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BACK TO BASICS | PATENT PRIORITY

An introduction to patent priority. We explore the nature of priority rights, how they can…

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Webinar – Do I need data to file a patent application?

Understand when you are ready to start the patent process, particularly for chemistry / life…

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Back to Basics – Trade mark Classification

UNDERSTANDING WHAT A REGISTERED TRADE MARK COVERS AND WHY YOU SHOULD THINK CAREFULLY ABOUT THE…

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EBA SAYS NO TO PATENTING PLANTS AND ANIMALS

ACCORDING TO G3/19, PLANTS AND ANIMALS OBTAINED BY ESSENTIALLY BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES ARE NOT PATENTABLE The Enlarged…

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BACK TO BASICS | WHAT MAKES UP A PATENT SPECIFICATION?

WHERE TO START WHEN READING A PATENT SPECIFICATION OR REVIEWING A SPECIFICATION PREPARED FOR YOUR…

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BACK TO BASICS | TRADE MARK SEARCHING

LAUNCHING A NEW BRAND? WHY SEARCHING FOR THIRD PARTY RIGHTS FIRST IS CRUCIAL. Prior to…

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To patent or not to patent?

Getting it right in chemistry and life sciences This free webinar, offered in conjunction with…

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BACK TO BASICS | PATENTS

Patentability, why and when to patent.

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BACK TO BASICS | INTRODUCTION TO DESIGNS

Design rights protect the appearance of a product, and can be a valuable asset in…

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To Patent or Not to Patent?

Do you create or manage IP and innovation in the life sciences or chemistry fields?…

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EXTENSION OF DEADLINES ON IP CASES IN VIEW OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

Provisions in place for extension of deadlines at the European Patent Office, as well as…

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BACK TO BASICS | TRADE MARKS

Here we provide guidance on the types of brands that can be registered and how…

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NO UK IN UPC

THE UK WILL NOT BE INVOLVED IN THE EU’S UNIFIED PATENT COURT On 27th February 2020,…

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SPACEtalks.biz

Leigh-Anne Thomas is off to London to SPACEtalks.biz – The Interstellar Business ConfEx on Thursday…

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Benchtop to Business

Want to hear more about the highs and lows of commercialising new technology from entrepreneurs…

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Getting Priority right – a summary

The ability of a party filing a patent application to “claim priority” from the filing…

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Healthcare Innovation Awards

We are really pleased to be supporting Medilink South West with their Healthcare Innovation Networking…

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SPCs and Combination Products

The UK Court of Appeal applies the CJEU decision to Gilead’s Truvada Supplementary Protection Certificate.…

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Business Legal Masterclass

We’re really excited to be working with Sarah Cook, Come Network With Me, and Temple…

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Women in Innovation: Building Success

Victoria Randall is looking forward to attending Knowledge Transfer Network’s Building Success event on Tuesday…

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BioSeed 2020

We’re really pleased to continue supporting OBN (UK) Ltd in 2020. Jakob Bumke will be…

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BREAKING NEWS – European Priority Law Maintained at EPO Board of Appeal CRISPR Hearing

Members of our Life Sciences team have been at the European Patent Office (EPO) in…

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UKIPO Says No to NOSECCO

The UK Intellectual Property Office has rejected a trade mark application for a bottle label…

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BREXIT | WHERE ARE WE NOW?

After more than 40 years’ membership, the UK has now formally left the European Union.…

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Ice and a slice?

This week, we’re in London for the AIPPI conference. Corinna Hiscox takes a look at…

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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,…

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All due care required! Professional representatives beware…

A recent decision by the European Patent Office’s Legal Board of Appeal (J 5/18) is…

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Three stripes and you’re out

The General Court of the European Union has, this week, upheld the EUIPO’s decision to…

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Patents or trade secrets?

Innovation quickly leads to the question of how best to protect the intellectual property generated.…

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When is an innovation patentable?

Where research is being done, innovation often follows. And in many instances, it may be…

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We say tomato

The patentability of the plant products of essentially biological processes (again…). The Enlarged Board of…

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SPC Manufacturing Waiver

In the European Economic Area, it is possible to extend the duration of protection of…

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Launch: GW finalists – Biosystems Technology

Good luck to our client BioSystems Technology who have reached the shortlist for the People’s…

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Launch: GW finalists – CytoSeek

As sponsors of the Launch: Great West awards being held in Bristol next week, we’re…

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IP Stars, again

Congratulations to our partners Rhiannon Turner and Rachel Wallis who have once again been named…

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All about the networking

INTA Day 5: we’re going online. Over the last five days of INTA’s 141st Annual…

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In the know

INTA Day 4: we go up to Harvard and MIT. To coincide with the five…

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TIME FOR A BEER?

INTA Day 3: Make mine a Sam Adams. To coincide with the five days of…

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Ring, ring!

INTA Day 2: pick up the phone! INTA calling. To coincide with the five days…

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RED SOX DO DAMAGE ON THE FIELD AND AT THE USPTO

INTA Day 1: we wander down to Fenway Park, home of the Boston Red Sox.…

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TIME FOR BIO

Heading to Philly for BIO? David Spinner and Rachel Wallis will be in town. Do…

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NEITHER HAAR NOR THERE

It’s already looking like a busy year for the EPO Enlarged Board of Appeal, but…

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LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION? I SHOULD COCO

Chanel has successfully pursued an opposition at the UK Intellectual Property Office on the basis…

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ICELAND or Iceland?

Frozen-food retailer, Iceland, must have been disappointed to receive the decision of the EUIPO, earlier…

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SEE YOU IN BOSTON

We’re off on our travels again. Rhiannon Turner is heading to Boston today for the…

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CREATE | INNOVATE | CELEBRATE

Our offices in Cheddar and Bristol are in the heart of the South West, a…

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QUESTIONS, QUESTIONS, QUESTIONS

It has been a busy start of the year for the EPO’s Enlarged Board of…

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CHILLING NEWS FOR ICELAND’S EU TRADE MARK

Frozen-food retailer, Iceland, must have been disappointed to receive the decision of the EUIPO, earlier…

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New Partner – David Spinner

We are pleased to announce that David Spinner has joined the partnership at Greaves Brewster…

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MARK YOUR TERRITORY – CHOOSING AND PROTECTING YOUR BRAND

Here we discuss some of the key points to consider when choosing a new brand,…

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