The IPEC: Quick and cost effective UK IP Litigation
The IPEC provides quick access to cost-effective justice for IP rights holders.
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EPO to take a second look at double patenting
The European Patent Convention does not explicitly prohibit double patenting. However, the European Patent Office has, for some time now, prohibited the granting of two patents to the same applicant for the same subject matter.
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Innovation and investment: bottle-shaped metal cans
Although the overall environmental impact of glass versus plastic versus metal is debated, the beverage industry is innovating in this area in response to consumer demand for non-plastic packaging.
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IPEC refers questions to Court of Justice
Given the uncertainty of Brexit, the UK may no longer be a member state of the EU, which could impact the IP rights available to UK designers.
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The rise of patents in the health food industry
IP Solicitor Chris Thomas highlights the need for brand owners and manufacturers to protect trade secrets in the food and beverage industry.
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Registering trade marks with Gin Lane
“Securing a trade mark for the Gin Lane brand early in our business’s development was essential for us to expand and grow with confidence."
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Can artificial intelligence match human intelligence?
Julia Gwilt and Parminder Lally attended the Cambridge Wireless event on "Narrowing the Intelligence Gap", hosted at Amazon's site in Cambridge. The event featured an excellent talk by Neil Lawrence (IPC Machine Learning at Amazon and Professor of Machine Learning at the University of Sheffield) on whether the latest AI is "more human".
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Patentability of products obtained from biological processes
After years of controversy, the Technical Board of Appeal (TBA) of the EPO has recently decided that products obtained by essentially biological processes can be patent protected (T1063/18).
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Missing the target with functional claim language
What’s the problem with ‘functional limitations’?
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Zombie trade marks: a refleshing update
Zombie trade marks take shape in many spooky forms. They are the abandoned, historic brands: the trade marks of businesses which are no longer actively trading. To the untrained eye, they can appear lifeless, but look a little closer, and there may still be a soul lurking behind the eyes.
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Does an overly-wide trade mark specification indicate bad faith?
TRUMP TV ON APPEAL TO HIGH COURTUKIPO decision number O-409-18Trade mark application no. 3193965 TRUMP TV in the name of Trump International Limited and opposition
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