Christmas Closure Dates 2024 Our office will be closed 25th, 26th and 1st January, and we will be operating… Read more
Supermarket Wars II Tesco (largely) loses appeal in dispute around Clubcard Prices signage: “Tesco have copied the visual… Read more
EU Trade Marks no longer enforceable in Jersey Parties relying on EUTMs for protection of trade marks in Jersey should urgently review their… Read more
Supermarket Wars In the latest battle involving supermarkets in the UK courts, Tesco has been found to… Read more
NO UK ADDRESS FOR SERVICE AT THE UKIPO – WHAT’S THE RISK? The MARCO POLO trade mark case provides a salutory warning to IP owners about the… Read more
CHANGE OF PRACTICE | APPOINTMENT OF A UK ADDRESS FOR SERVICE The UKIPO has issued new guidance (TPN 2/2023) outlining changes of practice for appointment of… Read more
UK ADDRESS FOR SERVICE – WHY DO I NEED ONE? The recent decision of the Appointed Person involving the YETI trade mark highlights the benefits… Read more
TWO (MORE) REASONS WHY TRADE MARK SEARCHING IN THE UK IS IMPORTANT It is well known that carrying out trade mark searching before filing for or trading… Read more
BACK TO BASICS | INTERNATIONAL TRADE MARK STRATEGY PROTECTION CONFERRED BY REGISTERED TRADE MARK RIGHTS IS COUNTRY/REGION SPECIFIC. HOW CAN YOU ENSURE THAT… Read more
THE UNITARY PATENT This article is part of our series on the Unitary Patent and Unified Patents Court.… Read more
UPC: HOW WILL THE NEW COURT WORK? This is part of our series of articles on the UPC. We have outlined the… Read more
UPC: I MIGHT BE AN INFRINGER! This is part of our series of articles on the UPC. Elsewhere, we have… Read more
UPC: IMPACT ON LICENSEES This is part of our series of articles on the UPC. Elsewhere, we have outlined the… Read more
UPC: THE “OPT OUT” – TAKING EXISTING PATENTS OUT OF UPC JURISDICTION This is part of our series of articles on the UPC. Here, we consider the… Read more
UPC: WHAT IS THE UNIFIED PATENT COURT? This is part of our series of articles on the Unitary Patent and Unified Patent… Read more
PATENTING DIGITAL & SOFTWARE INVENTIONS IN EUROPE It is generally known that patenting digital and software inventions can be difficult in a… Read more
GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS – IMPACT OF BREXIT The Brexit transition period ends on 31 December 2020. Amongst the IP rights that will… Read more
UNREGISTERED DESIGNS AND BREXIT The UK has left the European Union and is currently in a transition period which… Read more
Impact of Brexit on Trade Mark Rights and Ongoing Proceedings The transition to the UK’s exit from the EU is due to end on 31 December… Read more
BACK TO BASICS | DO YOU OWN THE RIGHTS TO YOUR INVENTION? Lack of clarity of ownership or an inability to demonstrate chain of title can cause… Read more
CONSIDERATIONS WHEN BUYING AND SELLING IP A survey and searches are considered essential before buying a house; in the same way,… Read more
SUFFICIENCY AND PLAUSIBILITY IN EUROPE In our recent webinar we discussed whether you need data to file a patent application… Read more
An introduction to the Patent Classification System Intellectual Property offices use classification systems to classify inventions into technology areas. Here we explain… Read more
How to obtain a granted patent quickly The patent system is renowned for being slow and it can take several years before… Read more
Plant Sciences Patents – an Update In this update we consider recent developments in the plant field. We look at Enlarged… Read more
EU AND UK REGISTERED DESIGNS – HINTS AND TIPS Guidance on requirements and options to be considered before filing a UK or EU design.… Read more
BACK TO BASICS | UK TRADE MARK OPPOSITION PROCEEDINGS Opposition term A UK trade mark application (or UK designation of an international registration) may… Read more
EPO HINTS AND TIPS: DEVICE CLAIMS European Patent Office (EPO) examiners have an approach to assessing device (or apparatus) claims that… Read more
Back to Basics | Plant Variety Protection in Europe European patent law specifically excludes plant varieties from patent protection. Protection for plant varieties is… Read more
To Patent or Not to Patent? Do you create or manage IP and innovation in the life sciences or chemistry fields?… Read more
SPACEtalks.biz Leigh-Anne Thomas is off to London to SPACEtalks.biz – The Interstellar Business ConfEx on Thursday… Read more
Benchtop to Business Want to hear more about the highs and lows of commercialising new technology from entrepreneurs… Read more
Healthcare Innovation Awards We are really pleased to be supporting Medilink South West with their Healthcare Innovation Networking… Read more
Business Legal Masterclass We’re really excited to be working with Sarah Cook, Come Network With Me, and Temple… Read more
Women in Innovation: Building Success Victoria Randall is looking forward to attending Knowledge Transfer Network’s Building Success event on Tuesday… Read more
BioSeed 2020 We’re really pleased to continue supporting OBN (UK) Ltd in 2020. Jakob Bumke will be… Read more
UKIPO Says No to NOSECCO The UK Intellectual Property Office has rejected a trade mark application for a bottle label… Read more
FT’s Europe’s Leading Patent Law Firms List We’re delighted to have been included in the FT’s Europe’s Leading Patent Law Firms list,… Read more
All due care required! Professional representatives beware… A recent decision by the European Patent Office’s Legal Board of Appeal (J 5/18) is… Read more
Three stripes and you’re out The General Court of the European Union has, this week, upheld the EUIPO’s decision to… Read more
Patents or trade secrets? Innovation quickly leads to the question of how best to protect the intellectual property generated.… Read more
When is an innovation patentable? Where research is being done, innovation often follows. And in many instances, it may be… Read more
We say tomato The patentability of the plant products of essentially biological processes (again…). The Enlarged Board of… Read more
SPC Manufacturing Waiver In the European Economic Area, it is possible to extend the duration of protection of… Read more
Launch: GW finalists – Biosystems Technology Good luck to our client BioSystems Technology who have reached the shortlist for the People’s… Read more
IP Stars, again Congratulations to our partners Rhiannon Turner and Rachel Wallis who have once again been named… Read more
All about the networking INTA Day 5: we’re going online. Over the last five days of INTA’s 141st Annual… Read more
