We’re proud to share that Potter Clarkson has once again been ranked among the world’s leading patent firms in the IAM Patent 1000: The World’s Leading Patent Professionals 2025.
On 1 January 2025, a new and modernised Swedish Patent Act entered into force, replacing the Patent Act from 1967.
Formula 1 is on the cusp of a significant transformation, with the sport considering drastic changes for its next set of engine regulations. Ethan Silverstone, patent attorney and former F1 engineer, considers the strategic IP decisions going on behind the scenes.
The Court of Appeal (CoA) confirms the UPC’s jurisdiction over infringements committed before 1 June 2023 and during an opt-out period where the European patent is subsequently opted back into the jurisdiction of the UPC.
Potter Clarkson is proud to support the launch of the £14 million Carbon-Loop Sustainable Biomanufacturing Hub (C-Loop), a major new UK initiative designed to transform industrial waste into valuable, sustainable products using engineered biology.
The interpretation of claims for patentability purposes was adjudged by the EPO’s Enlarged Board of Appeal (EBA) to be inconsistent/ambiguous, in a case which highlights how claim interpretation must be performed in view of the patent’s description and drawings.
Formula 1 is on the cusp of a significant transformation, with the sport considering drastic changes for its next set of engine regulations. Ethan Silverstone, patent attorney and former F1 engineer, considers the strategic IP decisions going on behind the scenes.
In the first substantive decision of the UPC concerning luxury fashion, the Hamburg Local Division has found Gucci not liable for infringement of patent EP 3 388 490, relating to a method for embellishing natural leather with decorative images.
On 1 January 2025, a new and modernised Swedish Patent Act entered into force, replacing the Patent Act from 1967.
Continuing our new series of articles, we discuss key takeaways from another recent decision by the Boards of Appeal at the European Patent Office, as these provide learning points for those seeking patent protection for software inventions in Europe.
The UPC Paris Local Division has ruled that it has jurisdiction to determine infringement of designations of a European patent which are not UP territories and non-EU states by defendants which are not domiciled in the EU or a UPC contracting member state.
As part of a new series of articles, we discuss key takeaways from recent decisions by the Boards of Appeal at the European Patent Office, as these provide learning points for those seeking patent protection for software inventions in Europe.
As individuals, we are all well used to recycling plastics, paper, and glass, but industry needs to become just as active with the way they recycle the materials they use and the waste they produce. For the construction industry, this hinges on finding the best ways to recycle concrete.
Can battery recycling innovation satisfy the growing demand for more sustainable battery production in Europe?
In a decision which has sent shockwaves across the European patent community, the CJEU has this week expanded upon the cross-border long-arm jurisdiction of the Courts of EU Member States.