IP Developments

Despite the difficult economic times the European Patent Office (EPO) received a record number of new patent filings in 2011….

A number of Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) programmes exist between national patent offices to allow patent applications to be granted…

The Patents County Court (PCC) is designed as a low-cost forum for the settlement of intellectual property disputes in England…

The UK Intellectual Property Office (UK IPO) is using the 10th edition of the International Classification of goods and services…

The Turkish authorities have announced that it will now be compulsory for trade mark applicants to specify the type of…

“Patent box” tax reduction proposals The UK government is continuing to press ahead with its proposed “patent box” tax regime, under…

The European Patent Office (EPO) has changed its practice when it acts as the International Preliminary Examining Authority (IPEA) for…

In the UK it is possible to request that court proceedings are expedited and a recent case has set out…

The Advocate General has provided his opinion on the questions referred to the Court of Justice of the European Union…

To some extent, applicants can readily control the speed of patent prosecution at both the UK Intellectual Property Office (UK…

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), after six years of planning, finally approved plans to increase the…

New .xxx Adult Entertainment Domain Name The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has recently approved the formation…