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- Cloned UK trade mark rights - deadline approaching (04th November, 2025)
- G 1/24 - Consultation without consequence? The role of the description in claim interpretation (21st October, 2025)
- EPO decision G 2/24: Interveners at appeal stage are less than appellants (02nd October, 2025)
- The long-awaited referral – G 1/25 (29th July, 2025)
- New Bad Faith TM Examination at the UKIPO | PAN 1/25 (14th July, 2025)
- Does Europe now have an on-sale bar? (10th July, 2025)
- Claims first, but not alone: EPO clarifies patentability interpretation (18th June, 2025)
- IP planning is key to protect AI innovations (06th June, 2025)
- How skilled is ChatGPT? (16th May, 2025)
- Lowering the bar for novelty of sub-ranges (15th May, 2025)
- The G1/24 Referral: What to Expect and Why It Matters (08th May, 2025)
- EPO Announces Pilot Program for AI-Assisted Minutes of Oral Proceedings (06th May, 2025)
- EU Design rights from 1st May 2025 (08th April, 2025)
- We look forward to meeting you at Hydrogen UK — Birmingham — 10-11 March 2026 (11th March, 2025)
- CJEU determines that EU courts (including the UPC) have global reach for patent infringement proceedings (27th February, 2025)
- Irreproducible Products and the implications of G 1/23 (21st February, 2025)
- UK Court of Appeal: No SPCs for 2nd Medical Uses (18th February, 2025)
- The EPO accelerates to get there first in parallel proceedings with the UPC (03rd February, 2025)
- Costa Rica to become the Seventh Validation State at the EPO (14th January, 2025)
- We hope to see you at Hyvolution — Paris — 27-29 January 2026 (02nd January, 2025)
- We are pleased to be attending Health Tech Forward — Barcelona — 3-4 December 2025 (04th December, 2024)
- Business as usual in UPC equivalence decision (03rd December, 2024)
- EU Commission issues Teva with €462.6 million anti-trust fine for “playing the divisional game” (21st November, 2024)
- SkyKick UK Ltd v Sky Ltd (13th November, 2024)
- Porsche combustion engine innovations - despite the upcoming ban (25th October, 2024)
- UK Government establishes Regulatory Innovation Office to boost economic growth (10th October, 2024)
- Qatar has joined the Madrid Protocol (29th August, 2024)
- The Court of Appeal has upheld the UKIPO's appeal against the Emotional Perception application (19th July, 2024)
- First permanent injunction in final first instance decision at the UPC (04th July, 2024)
- Jersey no longer covered by EUTMs (19th June, 2024)
- EPO Boards for Appeal (T 0209/22) (03rd June, 2024)
- Tackling counterfeiters: Luxury brands must be enforcement ready (05th March, 2024)
- The UPC is continuing its upward trajectory (28th February, 2024)
- Reduced EPO fees for ‘micro entities’ (26th February, 2024)
- Victoria & Lawrence Osborne v Louis Vuitton Malletier, 0/0026/24, 16 January 2024 (12th February, 2024)
- The UPC has around 190 actions, almost eight months after launch (19th January, 2024)
- Clarity on G2/21 from the EPO Board of Appeal in T0116/18 (10th January, 2024)
- Supreme Court judgement in Thaler v Comptroller-General (20th December, 2023)
- "Gasteiner" as a reference to the "Gasteinertal mountain region" is not protectable as a trade mark for beverages (22nd November, 2023)
- UK High Court patent decision regarding the patentability of AI (22nd November, 2023)
- EBA decides on the right to priority (G1/22 and G2/22) (20th October, 2023)
- EPO's Deep Tech Finder (17th October, 2023)
- Calling time on the EPO’s “ten day rule” (03rd October, 2023)
- Invalidity can only be declared in respect of registered EU trade marks (20th September, 2023)
- X marks the spot for Musk’s rebrand strategy, but could it backfire? (28th July, 2023)
- Decision of the Federal Patent Court 25 W (pat) 526/21 KÖLNER DOM of 19 January 2023 (27th July, 2023)
- New Referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal (G1/23) (07th July, 2023)
- Plausibility hurdle in the UK shifted up a notch, as invalidity of BMS patent confirmed by Court of Appeal (22nd May, 2023)
- Success at the Federal Court of Justice (19th April, 2023)
- New appointment in Paris supports W&R's continued European service (28th March, 2023)
- EPO referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal (G2/21) – Post-published evidence of a technical effect (24th March, 2023)
- Brazil joins Hague International Designs System (02nd March, 2023)
- Global Trends in Battery Technology: A Patent Perspective (24th February, 2023)
- Aldi loses battle with M&S over festive gin (22nd February, 2023)
- Germany completes the UPC jigsaw (17th February, 2023)
- IP funding launched for European SMEs (13th February, 2023)
- Twist and shout… about sub-ranges (10th February, 2023)
- The importance of commas (07th February, 2023)
- Is Amazon liable for trade mark infringements committed by third parties? (09th January, 2023)
- UPC opening delayed until 1 June 2023 (05th December, 2022)
- Bad faith in filing applications (08th November, 2022)
- Risk of confusion between “NORTH FACE” and “THE DOG FACE” (28th October, 2022)
- The end of the “Ten-Day Rule” at the EPO (24th October, 2022)
- EPO referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal (G2/21) (20th October, 2022)
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