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Supreme Court sides with High Court not Court of Appeal on Sky v SkyKick trade mark case
Intention to use it or lose it? Trainee trade mark attorney Joe Gargano explains that while Sky and SkyKick settled...
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EU announces Design Rights reform from 1 May 2025
Applications for registered EU designs can be filed at the EUIPO and offer a convenient, cost-effective way of obtaining design...
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Claim interpretation at the EPO – G1/24 Enlarged Board of Appeal referral – preliminary opinion from the Enlarged Board
The Enlarged Board of Appeal has issued its preliminary opinion ahead of the upcoming oral proceedings on the G1/24 referral...
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The UPC’s first ruling on equivalence in patent infringement
The Unified Patent Court (UPC) has issued its first decision on patent infringement by equivalence in Plant-e Knowledge B.V. &...
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UPC found to have jurisdiction to consider infringement in relation to a UK patent
The Unified Patent Court, a centralised court having jurisdiction over infringement and validity of European patents in countries which have...
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UK IPO replaces Ipsum register with ‘One IPO Search’ tool
The UK Intellectual Property Office (UK IPO) has recently announced the launch of its new ‘One IPO Search’ tool to...
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EPO Board of Appeal provides rare and valuable guidance on interpretation of morality clauses under European law
A recent EPO Board of Appeal (BoA) decision (T 1553/22) considered the patentability of human-animal chimeras (organisms or tissues that...
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An intention to assign IP is not enough
When developing technology that may lead to patentable inventions, it is always a good idea to work out what to...
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Beyond EPAIL? UK Supreme Court grants leave to appeal for AI music recommender system
Emotional Perception AI Ltd (EPAIL) have been granted leave to appeal by the UK Supreme Court. This follows a series...
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Winging it
Innovation in aircraft design In general, the design of production aircraft has not radically changed since the mid-twentieth century. For...
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Äntligen en ny patentlag!
Redan hösten 2012 påbörjades arbetet med att utarbeta en ny patentlag för Sverige. Patentlagsutredningens betänkande lämnades över till regeringen våren...
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Description amendments at the EPO
The beginning of the end? Practice at the European Patent Office (EPO) currently requires that, before an application is granted,...
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