Background The UK IPO’s approach in handling communications arising out of third-party actions filed against UK trade mark and design…

The current go-live date for the Unitary Patent (UP) and the Unified Patent Court (UPC) is 1 June 2023. For…

According to a Harvard Business Review article, “Deal making is glamorous; due diligence is not”. Do you think this is…

It’s been a revolutionary decade for the automotive industry: the period where the transition from manufacturing internal combustion engines (ICEs)…

Intellectual Property (IP) firm Barker Brettell has announced that Marcos Kauffman has been appointed IP Valuations Consultant to its IP…

For a number of years now, owners of different types of IP rights have been receiving unsolicited mail and invoices…

The internal combustion engine, or ICE, was undoubtedly one of the greatest innovations of the twentieth century. It made long-distance…

Many European patent applications are prosecuted through to grant where through determined and persuasive argument, luck, or an Examiner oversight,…

The number of UK smartphones users reached 55.5 million in 2021. This means that nearly 83% of the population have…

Innovation in materials science often creates high levels of interest from the scientific community as well as the commercial world….

The European Patent Office’s latest patent index shows that patent applications filed at the EPO hit a record number in…

Net Zero has long been seen as an important goal in mitigating the effects of climate change.  Recently, the COP26…