HGF Partner and Patent Attorney Craig Thomson and Patent Director Dr Jennifer Bailey write an article for The Microbiome Times on ELIGO v SNIPR: a reflection on IP strategies in a competitive environment.

Any electronic communications sent from the EPO on or after 1 November 2023 will no longer have the "ten day rule" applied to them.

A company’s website marketing will, from 1 March 2011, fall within and widen the scope of the Advertising Standards Authority’s (ASA) regulatory remit.

From 13 June 2018, the UK officially joins the Hague Agreement for the international registration of designs.

As we move closer to the darker months the Competition Markets Authority is darkening its view on influencer marketing ...

ICANN (Internet Corporation of Assigned Names and Numbers) has approved the addition of .xxx as a top-level domain (TLD).

Healthcare technology is one of the fastest growing areas of innovation. This is reflected in the European Patent Office's statistics with medical technology being the 2nd largest technology field...

The luxury brand is accusing a British clockmaker of infringing its long-established ‘Oyster' wristwatch range amid what appears to be a wave of litigation from Rolex, finds Sarah Speight.

This timing would enable the Court to make necessary preparations before the planned entry into force in December 2017.

In a long-awaited judgment https://www.supremecourt.uk/cases/docs/uksc-2021-0181-judgment.pdf, the Supreme Court allowed Skykick's appeal, agreeing with the High Court that well-known broadcaster...

The Boards of Appeal of the EPO (BoA) are the appeal body that reviews EPO decisions.

Rebecca Field and Lee Curtis reflect on fifty episodes of their Fashionably IP podcast, revisiting the most significant intellectual property cases and concepts they've covered in the fashion industry since May 2022. What patterns have emerged across these discussions, and which legal issues have proven most impactful in shaping fashion IP law?

"The UK has ratified the Unified Patent Court Agreement and intends to explore staying in the Court and unitary patent system after the UK leaves the EU.

The Patent Box (both the current and future regimes) has the potential to provide a real benefit to many of our clients.

Before unitary effect can be registered by the EPO, an applicant must first obtain a European patent via the EPO as it does in the current way. In order to be eligible for registration...

WIPR webinar 'Brexit, trademarks and designs: the end of the beginning? Or just the beginning' will be hosted on Wednesday 16th December by HGF Partner

According to data, young people are more entrepreneurial than ever. The trend of the Millennipreneur (Mennial Entrepreneur) will have inspired the 2022 World IP Day - IP and Youth: Innovating for a Better Future.

Whilst yet to recover to the levels of 2011-2021, where capital invested in agritech increased 20-fold, investor...

HGF Partner Iain Armstrong will be attending and speaking at LSPN North America 2019 on 16th October. The session will cover ‘CAR–T and other immunotherapies'

Since being introduced in July 2015, the Arusha protocol for the protection of novel plant varieties in Africa has finally entered into force on the 24th November 2024...