Patents

A key referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office has been under consideration, on the…

This article was initially published in the May 2016 edition of Chamberlink You know that the billings system could be…

Different countries have different rules when it comes to filing the first patent application for an invention. Failure to follow…

Will investment in medical devices stay healthy after European decisions block patent extensions? Following a recent German Federal Patent Court…

New figures obtained from the UK Intellectual Property Office reveal that applicants who use a representative to file their patent…

Patent Office Opinions have been a feature of UK patent law since 2004. The service was brought in to allow…

On 9 March the UK’s highest court handed down a decision1 confirming non-infringement of a Community registered design (CRD). This…

Overview The figures are in1 and the headline is that 2015 was another bumper year for the European Patent Office…

Jennifer Atkinson, one of Intellectual Property specialist Barker Brettell’s patent attorney partners, started her fascination with molecular biology at the…

The patenting process can be notoriously slow. Even the quickest of granted patents typically take several years from filing to…

The upward trend in patent filings over the last five years indicates innovation is a key driver in the car…

Proteins are no longer exclusively associated with sport drinks and muscle mass. Over the last few years, protein products have…