An article in the Financial Times published on 31 October 2017 discusses why lab-grown diamonds pose a threat to big miners such as De Beers in the diamond jewellery sector.

The UK and European Union have reached an agreement that owners of EU trade marks, Community designs and Community plant variety rights will have their rights protected in the UK ...

There has been much progress in recent times with the negotiations between the UK and European Union in relation to registered IP rights.

Many products are based on novel applications of materials which were originally developed for other purposes.

Graphene was identified back in 2004 by scientists at The University of Manchester. This led to a surge of interest in this seemingly simple, yet surprisingly fascinating new material.

It has been reported that humans harbour a huge number of microbes in their gastrointestinal (GI) tract. The microorganisms that live in the GI tract are collectively known as the microbiota.

This article considers the the effect of the changes in examination procedures at the United Kingdom Trade Mark Registry.

In March 2016 we reported that The Court of The Hague referred the Christian Louboutin ‘red-sole' case to the Court of Justice of the European Union.

My colleague and materials specialist Ian Atkinson recently discussed the commercial potential of graphene and the importance of obtaining protection for innovations which are based on the myriad properties...

Europe is home to a relatively aged population — today, almost a quarter of us are 60 or older.

Back in November 2017, Dr Jenny Smith reported on an interesting situation in the USA where large organisations were seen to be exploiting a legal loophole in order to avoid their patents ...

A recipe is a method of making a chemical composition.

The UK Supreme Court recently heard the latest instalment of an ongoing battle over the blockbuster drug pregabalin (Warner-Lambert v Actavis).

What restaurant sells peri peri chicken, has red, yellow and black branding, and sounds a lot like Nando's…? Let's go to Fernando's!

I was sat on a bus recently and noticed the person sat in front of me reading an email.

In this case, involving Mitsubishi forklift trucks, two importers were taking advantage of the system.

Plant Variety Rights (also called Plant Breeders' Rights) are a form of intellectual property right designed specifically to protect new varieties of plants.

The Court of Appeal considered this scenario in Jushi v OCV. To a certain extent, this judgment brings the UK approach to patentability of overlapping numerical ranges in line with the established approach at the EPO.

The EU Trade Secrets Directive (2016/943) required EU member states to introduce laws, regulations and administrative provisions to establish a minimum level of protection for trade secrets.

Much of the administrative burden around managing portfolios of patent applications is concerned with ensuring that record systems and filing is up-to-date ...