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Woofed out of court!
No one would possibly associate a high end restaurant with the manufacturer of pet food right? Wrong. The High Court…
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Has ‘fake news’ infiltrated IP statistics? Reading between the lines of the latest Chinese IP figures
An earlier version of this article, ‘The Rise of Chinese IP?’, was previously published on tuftythecat.blogspot.co.uk A recent article has…
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Revisions to Patent Examination Guidelines in China
The State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) of China has made some revisions to its Patent Examination Guidelines. The revisions will…
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Will the new Spanish patent law bring harmony in Europe?
A new Spanish patent law will come into place from 1 April 2017 which will have the effect of harmonising…
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IP for AI: can we patent an artificial human expert?
Recently there have been several stories in the media about how we are all at risk of being replaced by…
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Brum’s booming with entrepreneurs
The rest of the country is just beginning to realise what Barker Brettell has known for many years: Birmingham is…
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Grants up, backlog down – EPO Annual report 2016
2016 was an interesting year for the EPO. Applications remained broadly flat at around 160,000, but (as we previously reported…
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EPO and ROSPATENT pilot PPH programme
The European Patent Office (EPO) and the Russian Patent Office (ROSPATENT) have agreed a Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) pilot programme…
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Continental comparisons – EU vs US design rights
In the third article in our series on design protection Carrie Johnson, patent attorney and partner, compares and contrasts the…
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USPTO decides – no interference for CRISPR patents
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s (USPTO’s) Patent Trial and Appeal Board handed down its decision, on 15 February 2017,…
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Why innovation is at the root of the gardening industry’s success
It’s an industry traditionally associated with unhurried rejuvenation and relaxation, but in reality keeping ahead of trends is challenging in…
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