Newsletters and Briefing Notes

Mar 10, 2023 | Tags: Patents, Life Sciences and Industrial Biochemistry, Pharmaceutical chemistry and biopharmaceuticals, Pharmaceutical and Biosciences

Part 2: Cars that suck

Mar 8, 2023 | Tags: Patents, IP Insight, IP Insight Collections, Automotive, Transportation

Part 1: Cars that suck

Feb 28, 2023 | Tags: Patents, IP Insight, IP Insight Collections, Automotive, Transportation

The UPC and Renewal Fees

Feb 8, 2023 | Tags: Patents, IP Insight

UK address for service rules

Feb 7, 2023 | Tags: IP Insight

National Prior Rights and the UPC

Feb 3, 2023 | Tags: Patents, IP Insight

David v Goliath? How should a big brand owner go about enforcing their trade mark rights?

Feb 1, 2023 | Tags: Trade Marks

You have a brilliant invention. How do we put it into words?

Jan 11, 2023

How to accelerate the prosecution of your UK patent application using the UK IPO Green Channel

Jan 5, 2023 | Tags: Patents, IP Insight, Renewable energy

UK Designations of Madrid Registrations and UKIPO Address for service rules

Dec 13, 2022 | Tags: IP Insight, Trade Marks

Practical Guide to: e-Signatures

Dec 12, 2022 | Tags: Patents, IP Insight, IP Insight Collections

Defence and security expos - a 2022 review

Nov 30, 2022 | Tags: Defence and Security

Intellectual property of software in medical devices and what you can do to protect it

Nov 18, 2022 | Tags: Patents, Software

Pharmaceutical, Healthcare and Cosmetic Products – beware what you claim in your advertising in the UK!

Oct 17, 2022 | Tags: Trade Marks, Food and drink, Healthcare, Pharmaceutical chemistry and biopharmaceuticals, Pharmaceutical and Biosciences

Trade marks vs Copyright

Oct 7, 2022 | Tags: IP Insight, Trade Marks

"Green” EU Trade Marks On the Rise

Oct 5, 2022 | Tags: IP Insight, Trade Marks, Renewable energy

US – Inequitable Conduct

Sep 26, 2022 | Tags: Patents, IP Insight

The sticky business of tyres

Sep 23, 2022 | Tags: Patents, Automotive

Factors in the growth of medical device innovation

Sep 13, 2022 | Tags: Patents, IP Insight, Healthcare

Protecting Your Brand in the Defence Industry

Sep 7, 2022 | Tags: Trade Marks, Defence and Security

Part 5: Matching your IP strategy to your commercial plan – efficient decision making

Sep 2, 2022 | Tags: IP Insight, IP Insight Collections, Polymer sustainability

Part 4: Matching your IP strategy to your commercial plan – exit through acquisition

Sep 2, 2022 | Tags: IP Insight, IP Insight Collections, Polymer sustainability

Part 3: Matching your IP strategy to your commercial plan – ‘technology licensing’

Sep 2, 2022 | Tags: IP Insight, IP Insight Collections, Polymer sustainability

Part 2: Matching your IP strategy to your commercial plan – ‘in-house commercialisation’

Sep 2, 2022 | Tags: IP Insight, IP Insight Collections, Polymer sustainability

Part 1: Matching your IP strategy to your commercial plan – making the most of your resources

Sep 2, 2022 | Tags: IP Insight, IP Insight Collections, Polymer sustainability

Patenting of military technology

Aug 26, 2022 | Tags: Patents, Defence and Security

Battery Technology and Developing a Robust Patent Strategy

Aug 24, 2022 | Tags: Patents, Battery technology, Energy and environment, Renewable energy, Transportation

Military innovations that have blossomed in civvy street

Aug 8, 2022 | Tags: Patents, Designs, Defence and Security

Use it or Lose it: Shoring up and maintaining your UK and EU TM rights by 2026

Jul 14, 2022 | Tags: IP Insight, Trade Marks

In-house versus private practice patent attorneys

Jun 13, 2022 | Tags: Patents, IP Insight

Accelerating the development of e-scooters

May 23, 2022 | Tags: Patents, Designs, IP Insight, Trade Marks, Automotive, Battery technology, Engineering, Renewable energy, Sports, Transportation

"Grassroots": How Motorsport can Accelerate the Development of E-scooters

May 4, 2022 | Tags: Patents, Designs, Trade Marks, Automotive, Battery technology, Engineering, Renewable energy, Sports, Software

3 Further Key Considerations for Start-Ups Who Want to Protect Their Brand

Apr 7, 2022 | Tags: IP Insight, IP Insight Collections, Trade Marks

Protecting software innovations - patents vs trade secrets

Mar 9, 2022 | Tags: Patents, IP Insight, Software

The Perils of Patent Pending

Mar 7, 2022 | Tags: Patents, IP Insight

European patent practice is changing - what does this mean for you?

Dec 13, 2021 | Tags: Patents, IP Insight

EPO Searches – a note on additional search fees

Dec 8, 2021 | Tags: Patents, IP Insight

5 Key Considerations for Start-Ups Who Want to Protect Their Brand

Nov 12, 2021 | Tags: IP Insight, IP Insight Collections, Trade Marks

Thinking again and challenging assumptions: intellectual property for retail goods

Nov 8, 2021 | Tags: Patents, IP Insight, Food and drink, Sports

The European Unitary Patent System looks to be back on track again

Jul 15, 2021 | Tags: Patents, IP Insight

Using disclosures to your advantage

Jul 14, 2021 | Tags: Patents, IP Insight

IP Inclusive Senior Leaders’ Pledge

Jul 8, 2021 | Tags: IP Insight

NFTs – a slam dunk or a sticky wicket for brand owners?

Jul 6, 2021 | Tags: Patents, IP Insight, Trade Marks

Disclosures

Jul 5, 2021 | Tags: Patents, IP Insight

Covid vaccine patent waivers – the opinion of our vaccine IP specialist

May 6, 2021 | Tags: Patents, IP Insight, Healthcare, Life Sciences and Industrial Biochemistry, Pharmaceutical chemistry and biopharmaceuticals, Pharmaceutical and Biosciences

Key Defence Innovations of the last 100 years

Apr 21, 2021 | Tags: IP Insight, Defence and Security, Engineering

SPCs in the UK after Brexit

Mar 15, 2021 | Tags: Patents, IP Insight

Where to Obtain Patent Protection?

Mar 9, 2021 | Tags: Patents, IP Insight

Chemists are in the driving seat of electric vehicle development

Feb 25, 2021 | Tags: Patents, Automotive, Battery technology, Energy and environment

International (Hague) Designs: Protection in the UK and EU after Brexit

Jan 26, 2021 | Tags: Designs, IP Insight

Freedom to Operate – What does it mean and a look at some different approaches

Jan 25, 2021 | Tags: Patents, IP Insight

Medical inventions – a European perspective

Jan 19, 2021 | Tags: Patents, IP Insight, Healthcare, Life Sciences and Industrial Biochemistry, Pharmaceutical chemistry and biopharmaceuticals

Expediting Patent Prosecution – Use of International Examination

Nov 24, 2020 | Tags: Patents, IP Insight

Videoconference Hearings at the EPO – A Game-Changing Announcement from the EPO

Nov 11, 2020 | Tags: Patents, IP Insight

New Year, new-look IP portfolio - EU Trade Mark and Design Registrations are changing

Oct 20, 2020 | Tags: IP Insight, Trade Marks

TM: Totally Meaningless?!

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

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, IP Insight, Healthcare, Life Sciences and Industrial Biochemistry, Pharmaceutical chemistry and biopharmaceuticals

Money for old dope

Jul 15, 2020 | Tags: Patents, IP Insight

Albions United in Trade Mark Bid?

Jun 17, 2020 | Tags: Trade Marks, Sports

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, IP Insight, Food and drink, Pharmaceutical and Biosciences

Mobile apps at the forefront of the Covid-19 fight

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

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

May 7, 2020 | Tags: Trade Marks

Part Two: Intellectual property: A key ingredient for your Food and Drink business

May 6, 2020 | Tags: Patents, Designs, IP Insight, IP Insight Collections, Trade Marks, Food and drink

Is the EPO always the way to go?

May 5, 2020 | Tags: Patents

Part One: Intellectual property: A key ingredient for your Food and Drink business

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

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

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

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

Apr 22, 2020 | Tags: Patents, Pharmaceutical and Biosciences

Innovation in renewable energy | Solar

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

Innovate for a Green Future: A developing landscape

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

A New Brand of Footballer

Apr 7, 2020 | Tags: Trade Marks, Sports

Coronavirus: A brand of its own

Mar 30, 2020 | Tags: Trade Marks

Enforcing your IP rights: Cost effective options

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

News Flash Update: EPO and EUIPO Deadlines extended

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

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: IP Insight, Trade Marks

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, Sports

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, Sports

Vitamins, Nutraceuticals and Trade Marks

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

The Race to Protect: Patents in Sport

Jun 27, 2019 | Tags: Patents, Sports

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

Jun 13, 2019 | Tags: Trade Marks, Sports

IP Inclusive: Why Abel + Imray are proud to be involved

May 13, 2019 | Tags: IP Insight

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

International Women's Day: Supporting new beginnings and change

Mar 8, 2019 | Tags: IP Insight

Designing your IP for Additive Manufacturing

Mar 4, 2019 | Tags: Patents, Designs, Engineering

Big Mac ruling: Hard to swallow

Jan 31, 2019 | Tags: Trade Marks, Food and drink

UK Supreme Court approves ‘Skinny Labelling’

Dec 18, 2018 | Tags: Patents, IP Insight, Pharmaceutical and Biosciences

Protecting your brand: Focus on the Food & Drink sector

Nov 22, 2018 | Tags: Designs, Trade Marks, Food and drink

Changes to the UK Trade Marks Act with effect January 2019

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

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: IP Insight, Trade Marks, Food and drink

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: Designs, Trade Marks

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, Pharmaceutical and 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, Designs, Trade Marks

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, Designs, Trade Marks

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: Designs, Trade Marks

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, Pharmaceutical and 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, Pharmaceutical and 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, Pharmaceutical and Biosciences

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