International trade has grown substantially in size and importance, not least due to the explosion of e-commerce and budget airline fares.

As reported here, Germany's ratification of the Unified Patent Court Agreement was unexpectedly put on hold earlier this year when a challenge against ratification was lodged at the German Federal Constitutional Court.

The market for cannabis-derived products has expanded rapidly in recent years due to the legalisation of some cannabis products in several countries.

"We live in interesting times" - this is what we were told by Torbjorn Roe Isaksen (the Norwegian Minister of Trade and Industry) ...

As has been reported in sections of the press recently, the Sussexes filed applications to register the trade marks SUSSEX ROYAL...

Apple would have been unable to import iPhones and iPads into the United States had an attempt by Motorola Mobility to assert six patents against these products succeeded.

At the end of Black History Month we highlight an iconic global trade mark of African-American origin, dating from 1959, a time before US segregation was outlawed (1964)

Following the release of the annual statistics from the EPO, the WIPO has released its annual statistics detailing the filing of patent, trademark and design applications through the respective international systems.

Under the company RC Pet Products Limited, Rory Carr trades in a variety of goods for animals, such as collars, coats, harnesses and pet toys.

Instead of its customary biennial fee increase to reflect inflation, on 1 April 2018 the EPO will make selected changes to its fees.

Google and Samsung have signed a ten year "global patent cross-license agreement" according to a statement on Samsung's website. This agreement is likely to promote collaboration on research and innovation between the two companies.

Last month, we reported on the curious case of lower-league football team Dulwich Hamlet Football Club and the somewhat bizarre decision of its landlord to register the club's name ...

Examples of uses include speech recognition, self-driving cars and robotics.

The role of Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys is changing.

The Patent Box is a UK government tax relief scheme to incentivise companies to locate their research and development (R&D) activities in the UK.

These pieces are apparently then authenticated by its in-house authenticators, who are experienced in identifying vintage goods from multiple luxury brands.

Dehns have previously discussed the concept of plausibility and how much experimental data is needed for patent applications in Europe, which is relevant to both sufficiency and inventive step.

Kim Kardashian will no doubt be pleased to have been awarded $2.7 million in damages, in a court case against the fashion brand Missguided.

In a recent decision concerning the patenting of antibodies (Amgen Inc. v. Sanofi), the US Federal Circuit Court raised the bar for certain antibody patents.

Here are some tips concerning how to pick the right trade marks and ensure they are adequately protected.