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AI (part two): inventorship and ownership
The UK Intellectual Property Office’s recent consultation on artificial intelligence and intellectual property prompted 92 responses including one from D Young & Co. Following the recent publication of the consultation outcome, we consider some of the issues raised. In this second article, we consider the issues of inventorship and ownership… -
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UKIPO corporate plan 2021-2022 - creating a world-leading IP environment
On Thursday 20 May 2021, the UK Intellectual Property Office announced its corporate plan for 2021-2022. The plan outlines how the UKIPO will provide IP services in a national and international framework to support world-leading innovation and creativity. It represents the fourth step in the IPO Strategy 2018-2021, and attempts… -
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EPO decides double patenting is a ground for refusal in G4/19
The Enlarged Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office has issued decision G 4/19 (double patenting) in which it holds that a European patent application can be refused by reason of the prohibition on double patenting. -
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" > From the Financial Times: "Delayed Europe patent court launch prolongs frustration"
D Young & Co Partner Rachel Bateman is quoted in today's edition of the Financial Times which discusses the EU's new intellectual property policy and the Unified Patent Court (UPC). -
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WATER FRSH and CDY MLN can disemvoweling help to overcome descriptiveness or non-distinctiveness objections?
A recent German Federal Patent Court decision concerning the word marks WATER FRSH and CDY MLN has considered the new trend of ‘disemvoweling’ – whereby brand owners omit vowels from registered words – and whether this can help to overcome objections of descriptiveness or non-distinctiveness. -
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UK Government launches consultation on exhaustion of IP rights
In the European Economic Area (EEA), namely the member states of the European Union plus Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway, IP rights are considered “exhausted” once goods have been placed on the market by the IP owner or with the owner’s consent anywhere within the EEA. -
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Postponed G1/21 oral proceedings now set for 02 July 2021
Having previously been scheduled for 28 May 2021, this important referral before the Enlarged Board of Appeal will now take place on 02 July 2021. -
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Is this the end of ViCo before the EPO without consent of all parties?
In the pending referral before the Enlarged Board of Appeal, G 1/21, there is posed an important question for all parties involved in oral proceedings before the EPO. Namely: Is the conduct of oral proceedings in the form of a videoconference compatible with the right to oral proceedings as enshrined… -
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A reminder of the ugg-ly effects of cross-border shipping under German trademark law
A lawsuit between the owners of the US Ugg brand and an Australian leather shoemaker, which apparently sold and shipped 13 pairs of handmade Australian ugg boots to the United States, has gained extensive media coverage of late. While media reporting has primarily focused on the question of whether US… -
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General Court deserves a grilling
Grilloumi Food International AB is a subsidiary of Fontana, a Swedish food and beverage company. In 2009 the business was successful in registering the trade mark GRILLOUMI in classes 29 and 30 covering a range of goods including milk products. The application proceeded to registration unchallenged and was renewed in…
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