Case Law

We have written previously in January 2015 and in June 2016 about the case G 1/15 before the Enlarged Board…

If claim 1 of a patent application or patent encompasses subject matter in the prior art, something has to be…

The EPO has announced that from 1st November 2016 the signatures of both the assignor and assignee will be required…

At times an applicant may wish to accelerate prosecution of a UK application in the UK national phase of a…

Register before 31 December 2016 to ensure protection A new trade mark law has been published in the Cayman Islands…

The European Patent Office (EPO) brought in new guidelines on 1st July 2016 which aim to simplify the opposition procedure…

Owners of EUTM registrations with a Nice class heading have just four days left to file a declaration Following the…

The repeal of section 52 (s.52) of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act (CPDA) 1988 has come into force, with…

It is conventional wisdom that registering a trade mark in plain word format provides a business with the strongest rights…

A repeal of section 52 (s.52) of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act (CDPA) 1988 has been on the cards…

On 9 March the UK’s highest court handed down a decision1 confirming non-infringement of a Community registered design (CRD). This…

On 25th November 2015, the European Commission is due to rule on a proposed merger between beverage can heavyweights Ball Packaging…