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

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

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

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

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

In late December 2024 the UK IPO launched a three-month consultation on AI and copyright – closing on 25th February…

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

As a result of ongoing discussions with the Chartered Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys (CITMA) on the subject of Address…

Net-zero targets; emission goals; minimising carbon footprint: these buzzwords are part and parcel of modern society’s narrative. Everyone is talking…

In a declaration dated March 2024, the government of Jersey has stated that EUTMs no longer cover Jersey, and that…

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

The coronavirus pandemic, Brexit, or a dip in global business confidence seems to be having little impact on Barker Brettell’s…