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Intellectual Property Rights Lead to Higher Performance in European Businesses

Summary The European Patent Office (EPO) and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) have just released a joint report based on a detailed study of over 127,000 European firms from all...

Electrifying Opportunities in Specialist Vehicles

In 2013, the BBC’s Top Gear programme celebrated the UK motor industry by bringing together a collection of British-made vehicles on London’s Mall.  It was petrolhead heaven for the viewers. Prac...

What IP Applies to Your Food and Drink Business?

The continuously growing number of products and brands in the crowded food and drink space makes it all the more important to generate something different, that stands out.  For companies who get...

Beyond Patent Protection: How to Secure a Market for Your Drug | 10.02.21

Wednesday 10th February 2021, 2:00pm (London UK – GMT) 45mins What will the talk cover? This talk focuses on the mechanisms for securing market exclusivity for pharmaceutical products beyond pat...

UK Address for Service Changes Following Brexit

There have been many important changes to IP due to Brexit, as outlined in our recent update.  As mentioned in this update, one important change relates to the way in which the UK-IPO will commun...

New Rules, New Opportunities: The Evolution of EPO Appeal Proceedings

On 1 January 2020, the new Rules of Procedure of the Boards of Appeal came into force.  The new rules deal with many aspects of the appeal process, but aspects focussed on reducing the time taken to ...

Thinking Outside the Box: Innovations in Extending Electric Vehicle Range

In 2018, the UK Government announced its “Road to Zero” plan for achieving at least 50% of new car sales being ultra-low emission vehicles by 2030.  In the plan, the government pledges gr...

5 Top Tips for Food & Drink Businesses Seeking Investment

Edward Carstairs took part in an online panel discussion titled “Preparing your business for investment and maximising the valuation” at Bread & Jam Festival 2020, the UK’s first food found...

Shining a Light on Black History Month

This piece was co-authored by Bosé Animasaun and Hannah Kite. It’s not often that inventions become the subject of US election campaign speeches, but then 2020 has been anything but usual.  Ou...

Haptics in the Automotive Sector – Encouraging Adoption and Maximising Returns Through Patents

There has been a widely-reported growth of new technology and interest in the automotive sector in recent years.  We now expect our vehicles to do more than ever before and this trend is forecast...