Since it began, International Women's Day has celebrated the social, political, economic, and cultural achievements of women worldwide.

Today is Windrush Day, which marks the 74th anniversary of the passenger liner HMT Empire Windrush docking in Tilbury, Essex.

In the UK, the ban on public smoking appeared to have paved the way for vaping, with new and bespoke vaping shops springing up on the high street ever since.

Provisional, or protective, measures are court orders which may be granted for the benefit of a patentee against an alleged infringer prior to the commencement of an infringement action.

The article explores emerging themes in preliminary injunction applications within the first year of the Unified Patent Court (UPC). Key insights include practical issues impacting success for patentees, analyzed by Jamie Rowlands.

Earlier this year, Stephan Schultes and Magnus Johnston took an in-depth look at the way the European Patent Office examines claims to inventions defined in terms of parameters.

Working with start-ups and SMEs, and their founders, is one of area of our business that our people often say they enjoy the most.

With the Christmas party season a distant, perhaps slightly hazy, memory, Dry January® is now officially in full swing for millions of people partaking in this annual event, which, as the name suggests, ...

Answering the question: What led you to become a patent attorney?, Jo Addison shares her career journey from a graduate with a passion for sport, to a science teacher and eventually a patent attorney.

On 1 February 2019 the UK IPO issued a notice that brings welcome news for biotech innovators wanting to use the services of the UK IPO.

Each month, our UPC experts delve into the Unified Patent Court, to unpack key insights from what's been happening at the UPC, and share their findings.

Welcome to the fourth issue of the HLK Newsletter tracking the AI legal landscape. In this issue, we are taking a look back at peer-to-peer sharing...

As part of our celebration of HLK's 175th anniversary, Sophie Day-Riley and Rachel Conway, trainee patent attorneys in our Chemistry and Life Sciences team, explore the hair and beauty industry...

In a recent article, Kim Bayliss described a scheme for classifying AI inventions. In further articles (part I and II), Kim described how applications should be drafted to take account...

Has the EUIPO taken Neutralisation too far? In this article, Roland Weede delves into a recent case that explores the problematic issues around the concept of neutralisation.

With a renewed scientific interest in the medicinal properties of cannabis in recent years, there has been a sharp rise in the number of patent applications filed at the European Patent Office...

National Pet Month is upon us once again, and there's no shortage of high-tech inventions to gift your animal companions in celebration! Let's have a look at some patents and patent applications ...

Any intellectual property you might own is an exceptionally valuable commodity regardless of the size of your business. However, as an SME it is absolutely critical that your IP portfolio is as ...

The Intermediate People's Court in Shenzhen recently ruled in favour of Huawei against Samsung on 11 January 2018 in a case involving two standard-essential patents (SEP) owned by Huawei...

In Feilin v Baidu, the Beijing Internet Court considered whether copyright subsists in a report generated using software for searching case judgments