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

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

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

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

The UK Intellectual Property Office (UK IPO) has recently announced the launch of its new ‘One IPO Search’ tool to…

Innovation in aircraft design In general, the design of production aircraft has not radically changed since the mid-twentieth century. For…

The beginning of the end? Practice at the European Patent Office (EPO) currently requires that, before an application is granted,…

Avionics have been instrumental in establishing modern aviation. Since the term – a portmanteau of “aviation electronics” – was coined…

The UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) has just released details of the updated funding programme directed to supporting SMEs during…

Registered Designs are an effective way to get some IP protection in place, particularly in cases where the bar for…

In many jurisdictions (most notably the U.S.), multiple dependency of claims is not allowed. It is therefore common to have…

The European Patent Office (EPO) does not give the description in a granted patent much weight when construing the claims….