In this episode, we look at the various ways in which you can get your patent granted overseas in the most cost effective way...

Dehns Patent and Designs Attorney Dave Paton explains all in this pint-sized, jargon-free episode.

What do you need in a patent application and how do you actually make a patent application?

Most countries have patent laws which prohibit − directly or indirectly − the patenting of immoral inventions.

Over 5 years ago, Adidas successfully registered its three stripes as a trade mark in the EU in relation to clothing, footwear and headgear.

On 13 March 2018 the UK ratified its membership of the Hague Agreement for industrial designs.

In a speech to mark World IP Day, the British Government's IP Minister, Sam Gyimah, announced that the UK has ratified the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court.

Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning are technologies that are being exploited in many different industries.

As reported here, the House of Commons' Delegated Legislation Committee considered the UPC Privileges and Immunities Order last week.

When the original Forth Bridge was completed in 1889 it was heralded as a modern wonder of the world, a bridge of the like that had never been seen before.

The Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill, announced in the Queen's Speech in May, aims to take advantage of the UK's post-Brexit position to make the UK a beacon for agri-food research...

The validity of a US patent can be challeged not only before a court, but also in "inter partes review" (IPR) proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB).

India's Intellectual Property Apelate Board has revoked a patent granted to GlaxoSmithKline in a reinforcement of the country's hard line on "incremental" inventions in the pharmaceutical field.

Unwired Planet may also receive up to an additional $10 million in cash on the second anniversary of the closing of the transaction.

Another interesting finding of the court regards the role of the reputation of the trade mark.

The UK patent box came into force in April 2013, allowing companies to pay corporation tax at a reduced rate on profits arising from granted UK and EP patents.

The UK is due to leave the EU on 29 March 2019. After that date, in the absence of any formal arrangements to the contrary, EU trade marks will cease to have legal effect in the UK.

In the latest judgement in a long line of patent cases between a variety of mobile phone companies, the High Court have found that certain HTC phones, containing chips manufactured by Qualcomm and Broadcom, infringe a European patent owned by Nokia.

The UK IPO will, in October 2013, introduce a lower cost, fast-track opposition procedure, whereby owners of existing trade mark registrations can defend their rights against later-filed UK applications by third parties to register conflicting marks.

In the first ruling from the District Court in the Apple-Samsung smartphone patent infringement case, following the remitting of the case to the District Court by the Federal Circuit to reassess the damages...