The Guidelines for Examination at the EPO have been significantly revised with the updated version due to come into force on 1st November 2018.

The longstanding EPO practice under which many notifications from the EPO are deemed to have been delivered to the addressee on the 10th day following the date of the document...

Following our update earlier this month, we can now report that the Provisional Application Period of the UPC agreement started on 19 January 2022, after Austria deposited its instrument...

Preparations for the launch of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) have taken another step forward, with the announcement of the appointment of judges and the composition of its Presidium.

Germany has today deposited its instrument of ratification of the UPC Agreement, triggering the start of the Sunrise Period for the Unified Patent Court (UPC).

Haseltine Lake Kempner has successfully defended Tesco against a patent infringement action brought by The Janger Limited, a UK-based garment hanger designer and manufacturer

The UK's departure from the European Union may, on the face of it, have had an impact on certain IP rights and on how particular work is handled...

The UK Intellectual Property Office (UK IPO) has today re-released their Guidelines for examining patent applications relating to artificial intelligence...

A study of patenting trends in the field of artificial intelligence (AI), looking at filing figures for different areas of AI, top filers and filing jurisdictions.

In a long-awaited decision, the UPC has today (16 May 2023) announced that actions in the Central Division relating to patents in International Patent Classification (IPC) section A (Human Necessities)...

The UK Intellectual Property Office (UK IPO) has recently launched ‘IP Access', a new funding scheme for small and medium enterprises (SMEs).

The German Federal Patent Court found the German part of the Eli Lilly patent, EP 1 313 508 B in the first instance to be void.

In a highly criticised decision on 15th September 2020, the German Ministry of Defense awarded a $250 million contract to weapons manufacturer Haenel.

Following the General Election held on 12 December, UK voters returned Prime Minister Boris Johnson with a substantial majority in Parliament.

On 1 June 2023, the day that the Unified Patent Court has come into effect, the Court also announced that English will now be a language of proceedings at the Local Divisions in France...

The EUIPO has recently announced that, with effect from 12 September, it will become an accessing office under the WIPO Digital Access Service (DAS).

Following the recent referral to the EPO's Enlarged Board of Appeal, the EPO has issued a notice indicating that all pending proceedings before the examination and opposition divisions at the EPO

In a widely anticipated judgement, in Unwired Planet v Huawei, the U.K.'s Supreme Court has today rejected appeals by Huawei and ZTE, and affirmed the English ...

The UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) yesterday announced a significant change to its address for service rules.

Current advances in technology are making it increasingly difficult to distinguish between the physical and digital, making the task of enforcing IPR harder.