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HGF Ltd
Welcome to our blog series, IP Ingredients, created by our Food & Drink Team. This blog will explore the latest IP news, updates, and discussions in the food & drink sector.
HGF Ltd
As the saying goes, "We eat first with our eyes". The visual appearance, especially the colour, of a food or beverage product is one of the first things...
HGF Ltd
Welcome to our new blog series, IP Ingredients, created by our Food & Drink Team. This blog will explore the latest IP news, updates, and discussions in the food & drink sector.
Potter Clarkson
In a landmark ruling (and the first substantive judgment of the Court of Appeal (CoA) of the Unified Patent Court), the CoA has overturned a widely reported decision of the Munich...
Marks & Clerk
With the Masters starting this Thursday (11 April 2024), we are certainly in for four days of world class golf on one of the most renowned golf courses on the planet.
Maucher Jenkins
The Unified Patent Court (UPC) opened for business in June 2023 and we are in a transition period lasting until 2030, when national courts and the UPC can have jurisdiction over European patents granted...
Maucher Jenkins
An escape room sounds like an unusual subject for a patent application, and a method to operate one doubly so. A patent practitioner hears the peal of multiple alarm bells:
Keltie LLP
On 23 March 2023, the European Patent Office (EPO) Enlarged Board of Appeal (EBA) published its decision in case G 2/21, concerning plausibility in patent applications.
Marks & Clerk
Amazon's annual Brand Protection Report was released this week, detailing the work done in 2023 to tackle infringement on its platforms.
Maucher Jenkins
The UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) will be launching a new, tiered financial support pilot scheme for small to medium enterprises (SMEs).
HLK
The Patents Court has provided useful clarity regarding the different roles of technical experts and scientific advisers in English patent actions.
European Union
ParrisWhittaker
The Covid pandemic led to a flood of cases raising some kind of force majeure defence as businesses grappled with the ever-changing commercial landscape.
HGF Ltd
The EPO recently published its 2023 Patent Index and there is, as seen in 2022, further increased patenting activity in key technologies relevant to the healthcare sector.
Novagraaf Group
In a recent trademark decision in the UK, the Supreme Court considered what constitutes targeting in relation to cross-border e-commerce and infringing use of UK and EU...
Potter Clarkson
The 2024 SME Fund offered by the European Intellectual Property office (EUIPO) is now live. The scheme aims to help EU-based small and medium-sized...
Jones Day
Section 6 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018, as amended by the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023, provides that neither the UK Court of Appeal nor Supreme Court...
Rouse
欧洲专利局正在加快对面临侵权之诉和/或撤销之诉案件的异议程序，以减轻欧洲统一专利法院（UPC）、国内法院和欧洲专利局审理案件的负担...
Maucher Jenkins
Preliminary Ruling by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) of Jan. 11, 2024 (ECJ, Case C-473/22)
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Marks & Clerk
What do Tequila, Scotch Whisky, Champagne and Cognac all have in common? Aside from being tipples that some might like to enjoy from time to time, they are all protected as geographical designations.
Rouse
For more than a decade, our CHORUS software platform has been consolidating enforcement data to help brand-protection teams illuminate blind spots in their anti-counterfeiting strategies.
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