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UK comparable trade marks: grace period ends soon
UK comparable trade marks: grace period ends soon
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Oct 13, 2025
3 min

UK comparable trade marks: grace period ends soon

As 2025 draws to a close, brand owners face an important deadline that could affect their UK trade mark rights. From 1 January 2026, it is no longer possible to rely on evidence of use in the EU to maintain the validity of UK comparable trade marks (often called “Brexit clones”). This marks the end of the grace period for use, originally set out in the UK/EU Withdrawal Agreement.

Chambers and Partners 2026
Chambers and Partners 2026
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Nov 1, 2025
3 min

Chambers and Partners 2026

We’re proud to announce that Potter Clarkson has once again been recognised in the Chambers UK Guide 2026.‍‍

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September 1, 2023
10 min

Proposed changes to pharmaceutical regulatory exclusivities in Europe

In April this year, the European Commission submitted its proposals for revisions to the EU’s pharmaceutical legislation governing the authorisation of medicinal products.

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Article
September 1, 2023
3 min

What are the IP ownership options?

When it comes to intellectual property (IP) ownership, a business has several options. Choosing the best option will depend on the nature of the IP, your commercial objectives and the associated legal obligations. However - generally speaking - the IP ownership options open to you will include:

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August 29, 2023
10 min

Can we fix it? Copyright fixation in Wright v BTC Core

Court of Appeal overturned the High Court's finding that the claimants had no real prospect of establishing copyright in the Bitcoin File Format because it had not been “recorded, in writing or otherwise”. This is one of the rare cases about the requirement of copyright fixation, which demonstrates how the English courts apply the existing, 35-year-old, copyright law to new technologies.

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August 22, 2023
9 min

X (trade) marks the spot

You will have done well to miss the news that Twitter has shed its old skin and emerged from the social media cocoon with a new identity as "X".

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Article
August 22, 2023
14 min

Commercial innovation in connecting BESS to the grid

Innovation in the world of battery tech typically involves the materials and structures that form the cells. New and efficient ways to manufacture cells and, more recently, equipment and methods for recycling are areas where patent filings are common.

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Article
August 21, 2023
9 min

Patent claim considerations for photovoltaic inventions

We look at the various forms of patent claim available for PV inventions and provide tips for seeking patent protection.

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Article
August 17, 2023
5 min

The SCI launches its manifesto for an Industrial Science & Innovation Strategy

The Society of Chemical Industries (SCI) has just launched its manifesto for an Industrial Science & Innovation Strategy.

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White Paper
August 17, 2023

IP primer for scientist-founders

Confession time! When I first started this job I had very little knowledge about intellectual property (IP) and patents. Despite spending 15 years of my life in academia, pursuing degrees, a PhD, and postdoctoral research in the field of 'proper' science, IP was never on my radar. Commercialisation was never a topic for discussion. Shockingly, IP was never given significance.

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Article
August 11, 2023
6 min

AI-generated music and copyright conundrums

Google and Universal Music are, according to the Financial Times, in negotiations which may lead to the development of a platform whose users can create AI-generated music under licence, allowing them to utilise the voices and (for want of a better term) "style" of Universal artists.

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August 7, 2023
8 min

UKIPO publishes summary of responses to SEPs questionnaire for SMEs

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August 7, 2023
10 min

UKIPO publishes outcome of call for views on SEPs and innovation

The UK Intellectual Property Office, UKIPO, has published the outcome of a call for views on Standard Essential Patents, SEPs, and innovation, the purpose of which - as part of the UKIPO’s broader aim to support innovation - was to gather evidence on whether the ecosystem around SEPs is functioning efficiently and effectively and strikes the right balance for all entities involved.

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August 7, 2023
3 min

IP in software: What is the best way to protect software (part 2)?

Another alternative to patents is trade secrets.

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Article
July 31, 2023
2 min

IP in software: What is the best way to protect software (part 1)?

Sometimes copyright can offer a more effective way to protect software than patents. Copyright and patents are different forms of intellectual property and help protect creations in different ways.

Electronics & Computing
Software
Copyright
Patents
Article
July 31, 2023
2 min

IP in software: What is the best way to protect software (part 1)?

Sometimes copyright can offer a more effective way to protect software than patents. Copyright and patents are different forms of intellectual property and help protect creations in different ways.

Software
Electronics & Computing
Copyright
Patents
Article
July 28, 2023
12 min

Frequently asked questions about the end of the Ten-Day Rule

On 14 October 2022, the European Patent Office (EPO) announced the upcoming end of the so-called “Ten-Day Rule” for calculating deadlines triggered by EPO notifications such as office actions.

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July 28, 2023
8 min

Navigating SPCs: the Windsor Framework

The House of Lords Sub-Committee on the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland released its report on the Windsor Framework on 25 July 2023. In case you missed it, we summarise below how the Framework will affect the valuable intellectual property rights known as Supplementary Protection Certificates (SPCs) in the UK.

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