IP Developments

Users of the European Patent Office (EPO) patent searching engine Espacenet may already be familiar with “EPO Translate”, which provides…

A revised patent law in Germany is expected to come into force in March 2014. There will be online file…

Those familiar with protecting trade marks and designs in Europe will already be aware of the unitary system which has…

Rosalyn Newsome sets out why ıı grounds weren’t sufficient for success

The Madrid Protocol system provides for the international registration of trade marks by way of one application that can cover…

Following a recent notice from the European Patent Office (EPO), some applicants may be permitted to file divisional applications later…

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has approved plans to increase the number of top-level domain names…

At present, there are 22 generic Top Level Domain names (gTLDs) including .com, .org and .net.  However, with ICANN’s new…

Nominet is a public purpose internet company which has been running the .uk country code Top Level Domain name registry…

The Patents County Court (PCC) has introduced a small claims track, for claims under £5,000, which can be used for…

The Madrid Protocol system provides for the international registration of trade marks by way of one application that can cover…

At the Brussels summit on 29 June 2012, the national leaders of the EU countries reached a compromise deal regarding…