Applications for registered EU designs can be filed at the EUIPO and offer a convenient, cost-effective way of obtaining design…
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Applications for registered EU designs can be filed at the EUIPO and offer a convenient, cost-effective way of obtaining design…
Read MoreThe Enlarged Board of Appeal has issued its preliminary opinion ahead of the upcoming oral proceedings on the G1/24 referral…
Read MoreThe Unified Patent Court, a centralised court having jurisdiction over infringement and validity of European patents in countries which have…
Read MoreThe UK Intellectual Property Office (UK IPO) has recently announced the launch of its new ‘One IPO Search’ tool to…
Read MoreInnovation in aircraft design In general, the design of production aircraft has not radically changed since the mid-twentieth century. For…
Read MoreThe beginning of the end? Practice at the European Patent Office (EPO) currently requires that, before an application is granted,…
Read MoreAvionics have been instrumental in establishing modern aviation. Since the term – a portmanteau of “aviation electronics” – was coined…
Read MoreThe UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) has just released details of the updated funding programme directed to supporting SMEs during…
Read MoreRegistered Designs are an effective way to get some IP protection in place, particularly in cases where the bar for…
Read MoreIn many jurisdictions (most notably the U.S.), multiple dependency of claims is not allowed. It is therefore common to have…
Read MoreThe European Patent Office (EPO) does not give the description in a granted patent much weight when construing the claims….
Read MoreWhen the current version of the Rules of Procedure of the Boards of Appeal came into force in 2020, it…
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