UK-EU vaccine tension – the first big post-Brexit test?
12 April 2021
Following the end of the Brexit transition period, the UK became a fully independent third country to the European Union…
Special report: patents and SPCs post-Brexit – pharma’s big opportunity?
06 April 2021
The United Kingdom has become a fully independent third country to the European Union. In this 32 page special report…
G1/19: patenting computer simulation inventions
24 March 2021
The EPO’s Enlarged Board of Appeal recently announced its decision in respect of G1/19, which relates to the patentability of…
“It’s like milk but made for humans”: Oatly capitalises on controversy in GC distinctiveness decision
23 March 2021
The General Court (GC) has overturned the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) refusal to register the mark “IT’S LIKE…
Tefal’s pan with the “famous red spot”: proving an indicator of commercial origin
23 March 2021
Tefal applied to register the mark (shown below) in the UK for frying pans and related goods in class 21.…
Pippi Longstocking: can song lyrics infringe the copyright to a fictional character?
23 March 2021
Can song lyrics infringe the copyright to a fictional character? The Regional Court of Hamburg answered this question in the…
IPEC finds Rothy’s registered Community design valid and infringed
23 March 2021
In what has been dubbed the “last Community design” ruling before the UK courts, the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court (IPEC)…
Are all book titles equal? Animal Farm and EUIPO doublespeak
23 March 2021
Case R 1719/2019-5 concerning an attempt to register ANIMAL FARM at the EUIPO points out inconsistencies in the EUIPO’s decisions…
MULTIBUS overtakes VW’s MULTIVAN
23 March 2021
This case is the first decision from the appointed person in 2021 and resulted in a rare success for an…
UK Government issues response to AI call for views
23 March 2021
The UK Government has issued a response to a call for views recently conducted into artificial intelligence and the patent…
EPO sets G1/21 ViCo oral proceedings for 28 May 2021
19 March 2021
In T1807/15 for EP04758381.0 / EP1609239, the Technical Board of Appeal referred, in an interlocutory decision of 12 March 2021,…
Page 1 of 109
Next Page