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The new reality: obtaining design protection in the UK in the post-Brexit world
The Brexit transition period ended on 31 December 2020, and since 01 January 2021 applicants have had to re-think how they apply for and obtain registered design protection in what used to be (pre-Brexit) the “EU 28” (the 28 member states of the European Union which included the United Kingdom). -
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UK esign registration marking - time for a rethink?
In the context of design registration protection covering the UK, various legislation exists which makes some of the remedies against infringement of a design registration conditional on whether the defendant or infringer had knowledge of the design registration in question. -
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Practical routes to UK and EU design registration protection
In the context of obtaining European design registration protection, covering the combination of the EU and the UK, there are a number of different ways in which such protection can achieved. -
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Online demo mode access to UP forms: EPO UP & UPC preparations
On 16 June 2022 the European Patent Office (EPO) announced that its online filing system now offers access to unitary patent forms in demo mode. -
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EPO description amendments: the saga continues
There was a collective sigh of relief from many European Patent Office (EPO) users when, towards the end of 2021, an EPO Board of Appeal set aside a decision of the Examining Division to refuse a patent application on the basis of the description not having been adapted to bring… -
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Rule 56a EPC: correction of erroneously filed parts of a patent application
European patent law currently provides applicants with a limited window following the filing date of a patent application to file further parts of the description or drawings that were missing in the documents originally filed. Specifically, Rule 56 EPC allows applicants to file missing parts of the description of drawings… -
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New sequence listing standard ST.26: practical advice for European divisional applications
Where a patent application discloses nucleotide or amino acid sequences, a formal sequence listing must be filed, to provide the sequences in a standardised format for searching. The current format for sequence listings is governed by the ST.25 standard, however from 01 July 2022 patent offices will begin using the… -
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T 288/19: assessing inventive step - the business person and the skilled person
In a recent decision by the Board of Appeal, the Board of Appeal considered the relationship between a notional business person and a person skilled in the art when assessing inventive step for “mixed” type inventions (inventions comprising both technical and non-technical features). In this article, we review the decision… -
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New filing strategy opportunities as Germany softens prohibition of double patenting
Germany has amended its double patenting regulations allowing applicants to prepare for the impact of the unitary patent and Unified Patent Court on their current application strategies and strengthening the position of Germany as a litigation location. -
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UK AI & IP consultation new copyright and database exception allowing text and data mining for any purpose
The UK Government has issued its response to a consultation recently conducted into artificial intelligence and intellectual property. The consultation, discussed in a series of previous newsletter articles, explored three areas of patent and copyright law particularly relevant to the commercial exploitation of AI.
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