We were instructed by two global pharmaceutical companies, H. Lundbeck A/S and Takeda Pharmaceuticals, to defend an opposition filed against their patent to an antidepressant medication vortioxetine (marketed as Brintellix).
Potter Clarkson’s awareness of strategic aspects of the food tech sector is paying dividends for a novel supply chain start-up in a specialised sub-sector of the food industry.
With a need to balance scientific invention with commercial objectives, the company needed IP advisers who could both gain the confidence of its scientists and engineers and help it meet its commercial objectives.
BG Research Ltd and sister company BioGene Ltd are innovative SMES in diagnostics technology, encompassing both biotechnology and biology along with electrical and mechanical aspects.
In a significant case for the Nordic fishing industry, we successfully defended a patent, which we had also prosecuted to grant, when it faced an Opposition from a global manufacturer of food processing equipment.
We were asked to manage the patent portfolio of a company which is involved in the preparation of minerals for use in the construction industry using routes which are carbon neutral.
Our client, UK distiller and beverage producer, Fishers Gin faced a potentially damaging opposition from rival gin brand KOVAL, on the basis that there was a visual similarity between the design of the bottle labels of both brands.
As part of a long-standing relationship with an Italian IP firm, we have advised one of Italy’s largest banking groups, on UK trade mark matters.
We helped online voiceover marketplace, Voices.com, to secure the European trade mark VOICEBANK, following objections by the EUIPO that it lacked distinctiveness.