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SkyKick in practice: broad specification leads to finding of bad faith
The United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) has applied the Supreme Court judgment in SkyKick UK Ltd and Anor v Sky Ltd and Ors ([2024] UKSC 36) (SkyKick) in case O/0439/24 regarding a UK trade mark application for ENERJO. -
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Iconix v Dream Pairs: UK Supreme Court confirms relevance of post-sale confusion in infringement assessment
This Supreme Court decision highlights the relevance of post-sale confusion to the assessment of similarity and confusion in UK trade mark infringement matters. This is important because it will now be increasingly relevant in trade mark disputes to consider how trade marks and branding are perceived by consumers day-to-day, including… -
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Comparable UK trade marks and genuine use: post-Brexit update
On 01 January 2021, the United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) cloned existing EU trade mark registrations and protected EU designations of international registrations into registered UK rights known as “comparable UK trade marks”. -
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I joined D Young & Co in 2025 and enjoy utilising my extensive technical background in chemistry and biotechnology to assist clients. I completed my undergraduate studies in chemistry at the University of Edinburgh, spending my final year researching cyanobacterial natural products at Haverford College, Philadelphia, USA. I then completed… -
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G1/24 practice points: clarity on claim interpretation principles
G1/24 is of wide-ranging relevance as it provides clarity on the principles of claim interpretation, with the European Patent Office’s (EPO) Enlarged Board of Appeal taking a pragmatic approach by harmonising with national courts and the Unitary Patent Court (UPC). -
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Domain name disputes: decision considers use of a trade mark by a reseller
The Czech Arbitration Court recently ruled in a Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy (UDRP) dispute over the domain name lostmarydirect.com. -
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Patenting in an era of infrastructure renaissance: insights from Europe
In 2025, Germany amended its constitution to create a staggering €500 billion fund for infrastructure modernisation. This is the largest single investment of its kind in the country’s post-war history. Meanwhile, the United Kingdom is embarking on a £725 billion national infrastructure plan. These twin economic blueprints are reshaping not… -
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G 1/25 referral: is it necessary to amend the description of the European patent?
In G 1/25, questions have been referred to the Enlarged Board of Appeal to clarify whether it is necessary to "adapt" the description to be consistent with claims that have been amended during opposition (or examination) proceedings. -
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Patenting industrial AI in Europe
While AI assistants, LLMs (large language models) and generative AI are beginning to dramatically change our work and home lives, AI is also expected to play an increasingly important role in industry. Whether helping to more accurately diagnose factory faults based on equipment drawings and maintenance records or providing locally-run… -
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History, opportunities and challenges for protecting gene therapies: perspectives from private practice and industry
Recent years have seen an explosion of advanced therapies, many of which are based on personalised immune cells, individually edited using gene editing techniques. This technological advancement presents great opportunities to patients and the healthcare industry as a whole, but also presents challenges to established commercial principles, including logistics, pricing,…
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