Engineering Brexit and intellectual property rights in EuropeIn a referendum held on 23rd June 2016, the UK voted to leave the European UnionRead More 04Jul2016 EPO streamlines opposition processFrom 1st July 2016, the EPO will initiate a new streamlined opposition process. The intention is to bring opposition proceedings to a speedy conclusion and thereby establish legal certainty for all parties to the opposition proceedings and the public.Read More 02Jun2016 High Priority!Maintain the chain. Failure to maintain a precise and timely chain of title between priority and subsequent applications can cause loss of priority entitlement in Europe.Read More 01Jun2016 The Patent Box is Changing ShapeThe current UK Patent Box system is closing to new entrants from 30th June 2016.Read More 05May2016 The UK Supreme Court dismisses Trunki’s Registered Community Design appealTrunki is the ride-on child’s suitcase that has been critically acclaimed and a commercial success. Unfortunately for Trunki, this success did not extend to the Supreme Court.Read More 09Mar2016 All change for priority at the EPO?The EPO’s highest instance, the Enlarged Board, has been asked to provide an updated test for assessing priority.Read More 13Aug2015 The EPO – time for talk?The requirements of examining increasing numbers of patent applications whilst maintaining efficiency and quality have always been testing for the EPO.Read More 07May2015 An introduction to clarity in EPO oppositionsIn March 2015, the EPO’s Enlarged Board of Appeal decided on the extent to which amendments made during opposition proceedings can be examined for clarity, following a referral from a lower Board.Read More 16Apr2015 Partial priority referred to the EPO’s Enlarged Board – an antidote to “toxic divisionals”?The EPO’s Enlarged Board of Appeal is to consider how to assess partial priority, in a decision that could signal the end of the controversial "toxic divisional" novelty attack.Read More 06Jan2015 The IPEC leaves its cap onThe caps that are in place for the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court (IPEC), formerly known as the Patents County Court (PCC), provide claimants and defendants alike with certainty with regard to damages/account of profits and orders in relation to costs. This case (Abbott and another v Design & Display Ltd and another [2014] EWHC 3234 (IPEC)) focussed on how the cap relating to awards of damages/account of profits should be applied in actions involving more than one defendant.Read More 20Nov2014<1…910111213> Type Firm News Insights PodcastsServiceProtectDealDisputeSectorHealthcare+Energy+Life SciencesChemistryMaterialsEngineeringTechCreativeArchive2025JulyJuneAprilMarchFebruaryJanuary2024DecemberNovemberOctoberSeptemberAugustJulyJuneMayAprilMarchFebruaryJanuary2023DecemberNovemberOctoberSeptemberAugustJulyJuneMayAprilMarchFebruaryJanuary2022DecemberNovemberOctoberSeptemberAugustJulyJuneMayAprilMarchFebruaryJanuary2021DecemberNovemberOctoberSeptemberAugustJulyJuneMayAprilMarchFebruaryJanuary2020DecemberNovemberOctoberSeptemberAugustJulyJuneMayAprilMarchFebruaryJanuary2019DecemberNovemberOctoberSeptemberAugustJulyJuneMayAprilMarchFebruaryJanuary2018DecemberNovemberOctoberSeptemberAugustJulyJuneMayAprilMarchFebruaryJanuary2017DecemberNovemberOctoberSeptemberAugustJulyJuneMayAprilMarchFebruaryJanuary2016DecemberNovemberOctoberSeptemberAugustJulyJuneMayAprilMarchFebruaryJanuary2015DecemberNovemberOctoberSeptemberAugustJulyJuneMayAprilMarchFebruaryJanuary2014DecemberNovemberOctoberAugustJulyJuneMayAprilMarchFebruaryJanuary2013DecemberNovemberOctoberSeptemberAugustJulyJuneMayAprilMarchJanuary2012NovemberJulyJuneMayAprilFebruaryJanuary
