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China sets new record for European filings over the past year

Posted on May 14, 2025

The European Patent Office (EPO) has recently issued the 2024 edition of its annual Patent Index which provides a detailed overview…

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EPO Patent Index 2024: Computing & Software takes the lead 

Posted on May 7, 2025

Now that we are into 2025 the European Patent Office (EPO) has recently issued the 2024 edition of its annual Patent…

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Is interface loyalty the new brand loyalty?

Posted on April 30, 2025

Lessons to be learned from ChatGPT What is interface loyalty? Many of us are familiar with the concept of brand…

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How innovation will inject oxygen into the consumer tech market

Posted on April 23, 2025

If customers are holding onto their tech for longer, how are tech companies planning to make money in the future?…

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Senior partner John Lawrence celebrates 40 years at Barker Brettell

Posted on April 16, 2025

Anne Bate, patent paralegal & technical workflow specialist, joins John to mark their 30-year working partnership along with managing partner…

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COVIDIOT: Balancing freedom of expression and morality in trade mark law

Posted on April 9, 2025

This article was originally commissioned and published in ECTA Bulletin, March 2025 It is hard to believe that it has…

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European patent protection process made easy for U.S. clients

Posted on April 3, 2025

Barker Brettell provides cost-conscious, in-house patent specialists with European expertise Barker Brettell, the UK head-quartered intellectual property (IP) firm, is…

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Supreme Court sides with High Court not Court of Appeal on Sky v SkyKick trade mark case

Posted on March 5, 2025

Intention to use it or lose it? Trainee trade mark attorney Joe Gargano explains that while Sky and SkyKick settled…

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EU announces Design Rights reform from 1 May 2025

Posted on February 27, 2025

Applications for registered EU designs can be filed at the EUIPO and offer a convenient, cost-effective way of obtaining design…

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Claim interpretation at the EPO – G1/24 Enlarged Board of Appeal referral – preliminary opinion from the Enlarged Board

Posted on February 20, 2025

The Enlarged Board of Appeal has issued its preliminary opinion ahead of the upcoming oral proceedings on the G1/24 referral…

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The UPC’s first ruling on equivalence in patent infringement

Posted on February 13, 2025

The Unified Patent Court (UPC) has issued its first decision on patent infringement by equivalence in Plant-e Knowledge B.V. &…

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UPC found to have jurisdiction to consider infringement in relation to a UK patent

Posted on February 5, 2025

The Unified Patent Court, a centralised court having jurisdiction over infringement and validity of European patents in countries which have…

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