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To amend or not to amend? That was the question.
Further to our previous article, the Enlarged Board of Appeal (EBA) of the European Patent Office (EPO) has just issued…
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Three years of the Unitary Patent and Unified Patent Court; what do the statistics tell us?
Adoption of the UP (Unitary Patent) and UPC (Unified Patent Court) was initially cautious after their introduction in 2023, with…
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Barker Brettell relocates Southampton office as Jenny Atkinson takes over as head of the team
Intellectual property (IP) firm Barker Brettell has relocated its Southampton office to Ocean Village Innovation Centre (OVIC), reinforcing the firm’s…
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Abbott’s latest UPC victories demonstrate how patent enforcement continues to shape the CGM market
Over the first half of this year, Abbott Diabetes Care (Abbott) secured two wins at the Unified Patent Court (UPC)…
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Preliminary opinion on description amendments issued by the Enlarged Board of Appeal in G 1/25
The Enlarged Board of Appeal (EBA) of the European Patent Office (EPO) has now issued its preliminary opinion in G…
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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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A career in intellectual property: from metallurgy to patents
Nicholas Braddon didn’t set out to become a patent attorney. It was during university, studying Natural Sciences and specialising in…
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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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Intellectual Property – the invisible asset that can make or break an SME
In this five-part series, we’ve explored the world of intellectual property (IP) through the business advisor’s eyes: what it is;…
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Identification of IP and signposting
Trade marks, copyright, designs, and patents – which do your clients really need? For many SME owners, intellectual property (IP)…
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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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