression and advancement?

Either way most of us take innovation for granted – the latest Android mobile phone, games console, or medical advancement, is something which many feel is inevitable.

However, many innovations wouldn’t exist without intellectual property (IP).  These include trade marks, patents, designs and copyright, which serve to protect and encourage the progression of innovation.

So, to mark World IP Day, which highlights the vital role intellectual property plays in innovation, leading Cardiff-based IP firm Wynne Jones IP, has identified the top six innovations waiting to revolutionise your home, health, and happiness.

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How lack of data may have cost a pharmaceutical giant billions

How lack of data may have cost a pharmaceutical giant billions

With 2015 sales of US$1.6Bn and 2017 projected sales of US$2Bn, Bristol-Myers Squibb’s (BMS’) anti-cancer drug dasatinib (Sprycel®) is highly successful and of great interest to competitors. A February 2017 decision from a Technical Board of Appeal at the EPO (European Patent Office) has resulted in the patent covering dasatinib being revoked. But why?

European patent 1169038 [1] covering dasatinib was granted in 2012, opposed in 2013, revoked in January 2016, and the revocation upheld in an appeal deci

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