The firm publishes briefing articles on the more important developments in patent and trade mark law and practice, and these can be accessed via the links below. These articles are intended to provide background information only and a suitably qualified attorney at the firm should be consulted if legal or professional advice is sought.

• Enlarged Board of Appeal Decisions G1/05 and G1/06 on Divisional Patent Applications
• Software and Business Methods Patents in Europe and the UK
• Legislative Developments in SPC Law
• Revised European Patent Convention - EPC 2000
• Changes to Relative Examination of UK Trade Marks
• EPO fee increases
• Fast-track examination of UK Trade Mark applications
• Community Trade Mark applications: changes to the system governing the issuing of national serach reports