Sanjay Kapur recognised as leading practitioner in WWL

19 September 2017

UPC Agreement ratified by Lithuania

31 August 2017

On Thursday 24 August, the secretariat of the EU Council in Brussels recorded Lithuania as becoming the 14th member...

TIFFANY VICTORY "A SHOT IN THE ARM FOR TRADE MARK OWNERS"

17 August 2017

Tiffany, the luxury jeweller, has been awarded significant damages following a long-running legal battle in the US...

Estonia ratifies the UPCA

08 August 2017

On August 1, 2017 Estonia became the 13th member state to ratify the Unified Patent Court (UPC) Agreement with the...

Charlotte Crowhurst features in the new China Business Handbook 2017/18

19 July 2017

The China Britain Business Council’s ‘China Business Handbook’ has been entirely re-written to ensure it provides up...

Unified Patent Court warning from EU

19 July 2017

The chief Brexit negotiator for the European Union, Michel Barnier, has implied that the arm of the Unified Patent...

EPO regulations amended to clarify the patentability of plants and animals

14 July 2017

The European Patent Office (EPO) has amended its regulations to dismiss plants and animals obtained by an essentially...

Precision medicine: getting patenting spot on

13 July 2017

Precision medicine has come a long way since the completion of the Human Genome Project in 2003, but how have IP...

IP STAR RECORD FOR FIRM

06 July 2017

Potter Clarkson is proud to announce that a record number of its attorneys have been recognised as MIP "IP Stars...

Unified Patent Court a step closer as the UK takes final legislative step

28 June 2017

The final legislative step required for the UK to be in a position to ratify to the UPC Agreement has been confirmed,...

Pregabalin: the battle continues

22 June 2017

Sheena Linehan discusses that with the cost of developing a new drug estimated at $2.5 billion, repurposing existing...

Germany Stalls on UPC Ratification to Address ‘Constitutional complaint’

15 June 2017

Germany has delayed its ratification of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) agreement, following an order from the German...

UK government encouraged to proceed with Unitary Patent plan

01 June 2017

The British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) and its EU counterpart Eurochambres have written a joint letter to the UK...

WORLD IP DAY: CELEBRATING LIFE-CHANGING INNOVATION

26 April 2017

World Intellectual Property Day (26th April) is an important reminder of the role IP protection plays in supporting...

Sir Peter Mansfield – A Lifetime of Innovation

24 April 2017

Nobel laureate Sir Peter Mansfield, who sadly died earlier this year, was undoubtedly one of the most important...

UK Election likely to delay Unified Patent Court

21 April 2017

The unexpected announcement by Prime Minister Theresea May for a snap general election on 8 June 2017 could mean the...

'Final’ version of draft UPC Rules of Procedure published

14 April 2017

10 April 2017 saw the Unified Patent Court (UPC) Preparatory Committee publish the latest version of the Rules of...

Ingenuity17 Competition - Presentation Ceremony

12 April 2017

Ingenuity17 is the University of Nottingham’s annual, tri-campus entrepreneurship competition.

Does Article 50 timing cast doubt over future of UPC?

06 April 2017

The UPC has been in the spotlight in recent weeks, with the UK Intellectual Property Office reiterating its...

Plants, patents and political challenges

05 April 2017

Jane Wainwright writes on the recent European developments surrounding the patentability of plants and animals...