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The entry into operation of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) will not occur in December 2017, the previously announced target…

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The UK Court of Appeal (CoA) has upheld the decision of the High Court (HC) that the shape of Nestlé’s…

In 2015 £12.5 billion of food waste (£470 per household) was generated in the UK, contributing to a global total…

Two attorneys from Intellectual Property (IP) specialist firm Barker Brettell will be presenting at Automechanika in Birmingham next month. Dr…

This year Barker Brettell’s automotive team headed up by Dr Andy Tranter, patent attorney and partner, will be publishing a…

Irrespective of Brexit, the unitary patent (UP) agreement may come into force by early next year. When a European patent…

The Federation council of Russia has just approved a federal law ratifying the Hague Agreement.  The law will come into…

Registered designs protect the appearance of an article.  Filing an application is easy, and is fairly quick and inexpensive.  But,…

Cambodia has signed a Validation Agreement with the European Patent Office (EPO) to recognise European patents in Cambodia. This agreement…

Once again the wonders of graphene are back in the headlines, with the recent news of a graphene sieve that…