Patents

Katie Howe, double award-winning trainee patent attorney at Barker Brettell, developed a love for science and in particular physics, from…

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

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…

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

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s (USPTO’s) Patent Trial and Appeal Board handed down its decision, on 15 February 2017,…

It’s an industry traditionally associated with unhurried rejuvenation and relaxation, but in reality keeping ahead of trends is challenging in…

From Leicester City winning the Premier League to Donald Trump becoming the US president-elect, 2016 was a year of the…

When a European Patent is granted the applicant has to decide on the countries in which the patent will be…

As another year passes, the latest figures on International IP activity for 2015 have been released by the World Intellectual…

We have written previously in January 2015 and in June 2016 about the case G 1/15 before the Enlarged Board…