01 March 2019
Processing health data in France: What to look out for after GDPR?
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2019/france/processing-health-data-in-france-what-to-look-out-for-after-gdpr

French law imposes stricter requirements than the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) regarding health data processing.

08 September 2020
A vaccine for COVID-19: risks and liabilities from an international perspective
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/netherlands/a-vaccine-for-covid-19-risks-and-liabilities-in-international-perspective

As the development of vaccines against COVID-19 is progressing, the question becomes urgent who will be liable if a vaccine is marketed and will cause unexpected adverse effects as a result of the requested speed and ...

11 May 2020
COVID-19: New German legislation to fight pandemic may affect granted German patents
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/germany/covid-19-new-german-legislation-to-fight-pandemic-may-affect-granted-patents

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic the German government has recently passed a “corona crisis package”. The so-called Act for protecting the Population in the Event of an Epidemic Situation of National Importance, the ...

20 March 2020
German Constitutional Court declares the vote on the ratification act of the UPC Agreement unconstitutional because of a lack of the required quorum
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/germany/german-constitutional-court-declares-the-vote-on-the-ratification-act-of-the-upc-agreement

Today the German Constitutional Court (Bundesverfassungsgericht) ruled that the German ratification act for the Unified Patent Court Agreement (UPCA) is void, because an insufficient number of members of parliament was ...

24 February 2020
Blockchain in the Life Sciences & Healthcare Sectors
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/global/blockchain-in-the-life-sciences-and-healthcare-sectors

Blockchain is perhaps best known as the technology on which Bitcoin and other digital cryptocurrencies are built. Adoption of blockchain technology – especially in the financial services sector – has been rapid but in ...

25 February 2020
Surgical face masks – filtering out counterfeit copies
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/global/surgical-face-masks-filtering-out-counterfeit-copies

This article discusses the key IP and regulatory issues relating to surgical masks and penalties for the production of counterfeit products.

22 December 2020
High Court considers requirements for an exclusive patent licence (Neurim v Mylan)
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/uk/high-court-considers-requirements-for-an-exclusive-patent-licence

In the LexisNexis case analysis, Senior IP Associate, Will Smith, talks about the decision in the following matter: Neurim Pharmaceuticals (1991) Ltd & Anor v Generics UK Ltd (t\a MYLAN) [2020] EWHC 3270 (Pat). This ...

14 October 2019
Bird & Bird lawyers join EU innovation project SMART- BEAR
www.twobirds.com/en/news/press-releases/2019/global/bird-and-bird-lawyers-join-eu-innovation-project-smart--bear

International law firm Bird & Bird joins 26 organisations in a European Commission funded project that draws on big data to improve the health and wellbeing of European citizens. The four-year project aims to build a ...

05 February 2020
Bird & Bird advises Arm pro bono on flagship healthcare project to test a device aimed to solve the digital needs of remote healthcare workers
www.twobirds.com/en/news/press-releases/2020/united-kingdom/bird-and-bird-advises-arm-pro-bono-on-flagship-healthcare

International law firm Bird & Bird advises international semiconductor design company, Arm, pro bono on a 15-month project in partnership with Be Healthy Be Mobile (a joint initiative between the World Health ...

17 March 2020
COVID-19: UK Public Health Perspectives
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/uk/covid-19-uk-public-health-perspectives

As Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to spread across the globe, in an effort to prepare for all eventualities, on 10 February 2020, the UK Government passed into law The Health Protection (Coronavirus) Regulations ...