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...

The availability of forums for third parties to contest the validity of patents is crucial for a strong patent system.

Whilst patent protection from the European Patent Office for individual plant varieties is excluded by Article 53(b) EPC, it is possible to obtain plant variety rights in Europe under the UPOV...

According to Mathieu Klos of respected German legal website JUVE, a total of seven organisations* have submitted opinions in relation to the ongoing "Constitutional Complaint"...

The EPO Enlarged Board of Appeal has now issued their decision on G2/21, a case which was intended to decide whether evidence submitted...

The Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) provides a mechanism for accelerating examination of a patent application at a second patent office, if examination work has already been conducted...

The UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) has an enviable reputation of providing a high quality service at a low cost

The phenomenon of domain grabbing - the registering of, trafficking in, or use of a domain name in bad faith with intent to profit from a trade mark belonging to another - has resulted in a solid bank ...

European patent law differs in some significant aspects from the law in others countries, in particular the United States. Our briefing note on "European Practice for Overseas Attorneys"...

Attitudes towards the use of cannabis, both recreationally and therapeutically, have shifted significantly in recent years. Recreational cannabis was legalised in Canada

The English Patents Court and the decisions of its judges are highly regarded internationally, and particularly within Member States of the European Patent Convention (EPC). For this reason,...

Is the supply of patent-protected products to a generics company which intends to use the product in tests necessary to obtain marketing authorisation exempt from patent infringement under the Bolar provisions in Europe?

Lewis Hamilton has recently been crowned Formula One World Champion for a record-equalling seventh time but, move from the race track to the slightly less glamorous arena that is trade mark law, and things are not looking quite so rosy.

The decision is a twist in a long-running saga, but may well not be the final word on the matter.

If Arnold J's approach to insufficiency for want of plausibility had stood, it would have meant that pharmaceutical claims would have to enable substantially all of the compounds satisfying the structural definition as to the therapeutic efficacy.

Copyright, contrary to trade mark rights, is not of indefinite duration but ends, in most countries, 70 years after the death of the author.

On 2 May 2024, the Court of Appeal heard its first case in relation to a stay application pursuant to Rule 295(a) RoP (APL_3507/2024; UPC_CoA_22/2024). In this matter, the appellant, Carrier Corporation, was represented by Dehns.

Invention harvesting, or invention mining, is an important process for any company looking to build or expand a patent portfolio.

Every now and then a story pops up in the papers in which a large company is accused of using its trade mark rights to bully a smaller entity.