Newsletters and Briefing Notes

TM: Totally Meaningless?!

Aug 11, 2020 | Tags: Trade Marks, IP Insight

The Unitary Patent and Unified Patent Court system – an update

Jul 21, 2020 | Tags: Patents, IP Insight

No SPCs for new therapeutic applications of old drugs – CJEU overturns Neurim

Jul 16, 2020 | Tags: Patents, Biosciences, IP Insight

Money for old dope

Jul 15, 2020 | Tags: Patents, IP Insight

Albions United in Trade Mark Bid?

Jun 17, 2020 | Tags: Trade Marks, Sport

Who’s the Boss? Craft brewers vs the big boys

Jun 16, 2020 | Tags: Trade Marks, Food and drink

“No Patents On Peppers”… or any plants or animals exclusively obtained by means of an essentially biological process

May 27, 2020 | Tags: Patents, Biosciences, Food and drink, IP Insight

Mobile apps at the forefront of the Covid-19 fight

May 13, 2020 | Tags: Patents, Trade Marks, Biosciences, Designs, Software

Sky vs Skykick – a brief summary of the long-running dispute

May 7, 2020 | Tags: Trade Marks

Intellectual property: A key ingredient for your Food and Drink business (Part 2)

May 6, 2020 | Tags: Patents

Is the EPO always the way to go?

May 5, 2020 | Tags: Patents

Intellectual property: A key ingredient for your Food and Drink business (Part 1)

Apr 29, 2020 | Tags: Patents, Trade Marks, Designs, Food and drink

Coty Germany v Amazon: Amazon out of ‘Hot Water’… for now at least

Apr 28, 2020 | Tags: Trade Marks, IP Insight

Institutions inject flexibility into IP relevant to COVID-19 vaccines and medicines

Apr 22, 2020 | Tags: Patents, Biosciences

Innovation in renewable energy | Solar

Apr 22, 2020 | Tags: Patents, Trade Marks, Designs, Energy and environment

Innovate for a Green Future: A developing landscape

Apr 20, 2020 | Tags: Patents, Trade Marks, Designs, Energy and environment

A New Brand of Footballer

Apr 7, 2020 | Tags: Trade Marks, Sport

Coronavirus: A brand of its own

Mar 30, 2020 | Tags: Trade Marks

Enforcing your IP rights: Cost effective options

Mar 24, 2020 | Tags: Patents, Trade Marks, Designs, IP Insight

News Flash Update: EPO and EUIPO Deadlines extended

Mar 16, 2020 | Tags: Patents, Trade Marks, Biosciences, Designs

UK will not participate in the Unitary Patent System

Mar 12, 2020 | Tags: Patents, IP Insight

Shanks is moany? Not after he receives £2m from ex-employer as Unilever loses patent compensation case

Feb 19, 2020 | Tags: Patents, IP Insight

Tackling Bad Faith Filings: China’s Recent Amendments to Trade Mark Law

Feb 12, 2020 | Tags: Trade Marks, IP Insight

Registered Designs – Illustrating International Differences

Dec 2, 2019 | Tags: Designs

Think Liverpool got their IP strategy wrong? Think again…

Oct 31, 2019 | Tags: Trade Marks, Sport

Mind the geography or your brand could be history

Oct 14, 2019 | Tags: Trade Marks, Food and drink

Top Footballers Choose to be Marked

Sep 30, 2019 | Tags: Trade Marks, Sport

Vitamins, Nutraceuticals and Trade Marks

Aug 12, 2019 | Tags: Trade Marks, Biosciences, Food and drink

The Race to Protect: Patents in Sport

Jun 27, 2019 | Tags: Patents, Sport

Staying onside – how to enforce your brand against your own fans

Jun 13, 2019 | Tags: Trade Marks, Sport

It's a secret! Disclosures and patents

May 13, 2019 | Tags: Patents, IP Insight

New patent infringement law in the UK

Apr 16, 2019 | Tags: Patents, IP Insight

Changes to the UK Trade Marks Act with effect January 2019

Nov 19, 2018 | Tags: Trade Marks, IP Insight

Update on Brexit 14 November 2018

Nov 19, 2018 | Tags: Trade Marks

The inventor who was not paid to invent

Nov 1, 2018 | Tags: Patents, IP Insight

Trade marks and designs in the event of a “no deal” Brexit - advice from the UK Government

Sep 27, 2018 | Tags: Trade Marks

Acquired distinctiveness throughout the EU - Nestlé’s continuing efforts to retain protection for the shape of a chocolate bar (pdf)

Sep 12, 2018 | Tags: Trade Marks, Food and drink, IP Insight

UKIPOs updated Guidance on Brexit - August 2018 (pdf)

Aug 16, 2018 | Tags: Trade Marks

The UK joins the Hague System for International Industrial Designs (pdf)

Jun 20, 2018 | Tags: Designs, IP Insight

Intellectual Property Audit Plus Scheme 2018/19 (pdf)

May 11, 2018 | Tags: Patents, Trade Marks

Functional Designs (pdf)

May 4, 2018 | Tags: Designs

Unitary Patent and Unified Patent Court take a step forward (pdf)

Apr 30, 2018 | Tags: Patents

New patent fee regime at the UKIPO (pdf)

Mar 28, 2018 | Tags: Patents

Trade Marks and Designs greater clarity as to what is likely to happen after Brexit (pdf)

Mar 26, 2018 | Tags: Trade Marks

European Trade Mark Reform Round Up – Removal of the requirement for Graphical Representation (pdf)

Mar 15, 2018 | Tags: Trade Marks

Brexit Update - Trade Marks and Designs (pdf)

Mar 6, 2018 | Tags: Trade Marks, Designs

Added subject matter woe at the EPO – how it’s best avoided (pdf)

Jan 10, 2018 | Tags: Patents

EPO Enlarged Board Decision G1/16 (pdf)

Dec 20, 2017 | Tags: Patents

Brexit Update (pdf)

Oct 27, 2017

European Trade Mark Reforms October 2017 - Summary (pdf)

Oct 19, 2017 | Tags: Trade Marks

European Trade Mark October 2017 - Summary for Professionals (pdf)

Oct 19, 2017 | Tags: Trade Marks

Trade Marks – Brexit FAQs (pdf)

Sep 29, 2017 | Tags: Trade Marks

Trade Marks done “Turkish Style” (pdf)

Aug 22, 2017 | Tags: Trade Marks

The UK Supreme Court re-vitalises patent infringement by equivalents (pdf)

Jul 13, 2017 | Tags: Patents, Biosciences

IP Rights and Innovation in the Nuclear Industry (pdf)

Jul 5, 2017 | Tags: Patents

Streamlining of EPO Procedure (pdf)

Jun 16, 2017 | Tags: Patents

Court of appeal decision in KitKat (pdf)

Jun 7, 2017 | Tags: Trade Marks

The EPO Grant Phase - Briefing Note (pdf)

May 9, 2017 | Tags: Patents

EU IP and Brexit (pdf)

Mar 31, 2017 | Tags: Patents, Trade Marks, Designs

EU Trade Marks and Brexit –Update (pdf)

Feb 27, 2017 | Tags: Trade Marks

The EPO raises the bar on plausibility when assessing inventive step: T488/16 - Dasatinib (pdf)

Feb 3, 2017 | Tags: Patents

Unitary Patent System – UPDATE (pdf)

Jan 18, 2017 | Tags: Patents

Dasatinib - post-filing data in Europe (pdf)

Dec 20, 2016 | Tags: Patents

Has the EPO's Enlarged Board detoxified "Poisonous Divisionals"? (pdf)

Dec 20, 2016 | Tags: Patents

UK IP Office Opinions - A Low Key Route to Challenging Validity (pdf)

Dec 20, 2016 | Tags: Patents

EPO Enlarged Board Referral on Disclaimers and Added Matter G1/16 (pdf)

Dec 20, 2016 | Tags: Patents

Brexit Update (pdf)

Dec 15, 2016 | Tags: Patents

10 Things to Know About Supplementary Protection Certificates in Europe (pdf)

Dec 15, 2016 | Tags: Patents

G1/15 Newsflash - Has the EPO Detoxified Poisonous Divisionals? (pdf)

Dec 2, 2016 | Tags: Patents

EP0 Enlarged Board Referral on Disclaimers (pdf)

Dec 1, 2016 | Tags: Patents

The Unitary Patent Package is back on the table. (pdf)

Nov 29, 2016 | Tags: Patents

"Brexit" Update (pdf)

Nov 11, 2016 | Tags: Patents, Trade Marks, Designs

The Patent Box Repackaged Briefing Note (pdf)

Oct 20, 2016 | Tags: Patents

The UK IPO Opinions Briefing Note (pdf)

Oct 13, 2016 | Tags: Patents

Guide To The Unitary Patent and Unified Patent Court - April 2016 (pdf)

Aug 3, 2016 | Tags: Patents

Brexit - Chinese Edition (pdf)

Jul 11, 2016 | Tags: Patents, Trade Marks

Brexit Effect on Trade Marks & Designs (pdf)

Jun 29, 2016 | Tags: Trade Marks, Designs

EU Trade Mark Reform - Class Headings (pdf)

Jun 29, 2016 | Tags: Trade Marks

UK votes to leave the EU (pdf)

Jun 24, 2016 | Tags: Patents, Trade Marks

Speeding Up and Slowing Down EP Prosecution (pdf)

May 12, 2016 | Tags: Patents

UPC - opt in or out (pdf)

May 12, 2016 | Tags: Patents

Brexit (pdf)

May 12, 2016 | Tags: Patents, Trade Marks

EU Trade Mark Reform - Summary for Professionals (pdf)

May 6, 2016 | Tags: Trade Marks

EU Trade Mark Reform - Summary (pdf)

May 5, 2016 | Tags: Trade Marks

A&I win patent prosecution firm of the year (pdf)

Mar 25, 2016 | Tags: Patents

Partial Priority - December 2015 (pdf)

Dec 17, 2015 | Tags: Patents

Is it obvious to try? December 2015 (pdf)

Dec 3, 2015 | Tags: Patents, Biosciences

Patent box update - November 2015 (pdf)

Nov 19, 2015 | Tags: Patents

EPO relaxes rules on further searches (pdf)

Nov 4, 2015 | Tags: Patents

European patents are now extendible to Morocco (pdf)

May 13, 2015 | Tags: Patents

Second Medical Use Claims - a painful odyssey (pdf)

May 6, 2015 | Tags: Patents, Biosciences

Bringing Clarity to Opposition Proceedings (pdf)

May 1, 2015 | Tags: Patents

Biosciences and Pharma Group Newsletter - May 2013 (pdf)

May 1, 2013 | Tags: Patents, Biosciences

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