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The gravity of Brexit - post Brexit technical questions and a deadline reminder
The deadline of 30 September 2021 to file a UK application claiming priority from an EU trade mark application which was pending on 30 December 2020 has passed. We would like to thank all our clients for their timely instructions to meet this deadline. The run up to 30 September… -
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WIPO update for Hague design applications designating Japan
In what is very welcome news, WIPO has recently announced a significant streamlining of international Hague registered design applications which designate Japan moving forward. -
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Oppositions flock to BLACK SHEEP RESTAURANTS
Black Sheep Restaurants Limited applied to register the figurative EU trade mark shown below, featuring a sheep device above the wording “BLACK SHEEP RESTAURANTS”, for “restaurant services” and “services for providing food and drink” in class 43. -
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G2/21: questions on the correct plausibility standard referred to the Enlarged Board of Appeal
We recently reported on the provisional referral of three questions to the Enlarged Board of Appeal by the Board of Appeal presiding over case T 116/18, an appeal from the decision of the Opposition Division rejecting Syngenta’s opposition against Sumitomo’s European Patent 2484209. The European Patent Office (EPO) has now… -
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Artificial intelligenceand IP: consultation on copyright and patent legislation
The UK Government has launched a consultation on how the copyright and patent system should deal with artificial intelligence (AI) today, 29 October 2021. -
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AI in drug discovery - technical and IP challenges
Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are not new concepts – they have been the subject of academic investigation for decades. However, real-world applications have had to wait longer for the availability of the computing power and rich data sets necessary to successfully implement such approaches. -
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FibroGen Ltd v Akebia Therapeutics - when are structurally- and functionally-defined claims excessively broad?
The Court of Appeal recently clarified the steps for assessing whether claims defined both structurally and functionally are insufficient due to excessive claim breadth, under the UK Patents Act 1977. The case involved two FibroGen patent families relating to a class of compounds for use in treating two forms of… -
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Germany simplifies and modernises industrial property laws
Germany offers an outstanding system for IP protection – its patent and trade mark office (the DPMA) is the largest national IP office in Europe and the fifth largest national patent office in the world. It is however over ten years since the last major reform of industrial property protection… -
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Database management and information retrieval systems - has their time finally come?
The realm of computer-implemented inventions is a challenging one, with traps and pitfalls for the unaware and unwary. The guidance provided by the European Patent Office (EPO) to its examiners for assessing the patentability of computer-implemented inventions provides valuable insight into how to navigate this troublesome area. -
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T 1197/18: clarification of the video conferencing order issued on G 1/21
T1197/18 provides some clarity on the scope of the term “impairing” in the order concerning video conferencing (ViCo) issued on G1/21 by the Enlarged Board of Appeal.
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