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PermaKat Annsley Merelle Ward informed about the UK litigation in Abbott v Dexcom, a patent dispute over glucose monitoring devices for diabetes. Abbott and Dexcom are currently in legal battlein US, Germany and the UK, each accusing the other of patent infringement and invalidity of the other party’s patents. In the UK, Abbott has sought to expedite its revocation claim. This was to obtain a UK decision on the (in)validity of Dexcom European patents and hopefully rely on this decision to influence the German court, where infringement is decided before and separate from validity claims (also known as ‘German injunction gap’). However, Mr Justice Mellor refused to expedite the proceedings, although with ‘some regret’.

SpecialKat Chijioke Okorie, our Africa Correspondent, discussed recent developments within the African Regional Intellectual Property Organisation (ARIPO). Last August, the ARIPO members adopted the Kampala Protocol on voluntary registration of copyright and related rights. The Protocol establishes a regional voluntary registration of copyright and related rights. A regional database for copyright and related rights for ARIPO and the ARIPO Member States will also be established. Chijioke further analyses some of the Protocol’s 16 articles, including norms on refusal of applications for registration, and on dispute resolution.