On the 27 April 2023, the Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys (CIPA) hosted its annual student conference in Birmingham. The event aims to provide useful information and support to trainees on their route to qualification.
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Appleyard Lees’ ‘Inside Green Innovation: Progress Report 2022’ revealed a significant increase in patent filings related to biodegradable plastics in recent years.
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Recently, we were invited to observe an opposition hearing before the European Patent Office (EPO).
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Associate and trade mark attorney Hannah Burrows discusses how major luxury fashion labels appear to have moved from fanciful logos, with significant stylisation being stripped back in favour of simpler fonts.
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Business lawyers are expected to advise their clients on a wide range of regulatory, statutory and international legal issues.
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In this article, partner and patent attorney Parminder Lally, provides a summary of the new practice regarding: Don’t delay filing your UK divisional that will come into effect on 1 May 2023.
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With 1 June 2023 being the start date of the Unitary Patent system, applicants achieving allowance of their European patent applications in the coming months may wish to delay grant so as to obtain a Unitary Patent (UP).
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In part three of this series, we look at recent legal disputes involving NFTs (ongoing and settled), that present new, unique intellectual property issues.
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Senior associate and patent attorney Paul Roscoe discusses T 0702/20, and the implications it could have on AI patent applications at the EPO.
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James holds a first class Master of Chemistry degree (MChem) from the University of York. His masters project focused on synthesis and expansion of medium-sized organic rings. James’ work in industry included significant synthetic contributions to oncological drug discovery projects.
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The Unitary Patent (UP) and the Unified Patent Court (UPC) are now anticipated to go live on 1 June 2023, when the UPC Agreement (UPCA) is planned to enter into force.
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