Coronavirus: IP offices in Europe – changed practice
21 May 2020
As a response to the new coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak, intellectual property offices in Europe have implemented special measures to…
Covid-19: EPO extends opposition period for European patents
21 May 2020
Up to nine months after publication of the mention that a European patent has been granted anyone may give the…
G 3/19: plants produced by essentially biological processes not patentable
19 May 2020
The Enlarged Board of Appeal has recently handed down its highly anticipated decision regarding the allowability of product and product-by-process…
IP & Brexit: designs - time to start planning!
11 May 2020
There are now less than eight months to go until the end of the current Brexit transition period – which…
Patentability of Covid-19 smartphone apps at the EPO
07 May 2020
The new coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic has caused immense suffering and has led to restrictions on modern life not seen since…
Sky v SkyKick UK High Court decision
04 May 2020
Sky had sued SkyKick for trade mark infringement relying on a number of registrations with specifications covering goods as broad…
Supporting Covid-19 innovation: WIPO’s new search facility for PATENTSCOPE
04 May 2020
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has launched a new search facility within its global patent database PATENTSCOPE which will…
Unfair advantage? Burlington Arcade successful at CJEU
01 May 2020
The Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) has recently overturned a decision of the General Court and rejected various…
NOKIA v Kokiya: the letters of the law
01 May 2020
The applicant, Shenzhen Road Zhengtong Trading Co. Ltd., filed to register an EU trade mark (EUTM) for the figurative mark,…
Grand Board dismisses Gleissner appeal: cancellation proceedings an abuse of process
30 April 2020
Fashion TV filed revocation proceedings against a European Trade Mark (EUTM) owned by a Peek & Cloppenburg company on the…
Sound advice required: revived audio brand has trade marks revoked
30 April 2020
In a case that presents a warning to anyone considering resurrecting a “dead” brand, the UK High Court in Aiwa…
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