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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 Irish Patent Office has amended the fees payable when filing an application for a series of trade marks in…

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

We are delighted to announce the promotion of  Rosalyn Newsome, to be a Partner of Barker Brettell, with effect from…

The EU Community Design Registry (OHIM) has provided further guidance relating to the exclusion from registration for designs relating to…

A final decision has issued in relation to the first Community registered design (RCD) case to be appealed to the…

“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…