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UK oppositions: GAME OF THRONES
Home Box Office, Inc (HBO) owns various trade marks associated with its TV show Game of Thrones. The show has been enormously successful in the UK and the USA and is famous for its unexpected plot twists. It is perhaps no surprise, then, that the trade marks have recently been… -
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Juul Labs v Quick Juul: contempt of court
What happens if a party does not comply with a court order? In Juul Labs v Quick Juul & Others, Juul Labs alleged trade mark infringement and passing off against Quick Juul and others in relation to, inter alia, the domain name quickjuul.com. -
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T1845/14 Basell Polyolefine v Univation Technologies: insufficiency and inventive concept
In T1845/14 Basell Polyolefine v Univation Technologies, the Board of Appeal has addressed the divergent approaches to sufficiency before the European Patent Office (EPO) and the English courts. This divergent approach touches on the idea of the "inventive concept", something which permeates UK patent law but which has little basis… -
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Hague design application rule change: Japan designation
In a recent communication, WIPO has confirmed that it is no longer a formal requirement for any Hague design application filed after 01 May 2019, which designates Japan, and which relates to a three dimensional product, to provide six orthogonal views of the product. -
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Tasteless: NOVICHOK is it?
The Board of Appeal at the EUIPO has recently upheld the rejection of an application to register NOVICHOK for alcohol, beers and non-alcoholic beverages. The decision was taken under the not often invoked Article 7(1)(f) of the EUTM Regulation. This prevents the registration of marks which are “punishable under criminal… -
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General Court: bicycles and motorcycles similar to a low degree
On 14 May 2019 the General Court issued its decision in Zweirad-Center Stadler v European Union Intellectual Property (EUIPO) (Case T-12/18). -
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Revised Rules of Procedure of the Boards of Appeal
On 01 July 2019 the European Patent Office (EPO) approved a revised set of Rules of Procedure of The Boards of Appeal (RPBA) which will come into force on 01 January 2020. Significant changes have been made to the rules, and in particular it will now be much more challenging… -
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Obviousness: Actavis v ICOS dosage regime patent
This appeal relates to the application of the obviousness test under Section 3 of the 1977 UK Patents Act to a dosage regime patent. The Supreme Court unanimously ruled that the ICOS patent for a tadalafil dosing regime was invalid on the basis that the skilled team would have inevitably… -
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SPCs: new formulations of previously marketed active ingredients
Supplementary Protection Certificates (SPCs) are available in EU member states for medicinal or plant protection products where (among others) the product is protected by a basic patent and where a valid marketing authorisation (MA) has been granted for the product in an EU or EEA member state. An additional requirement… -
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Patenting blockchain related technologies
Blockchain seems to have become a new buzzword in the tech industry. We are told it has the power to transform everything from finance to supply chains, to decentralise the control of data and even to revolutionise intellectual property itself. According to the European Patent Office there were over 2,000…
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