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UK IPO replaces Ipsum register with ‘One IPO Search’ tool
The UK Intellectual Property Office (UK IPO) has recently announced the launch of its new ‘One IPO Search’ tool to…
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UK IPO launches consultation on AI and copyright
In late December 2024 the UK IPO launched a three-month consultation on AI and copyright – closing on 25th February…
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IP Funding schemes return to support innovative SMEs
The UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) has just released details of the updated funding programme directed to supporting SMEs during…
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The outcome we probably expected. The Court of Appeal reaches a verdict on the Emotional Perception AI case
The Court of Appeal has now handed down the judgment in, arguably, the summer of 2024’s most anticipated UK patent…
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Looking forward to the Emotional Perception Appeal Hearing? We certainly are
Last week the UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) filed its grounds of appeal in the Emotional Perception appeal (Comptroller-General of Patents,…
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Do you have a valid Address for Service (AFS) against your UK trade marks?
As a result of ongoing discussions with the Chartered Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys (CITMA) on the subject of Address…
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Is your UK trade mark one of the 500,000 UK trade marks still without a UK address?
On 1 January 2024, the UKIPO changed its rules surrounding the requirement of an address for service in the UK,…
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High Court approves AI invention as patentable
The High Court has recently issued a significant decision which could make it easier to patent AI inventions at the…
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Win-win for patent applicants seeking early certainty – high quality, accurate and fast searches now available at low cost as the UK IPO becomes first national patent office to supercharge its searching
The UK Intellectual Property Office (UK IPO) is the first national intellectual property office to upgrade its in-house search facilities…
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Address for Service for Intellectual Property Rights
When the UK left the EU with effect from 1 January 2021, the UK Intellectual Property Office (UK IPO) set…
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The story of two bulls locking horns
If a drink can give you wings, it can also make you land in formal court proceedings over a perceived…
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