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UK Patent Document Access Rules Raise Secrecy Concerns

By Alex Baldwin ( August 12, 2026, 7:03 PM BST) -- Imminent changes to transparency rules in patent disputes at the High Court, part of a new pilot program for making court documents publicly available, should formalize best practice for open justice despite the scope for parties to exploit the rules, intellectual property lawyers say....

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