Irish referendum on UPC participation postponed
18 April 2024
The referendum to vote on Ireland’s participation in the Unified Patent Court (UPC) has been delayed.
Celebrating 100 newsletters: patent decisions 2007-2024
18 April 2024
To celebrate our 100th patent newsletter we’ve compiled a condensed overview of the eighteen years’ worth of case law and…
UPC favours SMEs for language change: claimants ordered to sue in the language of the granted patent
18 April 2024
Two orders from the UPC Courts of First Instance suggest claimants will not be able to cause trouble for SMEs…
Patents in the media: UKIPO report review
18 April 2024
The general public tends to derive its understanding of intellectual property (IP) from reporting in the media. As part of…
Not an invention: excluded subject matter at the UKIPO
18 April 2024
A patent may be granted for an invention which, among other requirements, is new and which involves an inventive step…
I spy with my little eye…How to invalidate your own design!
18 April 2024
In its decision of 06 March 2024 the General Court confirmed the invalidity of Puma’s design for the “Fenty x…
UPC: Paris Central Division rejects extended revocation defence filing times
15 April 2024
Given the tight procedural deadlines employed by the Unified Patent Court (UPC) it is unsurprising that since the court opened…
UPC Court of Appeal provides positive step in transparency of proceedings
11 April 2024
The UPC (Unified Patent Court) Court of Appeal has issued its decision in Ocado v Autostore (10 April 2024) regarding…
Life after G 2/21: plus ça change, plus c’est la méme chose?
09 April 2024
This article was first published in the March 2024 edition of the CIPA Journal, based upon a presentation given at…
Aldi’s copycat gin confirmed as infringing M&S’s registered designs: Court of Appeal guidance on UK registered design infringement
22 March 2024
The Court of Appeal has upheld the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court’s (IPEC) decision, and found Aldi to have infringed four…
MYBACON: a deceptive trade mark for meat substitutes
20 March 2024
The applicant, Myforest Foods, applied to register MYBACON as a European Union trade mark (EUTM) for goods including meat substitutes…
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