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…
Peter Byrd
Peter Byrd
Senior Associate, Solicitor
Molly Guy-Hickson
Molly Guy-Hickson
Patent Attorney
Potential changes to the UK design system: September 2025 consultation

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…
Ben Hunter
Ben Hunter
Senior Associate, Patent Attorney
Quantum advantage: near-term breakthrough or long-term challenge?

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…
Laura Jennings
Laura Jennings
Senior Associate, Patent Attorney
Don’t jump the gun: preliminary injunction granted in 17 UPC states against generic pharmaceutical company

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…
Rachel Bateman
Rachel Bateman
Partner, Patent Attorney
UPC CFI 315/2023, GRUR-RS 2024, 30221: NJOY Netherlands/Juul Labs International

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…
William Smith
William Smith
Associate, Patent Attorney
Clean maritime: charting the course for greener shipping

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…
Mia McIntyre
Mia McIntyre
Legal and Trade Mark Administrator
Sophie Rann
Sophie Rann
Trade Mark Attorney
Variant use, promotional use & partial revocation: easyGroup partially successful at the Court of Appeal

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…
Julian Graf Wrangel
Julian Graf Wrangel
Associate, Rechtsanwalt
Sales of own products qualify as genuine use for retail services: Board of Appeal overturns EUIPO’s restrictive approach

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…
Charlotte Duly
Charlotte Duly
Partner, Trade Mark Attorney
SkyKick in practice: broad specification leads to finding of bad faith

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…
Ella Lane
Ella Lane
Associate, Solicitor
Phil Leonard
Phil Leonard
Associate, Solicitor
Iconix v Dream Pairs: UK Supreme Court confirms relevance of post-sale confusion in infringement assessment

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…
Jennifer Heath
Jennifer Heath
Senior Associate, Trade Mark Attorney
Comparable UK trade marks and genuine use: post-Brexit update

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…
Stephanie Wroe
Stephanie Wroe
Associate, Patent Attorney
G1/24 practice points: clarity on claim interpretation principles

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