Securing the future: cryptographic resilience to quantum threats

29 April 2025
Quantum computers have the potential to be faster and more efficient for certain applications which can effectively utilise their unique…
Eleanor Downing
Eleanor Downing
Technical Assistant
David Meldrum
David Meldrum
Partner, Patent Attorney
Securing the future: cryptographic resilience to quantum threats

Meril v Edwards: UPC refused to stay proceedings despite imminent EPO decision

24 April 2025
In a series of orders in Meril v Edwards, the Unified Patent Court (UPC) Court of Appeal has provided further…
Laura Jennings
Laura Jennings
Senior Associate, Patent Attorney
Meril v Edwards: UPC refused to stay proceedings despite imminent EPO decision

UPC rejects cost awards for access requests: no legal basis for costs on pleadings and evidence access

24 April 2025
The UPC Court of First Instances have held there to be no legal basis for costs to be awarded following…
Khalil Davis
Khalil Davis
Associate, Patent Attorney
UPC rejects cost awards for access requests: no legal basis for costs on pleadings and evidence access

Updated EPO guidelines 01 April 2025

24 April 2025
The 2025 European Patent Office (EPO) guidelines, which supersede the March 2024 version, entered into force on 01 April 2025.…
Stephanie Wroe
Stephanie Wroe
Associate, Patent Attorney
Updated EPO guidelines 01 April 2025

Oral proceedings in case G 1/24 (“Heated aerosol”) before the Enlarged Board of Appeal

28 March 2025
Today 28 March 2025, from 10:00 CET, the Enlarged Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office (EPO) held oral…
Hanns-Juergen Grosse
Hanns-Juergen Grosse
Partner, Patent Attorney
Oral proceedings in case G 1/24 (“Heated aerosol”) before the Enlarged Board of Appeal

SPCs post-Brexit: UK Court of Appeal sticks with the CJEU in Merck decision

13 March 2025
The UK Court of Appeal has recently handed down its decision in the much awaited Merck Serono v Comptroller-General of…
Oliver Cartwright
Oliver Cartwright
Associate, Patent Attorney
Garreth Duncan
Garreth Duncan
Partner, Patent Attorney
SPCs post-Brexit: UK Court of Appeal sticks with the CJEU in Merck decision

The all-star crew of New Shepard 31: inspiring future generations in STEM and beyond

07 March 2025
On Thursday 27 February 2025, Blue Origin announced the crew for New Shepard’s 11th Human Flight. The crew boasts an…
Robert Kelly
Robert Kelly
Senior Associate, Patent Attorney
The all-star crew of New Shepard 31: inspiring future generations in STEM and beyond

SPCs in Europe: what’s round the corner?

27 February 2025
The European Union is planning sweeping changes to supplementary protection certificates (SPCs), the most significant reform to the SPC system…
Garreth Duncan
Garreth Duncan
Partner, Patent Attorney
SPCs in Europe: what’s round the corner?

European Commission drops the EU Regulation on standard essential patents

13 February 2025
On 11 February 2025, the European Commission published its workflow for 2025 and in that document identified that it was…
Jonathan DeVile
Jonathan DeVile
Partner, Patent Attorney
European Commission drops the EU Regulation on standard essential patents

We have lift off: first commercial vertical launch from UK soil gets the green light

13 February 2025
The UK’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has just granted the first vertical launch licence for a launch site at the…
Anthony Albutt
Anthony Albutt
Partner, Patent Attorney
Robert Kelly
Robert Kelly
Senior Associate, Patent Attorney
We have lift off: first commercial vertical launch from UK soil gets the green light

UPC crosses borders and breaks boundaries: long arm jurisdiction questions arise again!

13 February 2025
The Düsseldorf Local Division recently handed down a decision that has sent reverberations throughout the EU patent landscape and beyond.…
Jonathan DeVile
Jonathan DeVile
Partner, Patent Attorney
Stephen Solomon
Stephen Solomon
Technical Assistant
UPC crosses borders and breaks boundaries: long arm jurisdiction questions arise again!

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