Following Brexit, we are seeing an increased number of UK Registered Designs which have been allowed to inadvertently lapse. So, what do you do in this situation? Read on to find out.

The UK government has now issued a white paper setting out its position on Intellectual Property rights once the UK has left the European Union, which is currently scheduled to happen in March 2019.

The interim decision of Fancourt J in Rhodia Operations v Neo Chemicals & Oxides raises, but does not answer, some interesting questions around the scope of patent protection...

In celebration World Environment Day 2018, we take a look at some patents in the field of green technology and see how they're could help save our environment.

Over the last decade there has been a shift in how cars are viewed and used.

The launch of the European Unitary Patent system is now just around the corner, representing the biggest change in European patent law in 50 years.

We at HLK are recognising National Inclusion Week (NIW) this week. NIW intends to bring organisations together to raise awareness of the importance of inclusion

Today (31 March 2023) is the last day of the first month of the UPC sunrise period, so now is a good time to take stock of how things have been going at the UPC.

More than 10 years after the last amendments to German patent law, the new (second) German Patent Law Modernization Act will enter into force on 1st May 2022.

Today marks the World Health Organisation's Mental Health Day, providing an important platform to raise awareness of mental health and to help to remove the stigma associated with it.

Easter is here again and the shops are full of treats with everyone hurrying to purchase Easter presents for loved ones.

In a landmark decision this week, G1/22 , the EPO conveyed that a patentee-friendly approach to claiming priority will be the new norm.

Disney often seem to find themselves the subject of IP related lawsuits.

The Unified Patent Court has clarified that it has jurisdiction to determine claims for infringement in non-contracting states of the UPC, for instance the UK, in certain circumstances.

The number of applications filed at the EPO increased by a fairly modest 4.6% between 2017 and 2018. The number of searches completed at the EPO is down 5.8 % compared to 2017, despite a 35% increase between 2014 and 2017.

In G1/21, the EPO's Enlarged Board of Appeal (EBA) held that in the absence of a state of general emergency (such as the COVID pandemic), in-person oral proceedings were the "gold-standard".

Having been launched in October 2020, the first ever winners of the Earthshot Prize have now been announced.

What led you to a career in IP? Marie-Alexis Mezin, one of our trainee patent attorneys, shares how she found a career in patent law and why it is a perfect fit for her.

To mark our 175th anniversary, Oran McNaughton, a trainee patent attorney in our Chemistry & Life Sciences team, shines the light on optometry...

The AI team offers a wealth of experience across a broad range of AI inventions from telecommunications protocols to photophosphorylation and from Smart Cities to Natural Language Processing.