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Long Live the Idea: Using IP to Monetise Your Invention

Game-changing ideas from sole inventors and startups in tech are often shelved because the costs of implementing them are too high.  Sometimes, this is simply the reality of the market – some hurdl...

Your Brand Is Everything in the Hospitality Sector. Protect Your Intellectual Property and Strengthen Your Brand Equity

The hospitality sector is facing crisis.  Not only is it under the same external pressures as other industries, it is also being challenged by high rental prices, increasing business rates, staffing ...

Patent Law & Practice at a Glance – November 2024

UK update Changes to supplementary protection certificates on 1 January 2025 Supplementary protection certificates (SPCs) provide additional protection for patented medicines and pesticides, which are...

Defending food and drink brand integrity: Pink Soda and JD Sports

This is the second case in our series of three in which we examine recent UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) trade mark opposition decisions where major brands enforced their reputation and goodw...

Protecting intellectual property in garden design

Whether they serve a purely aesthetic purpose or solve a practical problem, design ideas are valuable and deserving of protection. This article provides a brief introduction to intellectual property (...

Patent Law & Practice at a Glance – September 2024

UK UPDATE Patent practice regarding artificial neural networks and excluded subject matter The UKIPO updated its guidance on patenting artificial neural networks (ANNs) following the judgment of the C...

Applying Emotional Perception at the UKIPO

On 2 January 2024, the UKIPO updated the Manual of Patent Practice (MoPP) to provide further guidance to patent examiners when examining patent applications involving artificial neural networks (ANNs)...

The Importance of IP Audits: Top Five Ways to Lose Investment

Congratulations! You’ve just bought your first Intellectual Property (IP) portfolio – it holds the key to untold possibilities in innovation, value, and growth. It cost a fair bit, so it must be g...

Patent Law & Practice at a Glance

We regularly review changes to patent law and practice at the UKIPO, EPO and in other jurisdictions so that we can keep abreast of the latest developments. Please feel free to contact your usual GJE c...

Patent Law & Practice at a Glance

We regularly review changes to patent law and practice at the UKIPO, EPO and in other jurisdictions so that we can keep abreast of the latest developments.  Please feel free to contact your usual GJE...