Earlier this month, the UK Supreme Court dismissed Oatly’s appeal concerning its trade mark ‘POST MILK GENERATION’, confirming the mark…
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The End of an Era-otel
The Supreme Court has handed down their judgment on Emotional Perception AI Limited v Comptroller General of Patents, Designs and…
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UPC Court of Appeal adopts a ‘holistic’ approach to assessing inventive step in Amgen v Sanofi
In a significant judgment handed down in respect of Amgen’s European Patent EP3666797, which is a member of a patent…
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Stable Diffusion, unstable claims – AI copyright claims thrown out in the High Court
The High Court has now passed down its decision in Getty Images v Stability AI, a decision that will shape…
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Biological sequencing: how inaccurate sequences can lead to a sequence of unfortunate events
Sequences are standardised representations of biological sequences, typically nucleotide (DNA/RNA) or amino acid (protein) sequences, that are included in patent…
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No appeals without a party: EPO decides interveners cannot continue appeals alone
On 25 September 2025, the EPO’s Enlarged Board of Appeal (‘EBoA’) issued its decision in case G 2/24, the third…
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AI tools may not always be correct or confidential, so don’t use it for legal advice on your IP
In the context of intellectual property (IP), a hidden and potentially costly issue with using AI tools is confidentiality. This…
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Referral to the EPO Enlarged Board on description amendments
Over the past few years, the issue of whether the description of a European patent or application should be amended…
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G 1/23 – See no evil: can the skilled person turn a blind eye to prior art they have in their hand?
The EPO’s Enlarged Board of Appeal (EBA) have issued their decision on G 1/23, providing further clarity to attorneys, patentees and…
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BREAKING: SkyKick v Sky – UK Intellectual Property Office (IPO) practice update
Following the SkyKick v. Sky decision – which we covered in an earlier article – the key takeaway was that…
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Decision on G1/24 – The description and drawings should always be referred to when interpreting claims
The EPO’s Enlarged Board of Appeal (EBA) has now issued their decision on G1/24 the referral relating to claim interpretation…
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Adidas thought three was a magic number; they were in ‘four’ a shock
This article was originally commissioned and published in CITMA’s online blog, May 2025 Thom Browne and Adidas: two global names…
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