Article 56, governing pending applications for Supplementary Protection Certificates, remains in the "white" category too.

The UK's Intellectual Property Office (IPO) has launched a call for views on industrial strategy.

Dolce & Gabbana and "paper aprons". No, I'm not referring to the fashion house's autumn/winter 2018 collection.

The Patent Prosecution Highway is a system in which positive examination results from a first patent office may be submitted to a second patent office to accelerate examination of a corresponding application by the second patent office.

Yesterday the European Commission published a position paper, setting out its starting point for Brexit negotiations relating to European intellectual property rights.

For many people, becoming a household name is a distant dream. For others, it is a reality that they are not willing to give up lightly.

My article last month (here) highlighted the legal and financial benefits that registered trade mark protection can provide to football clubs ...

It's an all too frequent scenario: an inventor is denied patent protection because he disclosed details about his invention before filing a patent application.

Antibody technology has advanced a long way since the early days of Kohler & Milstein's antibody-secreting murine hybridomas.

In an arguably harsh, but refreshingly clear judgement the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has ruled in C-567/16 that an SPC application cannot validly be filed on the basis of an End of Procedure Notice.

Known as the ‘Father of the Constitution', Madison's passion for free speech is ratified at the heart of the United States.

If you have identified an interesting opportunity for a research or development collaboration and are discussing a potential agreement, then Intellectual Property is one of the key factors that will need your consideration.

Therefore, it is important that small businesses develop an understanding of IP at the very beginning.

Under new rules due to come into force on 1 January 2021, all new UK trade mark, design and patent applications, and certain other UK IPO proceedings, will need a UK...

The Kardashian/Jenner family have made millions by commodifying their personal lives and turning themselves into powerhouse brands.

I admit I did not. It's Dutch model Maartje Robin Elke Verhoef and, apart from being very beautiful, of course, she contributed to further clarify European trade mark law...

In a decision that may come as somewhat of a surprise to lovers of McDonald's Big Mac sandwich, the EUIPO cancellation division has recently opted to cancel McDonald's EU trade mark (EUTM) registration for Big Mac.

Software is a relative new-comer to the patent arena.

Teamwork: the IOC and the WIPO get the ball rolling on new initiatives to promote the importance of IP rights for the international sports community.

A key test for assessing whether an invention has been sufficiently disclosed in Europe is one of plausibility: has the invention plausibly been disclosed in the application as filed...