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Using innovation in mitigation against the newly announced UK Corporation Tax rise to 25%
The UK Government has announced that for companies with profits exceeding £250,000 per year, the level of UK Corporation Tax in respect of these profits is set to rise, from the current amount of 19%, to 25% with effect from April 2023. Mindful of this, now is the perfect time… -
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UK R&D tax credit scheme consultation: have your say!
Building on a previous consultation relating to the R&D tax credit scheme last year, the UK Government has now released a second, wider-reaching, consultation on whether the tax relief available under the scheme is still fit for purpose in its current form. The consultation is open for comments until 02… -
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Overview of the revised EPO Guidelines for Examination
The latest version of the Guidelines for Examination by the European Patent Office came into force on 01 March 2021. Here we discuss the key changes. -
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EPC changes regarding inventors
A minor change is being made to the EPC regarding inventors (Rule 19 EPC and 143 EPC); in particular, the changes concern the notifications of inventors relating to the provision and use of inventor addresses. -
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5G: unlocking innovation with ultra-reliable low-latency communication
As its name suggests, the fifth generation (5G) of telecommunications standards for broadband cellular networks represents an enhancement over fourth generation (4G) long term evolution (LTE). However, this enhancement goes beyond the faster speeds and increased reliability we have come to expect from successive generations of those standards. -
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Priority right - prove it or lose it
In a recent appeal decision (T 407/15), an application was refused as obvious after the applicant failed to prove it had the right to claim priority. -
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Design registrations via the Hague system: Guernsey quietly makes a welcome entrance
With respect to the international Hague design registration system, proposed law changes by The Bailiwick of Guernsey will soon mean that future Hague design registrations, which designate the UK, will additionally be extended to cover Guernsey free of charge, and without the need for any separate re-registration before the Guernsey… -
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5G networking: non-public networks & network slicing
A significant aspect of fifth-generation (5G) networking is its support for the internet of things (IOT). The IOT broadly refers to the increasing integration of different classes of devices within wireless networks. As part of this drive towards universal connectivity, an ever-growing range of smart devices is now available -… -
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Appeal fees: correcting incorrect appeal fee payments
At the European Patent Office (EPO) the appeal process is usually the last chance to have arguments considered. However, the appeal process can be complicated with a number of procedural steps that must be followed in order to avoid risking the appeal being considered to be inadmissible. In T 0444/20,… -
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Timing is everything: late-filed amendments affecting procedural economy
It has become increasingly challenging for parties to have new requests, facts, evidence and/or objections admitted into appeal proceedings; more so following the introduction of the revised Rules of Procedure of the Boards of Appeal (RPBA) on 01 January 2020 [see note 1, below], which arguably codified what practitioners had…
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