Brief summary: For the purpose of overall procedural efficiency, the UPC’s Court of First Instance has granted an extension to the deadline
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A recent decision from the Düsseldorf Division of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) has held that the Unified Patent Court has ‘long
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The Unified Patent Court (UPC) has recently released its latest update on the case load of the Court* since it commenced operations
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The first Unified Patent Court (UPC) decision (Plant-e v. Arkyne) discussing the doctrine of equivalents has recently published. In the decision, the
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Summary In a decision dated 12 November 2024 the Court of Appeal (“CoA”) of the Unified Patent Court has clarified that Art.
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Since the UPC opened its doors and the first Unitary Patents were filed in the summer of 2023, the unitary route for
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On 3 July 2024, the Local Division in Düsseldorf issued the UPC’s first ever full judgement on an infringement action in the
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As of today (27 June 2024) the Milan section of the central division of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) has officially opened
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Boult has been ranked in Tier 1 for Trade mark prosecution – patent & trade mark attorney firms (2024) by ManagingIP (MIP)’s
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The Unified Patent Court (UPC) has recently released updated details of the case load of the Court* since it commenced operations in
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The 19th annual Managing IP Awards will be held on Thursday, 11 April 2024. Boult is honoured to have been nominated in
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The Enlarged Board of Appeal’s recent decision in consolidated cases G1/22 and G2/22 has greatly simplified the consideration of priority entitlement at
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We are pleased to announce that Henry Schlaefli in our trade marks team has been appointed as a Partner at the firm. Henry joined
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We are pleased to confirm that Boult has been ranked in Tier 1 by the Legal 500 UK for both Trade Marks
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Following on from our previous success with the MIP IP Stars this year, we are pleased to announce that Sarah Le Mesurier,
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The EPO has published its Guidelines to provide guidance on various proceedings before the EPO, such as for the search and examination
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The EPO’s plans to abolish the 10-day notification rule will come into force on 1 November 2023. With just a month to
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The UK Intellectual Property Office (IPO) has recently updated its guidance relating to Address for Service (AFS) in the UK. The guidance
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The EPO has published its Guidelines to provide guidance on various proceedings before the EPO, such as for the search and examination
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On 9 July 2020 the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) handed down its decision in Case C-673/18, a referral
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On 27 April 2023 the European Commission published proposals concerning supplementary protection certificates (SPCs) for medicinal products and plant protection products. SPC protection
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The EPO have published further information in a Notice in the Official Journal dated 6 March 2023 in preparation for the abolition
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The EPO introduced the latest version of the Guidelines for Examination on 1 March 2023. Some of the revisions are highlighted below.
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A recent decision from the EPO’s Boards of Appeal (T 0702/20) provides a practical example of where the boundary lies in terms of
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Boult can announce that we have been once again ranked in the gold band by the WTR 1000 for 2023, their highest
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After years of uncertainty in the timeline of the Unified Patent Court (UPC), it has just been announced that Germany will ratify
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The Unified Patent Court (UPC) have today announced that the start of the Sunrise Period for the new UPC is being delayed
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The Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys (CIPA) has reported that the Administrative Council of the EPO passed a package of rules, on
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The Preparatory team for the Unified Patent Court (UPC) has just issued an ‘implementation roadmap’ outlining the key activities and milestones of
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Boult Wade Tennant is pleased to announce that our Patent and Trade Mark practices have both been recognised in tier 1 by the Legal 500 UK, 2023 edition.
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Partner, Susi Fish will be attending the Spring Meeting of the American Intellectual Property Law Association in New Orleans between 16 and
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Partner, Simon Binnie will be attending the Nordic IPR Summit, 26 to 27 April in Stockholm, Sweden. Read the event agenda here
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A few months into the Provisional Application Phase, the Unified Patent Court (UPC) is definitely gaining momentum. Judges are being interviewed and
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A few months into the Provisional Application Phase, the Unified Patent Court (UPC) is definitely gaining momentum. Judges are being interviewed and
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Assignment documents filed electronically may now be signed using ‘qualified electronic signatures’. Previously Previously, assignments, licences and other agreements for recordal were
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The Sutton Trust is an organisation this firm fully supports and we are delighted to open our doors again to their students.
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We are pleased to share that Patent Attorney Jonathan Pratt has been elected to the Council of the Chartered Institute of Patent
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The Enlarged Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office has been challenged with a new referral (G2/21) concerning the admissibility of
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The new Unified Patent Court (UPC) is expected to open its doors in late 2022 or early 2023. The UPC will be
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We’ve known for a while that the Unified Patent Court (UPC) was getting closer to becoming a reality after a very bumpy
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The Enlarged Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office (EPO) has been grappling with the question of when videoconference oral proceedings
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The UPC Preparatory Committee met on 27 October 2021, and it seems that preparations for the Unified Patent Court (UPC) are warming
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The European Unitary Patent is slowly entering the home straight. The Federal Constitutional Court in Germany rejected the constitutional complaint against the
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Boult Wade Tennant is pleased to share that our patent and trademark practices have each, separately, been recognised as top tier for
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The long running saga of the AI “DABUS” and its creator Dr Stephen Thaler reached yet another milestone this week with the
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The Second Chamber of the General Court in Lego A/S v. EUIPO (Case T-515/19) have issued their decision to annul the decision
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The Unified Patent Court (UPC) reminds me of a soap opera story line where you are always wondering if two particular characters
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We are delighted to announce that Boult Wade Tennant LLP has been once again ranked in the top tier of IP Stars
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With no provision in the European Patent Convention (EPC) prohibiting double patenting, is the European Patent Office (EPO) nevertheless allowed to refuse
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It is a well-known principle under UK patent law that any subject matter that the public can access without breaching a duty
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The deadline for filing Plant Breeders’ Rights (PBR) applications based on EU Community Plant Variety Rights (CPVR) applications which were pending at
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We are delighted to announce that Simon Binnie has joined the Partnership from 1 May 2021. Simon has been with the firm
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Boult Wade Tennant shares the Sutton Trust’s ambition to create a more diverse and inclusive IP industry. We partnered with the Trust
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The European Patent Office (EPO) has recently published upcoming changes to the rules regarding the providing of inventor address information to the
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The EPO has recently published an advanced preview of the new Guidelines for the Examination which will come into force on 1
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As part of the firm’s Diversity and Inclusivity initiative, Boult Wade Tennant is delighted to announce that we will be working with
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We are pleased to announce the promotion of Anusha Arunasalam to Partner. Anusha joined the firm as a trainee in 2009 in
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Many designers rely on Unregistered Design Rights to protect their products in the UK and the EU. However, designers need to be
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This bulletin covers some important changes to trade mark and design rights in the UK that will take place on 1 January
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In recent years, the European Patent Office (EPO) has made it eminently clear that European patents may be granted for machine learning
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The Australian Patent Office will be changing various official fees for patents, trademarks and designs from 1 October 2020. Notably, patent renewal
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Oral Proceedings are a common occurrence during the opposition procedure at the European Patent Office. Importantly, these proceedings provide the patentee and
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We are delighted to announce top tier ranking for our Patent Groups in Managing Intellectual Property, Patent Prosecution 2020 (MIP). MIP annually
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In a further blow for the Unified Patent Court(UPC), the German constitutional court has today announced that the German ratification of the
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Many designers rely on Unregistered Design Rights to protect their products in the UK and the EU. However, designers need to be
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The European Patent Office (EPO) has published its latest statistics for European patent applications in 2019. In addition to overall surges in
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The EPO’s updated Guidelines for Examination for March 2021 introduces a significant change regarding amendments required to the description before a European
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Although substantive law regarding the grant of patents is largely harmonized across Europe, post grant infringement and validity procedures differ from country
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The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has today issued its eagerly-awaited judgment in the SkyKick case no. C 371/18.
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As 2019 drew to a close, a statement was issued by the Chairman of the UPC Preparatory Committee, Alexander Ramsay. As well
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Boult Wade Tennant is proud to be sponsoring the LSPN (Life Sciences Patent Network) Europe 2019 conference, taking place in London on
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Boult Wade Tennant LLP is delighted to announce that Dr Alex Frost will succeed John Wallace as the new managing partner, with
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Boult Wade Tennant are proud to announce we have been ranked top tier by Legal 500 2020, for both Trade Marks and
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Boult Wade Tennant have once again been ranked top tier for Patent Prosecution by Managing Intellectual Property (MIP) in the annual IP
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Trade Mark Partner Emma Pitcher was appointed Vice Chair of the International Trademark Treaties and Law Committee of the American Bar Association
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This year, 2019, we are delighted to be celebrating the 125th anniversary of Boult Wade Tennant as a leading IP patent firm.
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Engineering and Designs practice group partner James Short, and Chemical and Materials practice group partner Rohan Setna have contributed to the recently
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For another consecutive year, our partners have been identified as IP Stars by Managing Intellectual Property. The list contains individuals that the
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Partner, Charlotte Duly, has successfully passed her Trade Mark exams with the Irish Patents Office. The aim of the exams is to
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Dr Nina White, Partner, succeeds Claire Baldock, Senior Partner, as Head of the award-winning Biotechnology and Life Sciences Group at Boult Wade
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Matthew Spencer and James Legg, representing Adaptive Biotechnologies Corporation, successfully defended European Patent No. 2 364 368 at the European opposition hearing
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