2017

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Latest briefing notes, news and podcasts

The UK moves forward with Brexit
The UK has now formally notified the European Council that it plans to leave the European Union, in accordance with Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty
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29
Mar
2017
Carpmaels in the Community
Giving our local environment a helping hand
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21
Mar
2017
SPC workshop
The day formed part of a legal study into the workings of the SPC system and included a wide-ranging discussion of possible changes to the SPC system
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20
Mar
2017
Tea rooms & passing off
The Willow Tea Rooms - a very British trade mark case
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20
Mar
2017
UK patent prosecution firm of the year
Carpmaels & Ransford is again recognised for excellence by MIP
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10
Mar
2017
Italy ratifies the UPC agreement
Italy has become the 12th member state to ratify the UPC agreement
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14
Feb
2017
Partial priority – G 1/15
A new decision from the EPO’s Enlarged Board of Appeal marks a radical change in the EPO’s approach to assessing priority entitlement.
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03
Feb
2017
Employee inventor compensation – guidance from the UK Court of Appeal
The UK Court of Appeal has upheld the decision of the High Court and the UK Intellectual Property Office that an employee of Unilever, Professor Shanks, was not entitled to inventor’s compensation
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01
Feb
2017
Carpmaels & Ransford ranked by World Trademark Review
Trade Marks and Dispute Resolution teams awarded a Silver ranking in WTR 2017
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19
Jan
2017
UPC expected to open in 2017
The UPC Preparatory Committee has announced today that the UPC is expected to open its doors in December 2017
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16
Jan
2017

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