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Patent Law & Practice at a Glance – February 2025

Read our February 2025 patent law and practice updates, including updates from the UK, the European Patent Office (EPO) and the WIPO/PCT...

G 1/24: Preliminary opinion of the Enlarged Board of Appeal on claim interpretation

Executive summary The Enlarged Board of Appeal has given its preliminary opinion in respect of referral G 1/24. The referral is of fundamental importance, and answers to the questions raised will...

A cloud on the horizon: will the SaaS model work for medical AI tools under future regulations?

Technology and practices in the healthcare field are increasingly being augmented by AI. As the use of AI tools in this field has developed, many developers have begun to distribute their tools under ...

Patent Law & Practice at a Glance – January 2025

UK update New PCT fee structure at the UKIPO from 1 January 2025 The Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) fee structure will change on 1 January 2025. The announcement can be read here, and the summarise...

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...

Trade Mark Law & Practice at a Glance – November 2024

UKIPO update IP Advance launched The UKIPO has launched IP Advance, a new financial support scheme for SMEs.  It is a tiered funding programme that offers advice and support to businesses to unde...

European Union design reform and what it means for your business

Registered designs in the European Union (EU) are being reformed. The shape and timetable for implementing this is now confirmed with the long-awaited EU design legislation reform package having been ...

How to complain about a company name – an update for brand owners

Estee Lauder (UK) International Limited, Virgin International Limited and ASOS Clothing Ltd may all appear to be examples of recognisable companies. They are, in fact, UK companies that have been the ...

European Union design reform to apply from May 2025

Reform of European Union (EU) design law will apply from 1 May 2025 with national law changes needing implementing in the following years.  As we reported previously, this puts in place various updat...

Teva fined €462.6m for misuse of EPO patent system – time to rethink your divisional patent strategy?

In a rare but highly important decision involving European patents, the European Commission has recently found the pharmaceutical company Teva guilty of abusing a dominant position in relation to its ...