The Unified Patent Court (UPC) have today announced that the start of the Sunrise Period for the new UPC is being delayed
As of 1 September 2022, the EPO are providing a new, free of charge, service that involves carrying out a top-up search
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
The Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys (CIPA) has reported that the Administrative Council of the EPO passed a package of rules, on
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.
The Preparatory team for the Unified Patent Court (UPC) has just issued an ‘implementation roadmap’ outlining the key activities and milestones of
The fading of summer is often one of those times to finish off all of those tricky projects that have built up.
It has been almost exactly five years since the legendary sprinter Usain Bolt last took to the track: in fact, I was
For some time now, there have been 38 EPC member states. However, from 1 October 2022, Montenegro (ME) will become the 39th
Just as the days (in the UK at least) start getting shorter the UK government has published its response following the consultation