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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 ...

GJE patent attorneys recognised in IP Stars 2025

GJE is pleased to announce that three of our patent attorneys have been recognised as Rising Stars in the IP Stars autumn 2025 rankings....

Patent Law & Practice at a Glance – June 2025

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

Patent Law & Practice at a Glance – May 2025

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

Patent Law & Practice at a Glance – April 2025

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

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...

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...

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 (...