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    Celebrating International Women's Day 2025

    In honour of International Women's Day, which falls on 8th March each year, HLK's diversity and inclusion group (DiveIn) wanted to listen and learn from the experiences of women at our firm.
    United KingdomIntellectual Property
    HLK
    HLK
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    Changes To The Handling Of UK Trade Marks And Designs Before The UK IPO Following MARCO POLO

    On 25 January 2023, the United Kingdom (UK) Intellectual Property Office (IPO) released its long-awaited Tribunal Practice Notice (TPN) on the effective service...
    United KingdomIntellectual Property
    HLK
    HLK
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Oral Proceedings By VC: An Emergency Measure Or The New Normal?

The EPO has offered the option of attending Examination oral proceedings by videoconference (VC) since 1998 but, until recently, less than 10% of Examination oral proceedings were held by VC.
United KingdomIntellectual Property
HLK
HLK
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    Parametric Definitions At The European Patent Office: Common Issues And How To Avoid Them

    Chemical and materials related inventions lend themselves to being defined in terms of their physical structures and experimentally measurable properties. Inventions directed to porous membranes...
    United KingdomIntellectual Property
    HLK
    HLK
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    Supplementary Protection Certificates: Additional Protection For Regulated Products

    Supplementary Protection Certificates (or SPCs) are a complementary intellectual property right to patents that provide additional years of protection for products that are subject to regulatory approval.
    United KingdomIntellectual Property
    HLK
    HLK
  • Article

    Artikel Patentstrategie – Ein Überblick

    Es gibt mehrere Wege, um internationalen Patentschutz für eine Erfindung zu erreichen, und es kann sinnvoll sein, die eigene Patentstrategie von Zeit zu Zeit zu überprüfen.
    European UnionIntellectual Property
    HLK
    HLK
  • Article

    Forward Thinking Formula E

    ‘Win Sunday, sell Monday'. This snappy statement highlighted the main motivations for automotive manufacturers electing to compete in motorsport during the mid-20th century.
    United KingdomIntellectual Property
    HLK
    HLK
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    IPEC Decision: Joshua Rinkoff v Baby Cow Productions Ltd

    We explore the recent case before the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court of Joshua Rinkoff v Baby Cow Productions Ltd, giving background to the dispute and the allegation and defence issues...
    United KingdomIntellectual Property
    HLK
    HLK
  • Article

    Is AI Patentable In Europe?

    The answer to this question is unquestionably yes. Indeed, the European Patent Office (EPO) has, perhaps more than for any other technology area...
    United KingdomIntellectual Property
    HLK
    HLK
  • Article

    The Most Romantic Patents From The Past 20 Years

    There is nothing more romantic than a marriage proposal via an official government document.
    United KingdomIntellectual Property
    HLK
    HLK
  • Article

    Update On Oppositions And Opposition Appeals

    In mid-2016 the EPO introduced "Early Certainty from Opposition", announcing that streamlined internal workflows would apply to first-instance opposition proceedings as from 1 July 2016
    United KingdomIntellectual Property
    HLK
    HLK
  • Article

    The Race To Regulate AI: 2024 Unpacked

    2023 was a breakout year for AI in the commercial and consumer worlds. This has created huge momentum for further growth in investment, development and implementation of AI going into 2024.
    United KingdomTechnology
    HLK
    HLK
  • Article

    Brexit: What EU Rights Holders Should Know

    The 31st of December this year sees the end of the Brexit transition period when EU trade mark and design rights will no longer extend to the UK.
    United KingdomIntellectual Property
    HLK
    HLK
  • Article

    A Guide To Security For Costs At The UPC

    This article discusses security for costs in Unified Patent Court (UPC) litigation, explaining its purpose, procedural rules, and recent case examples. Key issues include financial risk assessments and enforceability of cost awards across jurisdictions.
    United KingdomIntellectual Property
    HLK
    HLK
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    Of Molecules & Medicine: Nucleic Acid Technology And Its Use To Decode The First Genomic Sequence Of SARS-CoV-2

    In late 2019, a new infectious respiratory disease, COVID-19, emerged in Wuhan, China. After spreading to hundreds of countries worldwide, COVID-19 is now set to be the largest global pandemic since the 1918/1919 "Spanish flu".
    United KingdomIntellectual Property
    HLK
    HLK
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    How To Assess The Likelihood Of Obtaining A Patent For A Blockchain Innovation In Europe

    Hundreds of patent applications that mention blockchain as at least part of the disclosed solution are filed at the European Patent Office (EPO) each year.
    European UnionIntellectual Property
    HLK
    HLK
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    Drafting AI Patent Applications For Success At The EPO (2) – Drafting The Full Specification

    In this article, we take a practical look at drafting the specifications of different types of Machine Learning (ML) inventions in view of the European Patent Office's patent eligibility requirements.
    United KingdomIntellectual Property
    HLK
    HLK
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    Euro-PCT Patent Application Route

    A European patent application can be obtained by entering the European regional phase from an International PCT (Patent Cooperation Treaty) application, commonly referred to as the "Euro-PCT route".
    United KingdomIntellectual Property
    HLK
    HLK
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    How Could My Patent Claim Possibly Be Any Clearer For The European Patent Office?

    As a European patent attorney, I sometimes wonder whether European Patent Office (EPO) practice on patent claim clarity is influenced by a quote attributed to the Greek physician, Hippocrates...
    United KingdomIntellectual Property
    HLK
    HLK
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    New EPO Guidelines On Patentability Of Computer Programs

    The amended Guidelines provide further clarification of what kinds of subject matter can be regarded as "technical" in the area of computer programs.
    United KingdomIntellectual Property
    HLK
    HLK
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