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THE UKIPO UPDATES ITS POLICIES TO TACKLE INEFFECTIVE ADDRESSES FOR SERVICE
Apr 17 2024
The UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) has released an update this month in relation to the issue of trade mark applicants and owners providing a valid address for service.
Marks & Clerk
As a resident of Hauxton, I'm excited to see that the South Cambridgeshire District Council have approved a preliminary proposal to build a new life science campus just across the A10...
HGF Ltd
Welcome to our blog series, IP Ingredients, created by our Food & Drink Team. This blog will explore the latest IP news, updates, and discussions in the food & drink sector.
HGF Ltd
As the saying goes, "We eat first with our eyes". The visual appearance, especially the colour, of a food or beverage product is one of the first things...
HLK
Last week the UPC Court of Appeal provided some much needed guidance on the ability of the public to gain access to pleadings and evidence held at the Registry...
HGF Ltd
Welcome to our new blog series, IP Ingredients, created by our Food & Drink Team. This blog will explore the latest IP news, updates, and discussions in the food & drink sector.
Potter Clarkson
In a landmark ruling (and the first substantive judgment of the Court of Appeal (CoA) of the Unified Patent Court), the CoA has overturned a widely reported decision of the Munich...
Marks & Clerk
With the Masters starting this Thursday (11 April 2024), we are certainly in for four days of world class golf on one of the most renowned golf courses on the planet.
Maucher Jenkins
The Unified Patent Court (UPC) opened for business in June 2023 and we are in a transition period lasting until 2030, when national courts and the UPC can have jurisdiction over European patents granted...
Maucher Jenkins
An escape room sounds like an unusual subject for a patent application, and a method to operate one doubly so. A patent practitioner hears the peal of multiple alarm bells:
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Marks & Clerk
The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 came into force in the United Kingdom on 1 January 2024.
Marks & Clerk
Almost three years after the end of the Brexit transitional period, the UK Courts have again chosen to diverge from retained EU case law (now known as ‘assimilated law') in the landmark judgment...
HGF Ltd
Rebecca Field and Lee Curtis discuss the recent decision of the General Court of the European Union, which upheld previous decisions of the EUIPO to cancel a Community Design Registration...
ParrisWhittaker
The Covid pandemic led to a flood of cases raising some kind of force majeure defence as businesses grappled with the ever-changing commercial landscape.
HGF Ltd
The EPO recently published its 2023 Patent Index and there is, as seen in 2022, further increased patenting activity in key technologies relevant to the healthcare sector.
Novagraaf Group
In a recent trademark decision in the UK, the Supreme Court considered what constitutes targeting in relation to cross-border e-commerce and infringing use of UK and EU...
Potter Clarkson
The 2024 SME Fund offered by the European Intellectual Property office (EUIPO) is now live. The scheme aims to help EU-based small and medium-sized...
Jones Day
Section 6 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018, as amended by the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023, provides that neither the UK Court of Appeal nor Supreme Court...
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Marks & Clerk
What do Tequila, Scotch Whisky, Champagne and Cognac all have in common? Aside from being tipples that some might like to enjoy from time to time, they are all protected as geographical designations.
Rouse
For more than a decade, our CHORUS software platform has been consolidating enforcement data to help brand-protection teams illuminate blind spots in their anti-counterfeiting strategies.
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