Potential changes to the UK design system: September 2025 consultation
30 September 2025
A review of the UK designs system is currently taking place, with the aim of providing a more effective and…
Quantum advantage: near-term breakthrough or long-term challenge?
25 September 2025
Quantum computing providers are engaged in a race to be the first to demonstrate quantum advantage (also referred to as…
Don’t jump the gun: preliminary injunction granted in 17 UPC states against generic pharmaceutical company
24 September 2025
In a recent order, the UPC Court of Appeal granted Boehringer Ingelheim provisional measures against generics company, Zentiva, for its…
UPC CFI 315/2023, GRUR-RS 2024, 30221: NJOY Netherlands/Juul Labs International
18 September 2025
The decision rendered by the Paris Central Division on 05 November 2024 in the revocation proceedings between NJOY Netherlands and…
Clean maritime: charting the course for greener shipping
16 September 2025
Shipping is the backbone of global trade, with the European Environment Agency estimating that 77% of European external trade is…
Variant use, promotional use & partial revocation: easyGroup partially successful at the Court of Appeal
01 September 2025
Two recent Court of Appeal decisions, easyGroup Ltd v Easy Live (Services) Ltd (EasyLive) and easyGroup Ltd v Easyfundraising Ltd…
Sales of own products qualify as genuine use for retail services: Board of Appeal overturns EUIPO’s restrictive approach
01 September 2025
The Board of Appeal has confirmed that retail services limited to the trade mark proprietor’s own products may constitute genuine…
SkyKick in practice: broad specification leads to finding of bad faith
01 September 2025
The United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) has applied the Supreme Court judgment in SkyKick UK Ltd and Anor v…
Iconix v Dream Pairs: UK Supreme Court confirms relevance of post-sale confusion in infringement assessment
01 September 2025
This Supreme Court decision highlights the relevance of post-sale confusion to the assessment of similarity and confusion in UK trade…
Comparable UK trade marks and genuine use: post-Brexit update
01 September 2025
On 01 January 2021, the United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) cloned existing EU trade mark registrations and protected EU…
G1/24 practice points: clarity on claim interpretation principles
19 August 2025
G1/24 is of wide-ranging relevance as it provides clarity on the principles of claim interpretation, with the European Patent Office’s…
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