ArticleCould Your Invention Win The £1 Million Earthshot Prize?Every year from 2021 to 2030, the Earthshot Prize will launch a global search for innovative solutions to the climate crisis. United KingdomIntellectual PropertyHLK
ArticleNew EPO Enlarged Board Of Appeal Referral Relating To PriorityThe European Patent Office (EPO) has referred two new questions relating to priority to the Enlarged Board of Appeal under G1/22 and G2/22.United KingdomIntellectual PropertyHLK
ArticleOf Molecules & Medicine: A New Focus On Antibodies In 2021 Update To EPO GuidelinesToday, 1 March 2021, a whole new Guidelines section focusing on antibodies will enter into force.United KingdomIntellectual PropertyHLK
ArticleSky's The LimitLord Justice Arnold has handed down a further judgment in the long-running trade mark dispute between the TV broadcaster and telephony/broadband service provider Sky...United KingdomIntellectual PropertyHLK
ArticleIP Funding For SMEs In The EUProtecting your intellectual property (IP) is essential to ensure that your brand, ideas, products and services are not used or copied without permission. European UnionIntellectual PropertyHLK
ArticleA Day In The Life Of A Patent AttorneyTo mark our 40 years in Europe, we interviewed our colleague, Sandeep Basra from our Munich office, to find out what patent attorneys get up to…GermanyIntellectual PropertyHLK
ArticleEnglish Is A UPC Language Of Proceedings Except In France, Germany And ItalyThe UPC has today (22 May) confirmed the languages for the 1st instance Local and Regional Divisions. As expected, the Regional Division covering Sweden, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia has adopted...ItalyIntellectual PropertyHLK
ArticleInterrupted Days – UK IPO Update On COVID-19We have just heard news that the UK IPO is declaring that last Tuesday, 24 March 2020, and all subsequent days until...United KingdomCoronavirus (COVID-19)HLK
ArticleInternational Day Of Radiology (2018)The 8th of November 2018 marks the anniversary of the discovery, by Wilhelm Conrad Rӧntgen, of the X-Ray in 1895. United KingdomFood, Drugs, Healthcare, Life SciencesHLK
ArticleA Pint Of Game Of StonesWadworth brewery have successfully defended their GAME OF STONES branded golden aleUnited KingdomIntellectual PropertyHLK
ArticleAce IP – Innovations Of WimbledonUntil Andy Murray's Wimbledon win in 2013, Fred Perry was the last British winner of the men's title in 1936.United KingdomIntellectual PropertyHLK
ArticleBeakers And Bunsens: Christmas ChemistryAt this festive time of year, thoughts naturally turn to the holidays and the use of, shall we say, "ethanolic" assistance in the partying.United KingdomIntellectual PropertyHLK
ArticleFrom Vogue To The Court Room – High IP Stakes In High FashionThe stakes are raised when matters of fashion are taken away from the catwalk and brought into the world of IP.United KingdomIntellectual PropertyHLK
ArticleLondon Design Festival 2019From 14 to 22 September 2019, areas of London will be transformed using a combination of art and technology, with the appearance of hundreds of installations as part of the annual London Design Festival. United KingdomIntellectual PropertyHLK
ArticleTaking A Tip From British Science WeekOne of the highlights of British Science Week every year is the featured citizen project, which invites people across the country to give their time, attention and (usually) screen taps to an ongoing research project. United KingdomIntellectual PropertyHLK
ArticleThe Intellectual Property Enterprise Court – A Court For All The RegionsThe Intellectual Property Enterprise Court ("IPEC") was created in its current form in 2013. Intended to provide a lower-cost and more streamlined venue for resolving IP disputes than the High...United KingdomIntellectual PropertyHLK
ArticleUpdate Of G1/22 And G2/22The Enlarged Board of Appeal has issued a preliminary and non-binding opinion for the referrals G1/22 and G2/22, which ask (1) whether the EPO has jurisdiction to determine whether a party validly claims priority as successor in title, and ...United KingdomIntellectual PropertyHLK
ArticleUpgrades, People, UpgradesLike most people I know, I've found myself cooped up at home a lot more than usual, and in doing so, I've come to realise that most things in it are pretty boring.United KingdomIntellectual PropertyHLK
ArticleUseful Inventions For Your 4th Of July!The 4th July is a day for picnics, family gatherings, parades and fireworks for all Americans, as they celebrate Independence Day. So we take a look at some festive inventions associated with celebrating all things American.United KingdomIntellectual PropertyHLK
ArticleCosts In Proceedings – Behave, Or Else …A word of warning: the UKIPO and IPEC can remove the cost cap where they feel the circumstances warrant it, particularly if a party acts very unreasonably.United KingdomLitigation, Mediation & ArbitrationHLK