The Preparatory Committee for the Unified Patent Court (UPC) has announced draft timescales for the UPC entering into force.

You can't have Easter without eggs, be they chocolate or real.

Priority principles will also apply to any relevant design rights.

The European Commission and EUIPO recently issued statements that, if the UK withdraws from the EU on 30 March 2019, EU trade marks (EUTMs) and Registered Community Designs (RCDs) will no longer have effect in the UK.

On July 15, 2020, the Enlarged Board of Appeal (EBoA) of the European Patent Office held a hearing regarding the patentability of computer-implemented simulations.

A November 2017 decision from the UK Patents Court in Illumina v Premaitha provides good news for holders of patents relating to processes performed on the cloud.

2020 has been a peculiar year as the impact of COVID-19 has shaken the very fabric of our society. With the festive season now well and truly upon us, we're having to adapt and find the...

The governing law of a trade mark settlement agreement, or other contract, is less often the subject of pre-settlement haggling than the question of which court will have jurisdiction but, ...

On 1 March 2021, an amended version of the EPO Guidelines for Examination came into force, including a new chapter G-II, 3.6.4 entitled "Database management systems and...

In the last five years about 20 to 35 Opinions have been requested each year, many in the names of patent attorney firms.

Graffiti has undergone a transformation of sorts in the past couple of decades.

It's that time of year again – school's out, the sun is high in the sky, and Beyoncé is perfecting yet another headlining performance.

In the UK, the law of confidential information has been built up over many years and existed, until very recently, in a mixture of a carefully developed body of common law...

Last week the UPC Court of Appeal provided some much needed guidance on the ability of the public to gain access to pleadings and evidence held at the Registry...

In this article, rather than attempting to summarise each technical issue discussed by their Lordships

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This article reviews insights from a webinar on the Unified Patent Court (UPC), covering key topics such as case efficiency, the assessment of inventive steps, and UPC litigation strategies, highlighting recent case decisions and practical litigation tips.

Welcome back to the AI Observer, HLK's newsletter tracking the AI legal landscape.

Earlier this month we reported that the landscape for patenting AI in the UK appeared to be changing, with a new positive decision...

Under sections 55 to 58 of the Patents Act 1977 ("PA 1977"), the government has powers to use or permit others to use a third party's patent without first seeking permission from the patentee...