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February 17, 2023

BREAKING NEWS: The UPC is due to open on 1st June 2023.

After years of uncertainty in the timeline of the Unified Patent Court (UPC), it has just been announced that Germany will ratify

February 9, 2023

Clinical trials and prior disclosure – a difficult balancing act for patentees.

The European Patent Office (EPO) has recently ruled that patients in a clinical trial were not members of the public such that

January 19, 2023

Change to compliance period of UK divisional applications.

The way of determining the compliance period of a UK divisional application is changing on 1 May 2023. From 1 May 2023

December 7, 2022

EPO confirms that practice of conducting oral proceedings by videoconference will continue, including before opposition divisions.

The EPO has recently issued a decision confirming that oral proceedings before examining divisions, the Legal Division, the Receiving Section and now,

October 24, 2022

EPO introduces systematic top-up search for earlier national rights.

As of 1 September 2022, the EPO are providing a new, free of charge, service that involves carrying out a top-up search

October 21, 2022

From the G 2/21 preliminary opinion.

Plausibility: Insights from the G 2/21 preliminary opinion The EPO’s Enlarged Board of Appeal (EBA) referral G 2/21 will hopefully clarify the

October 18, 2022

The “10 Day Rule” is Going.

The Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys (CIPA) has reported that the Administrative Council of the EPO passed a package of rules, on

October 13, 2022

Brazil one step closer to joining Hague system for International Designs.

Registered design protection is an effective way of protecting a product’s market share from similar looking competing products and obtaining registered designs can significantly improve a company’s position in case a dispute arises.

October 5, 2022

The art of the possible – UKIPO publishes its AI patent guidelines.

The fading of summer is often one of those times to finish off all of those tricky projects that have built up.

September 5, 2022

New US Trade Mark Application in the blocks for Usain Bolt.

It has been almost exactly five years since the legendary sprinter Usain Bolt last took to the track: in fact, I was