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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.‍‍

Article
February 4, 2025
8 min

How will innovation support the growth of circular construction?

Circular construction is the practice of reusing and reappropriating buildings and building materials to ensure they are reused, adapted and rebuilt for as long as possible. Doing this reduces waste, overreliance on certain resources and emissions.

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decarbonising ports
Article
February 4, 2025
6 min

How could hardware help with decarbonising ports?

The decarbonisation of the shipping industry demands ports to find more sustainable ways to operate as much as the decarbonisation of vessels. In this article we look at how hardware innovation could help decarbonise ports.

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January 31, 2025
10 min

Changes to the UKIPO's approach to AI-based inventions

Patenting AI-based inventions can be challenging in many jurisdictions. In recent years the UK Intellectual Property Office (IPO) has gained a reputation for being less friendly to AI-based inventions.

Artificial Intelligence
Software
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Patents
Food labelling
Article
January 29, 2025
4 min

The growth of plant-based foods: lessons from the FDA’s draft guidance and opportunities for the EU

The plant-based food market is growing rapidly, with consumers increasingly and actively seeking sustainable, ethical, and health-conscious alternatives. However, as this industry expands, so does the challenge of ensuring transparent and accurate labelling. As a follow up on our previous article, we’d like to look at some interesting recent developments.

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January 27, 2025

How serious is the threat of counterfeit tobacco and vape products?

The tobacco industry is facing a potentially critical threat from counterfeiting. Fake cigarettes, vapes, nicotine pouches and other types of tobacco-based products pose significant health risks for buyers and reputational damage for manufacturers.

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Case Update
January 21, 2025
10 min

High Court upholds UKIPO decision: Halozyme's SPC appeal dismissed

On 16 December 2024, the High Court handed down its judgment in the case of Halozyme, Inc. v The Comptroller-General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks. The Court dismissed Halozyme's appeal, upholding the decision of the UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) to refuse two Supplementary Protection Certificate (SPC) applications related to human recombinant hyaluronidase (rHuPH20) in combination with the therapeutic antibodies trastuzumab (Herceptin®) or rituximab (MabThera®), respectively.

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Article
January 15, 2025
4 min

The EUIPO SME fund: A guide for SMEs

The Ideas Powered for Business SME Fund is a grant scheme designed to assist EU-based small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in protecting their intellectual property (IP) rights.

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January 14, 2025
6 min

A decisive moment for engineering biology: UK must act now to realise benefits

“Don’t fail to scale: seizing the opportunity of engineering biology”: The 1st report of 2024-2025 session of the Science and Technology Committee of the House of Lords published today, on the topic of the opportunities presented by the Engineering Biology field, and the risks to the UK of not engaging fully with appropriate investment and supporting strategy.

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Case Update
January 10, 2025
9 min

GlobalFoundries and IBM settle their legal battle over trade secrets and breach of contract

Last Thursday GlobalFoundries and IBM announced they have reached a settlement in their long-running legal battle.

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Trade Secrets
Litigation
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Article
January 3, 2025
5 min

Enhancing cosmetic formulations: Do cosmeceuticals really work?

In recent years, the convergence of beauty and pharmaceuticals has given rise to a new category of skincare products: cosmeceuticals. Cosmeceuticals blend cosmetic and pharmaceutical benefits and are designed to address skin complaints such as acne, dermatitis, and signs of aging.

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Article
January 2, 2025
13 min

The future of aquaculture and IP

Aquaculture, also known as fish farming or aquafarming, is the rearing of aquatic species in a closed or controlled environment specifically for human consumption.

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Case Update
December 20, 2024
14 min

CJEU clarifies SPC eligibility for combination products

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has issued its long-awaited judgement on the interpretation of Articles 3(a) and (c) of the SPC Regulation in the joined cases C-119/22 and C-149/22.

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Article
December 19, 2024
4 min

Keeping an eye on a potential appeal when summoned to ex-parte oral proceedings

Following our previous top tips for success at examining division oral proceedings, we consider actions to take when responding to the summons and attending the oral proceedings that maximise your prospects for a successful appeal should your endeavours with the examining division ultimately prove unsuccessful.

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EPO Oppositions
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Article
December 17, 2024
10 min

First draft of the General-Purpose AI Code of Practice has been released

The European AI Office is currently facilitating the drawing-up of the General-Purpose AI Code of Practice (the “Code”). The European Commission published the first draft of the Code on 14 November 2024. Further drafts are to be prepared, with the final version of the Code forecast to be released by 2 May 2025, in accordance with Article 56 (Codes of Practice) of the EU AI Act.

Artificial Intelligence
Software
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Article
December 16, 2024
7 min

The rise and rise of functional chocolate

The term ‘functional chocolate’ could well be new to you, but as we continue to look for healthier alternatives to the treats we all love, it is a term that you are likely to become more familiar with in the very near future. It looks as though functional chocolate will share a very similar rise in popularity to ‘alt chocolate’.

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communication technology
Case Update
December 13, 2024
6 min

UPC’s first FRAND decision: Claimant friendly again?

The Mannheim local division of the Unified Patent Court (“UPC”) handed down a decision at the end of November 2024 on the issue of infringement of a Standard Essential Patent EP 2 568 724 B1 (“SEP”), held by Panasonic Holdings Corporation (“Panasonic”).

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