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UKIPO issues new Civil Procedure Rules guidance
The UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) has today issued new guidance reminding legal professionals of their obligation under the Civil Procedure Rules (CPR) to notify the UKIPO of new court cases started in the UK courts, which involve registered intellectual...
HGF launches forward-thinking and inclusive parental leave policy
This policy positions HGF as the first Intellectual Property firm in the UK to provide all eligible colleagues, irrespective of gender, with access to the best parental leave and pay offering including up to 52 weeks of leave with 26 weeks at full pay. Launching...
Calcutta High Court sets aside template order in patent (post-grant) opposition proceedings
Terex India Private Limited (Terex) filed an appeal against the order passed by the Deputy Controller of Patent and Designs on March 2, 2023 (under Section 117A of The Patents Act, 1970), challenging the refusal of the post-grant opposition filed by Terex for the...
UPC grants access to evidence but concerns remain over how transparent the new European Court system is going to be
Comments on the Unified Patent Court’s (UPC) decision to grant Mathys & Squire's access to evidence in a Unified Patent Court case between Astellas and Healios Background Mathys & Squire, the intellectual property law firm, had brought a test case to try and...
The obviousness-type double patenting saga continues!
It is very common for patentees to have multiple granted patents within the same patent family, and due to patent term adjustment (PTA), one or more of those patents could expire well beyond the expiration date of other patents in the family. However, what if an...
The TRIPS waiver versus patents as Open Innovation enablers
On 17 June 2022, World Trade Organization members agreed on a patent waiver for developing countries (the Eligible Members)[1]. The patent waiver allows Eligible Members to waive patent rights without the patent-holder’s consent. It applies to patents needed for the...
AI inventions and patent law
A worldwide agreement on protection of inventions made by Artificial Intelligence is essential to address the threats posed by AI to the patent system, argue two academics at the University of New South Wales in Australia in a recent article[1] published in Nature....
All change (but not just yet) when it comes to AI and IP
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has the potential to transform many aspects of life and the UK government has recognized that it is important to review IP laws to ensure that they evolve and promote innovation in this fast-paced area of technology. That was the...
Mewburn Ellis advises creators of Goodwood 2022 record breaker
IP firm advises the company behind the Spéirling electric hypercar which has just beaten the Goodwood Hillclimb record European IP firm Mewburn Ellis has advised British company McMurtry Automotive (“McMurtry”) on the patents behind the record-breaking Spéirling...
Russia’s unfriendly measures towards IP assets – Oleksandr Mamunya reports
No doubt that before commencing the full-scale war against Ukraine Russian leadership had considered tons of possible scenarios for the war development. Inter alia, they could reasonably expect numerous economic sanctions, restrictions, and heavy isolation from the...
Nokia and Innventure collaborate to commercialize Nokia Bell Labs’ high-performance cooling technology
Innventure has established a new company, Accelsius, to commercialize Nokia’s groundbreaking cooling technology for critical electronic equipment. The technology offers high-performance, energy efficient cooling. Accelsius has acquired the rights to the technology...
CWB client Calvin Cheng secures Dubai’s first NFT investment licence
Cedar White Bradley is pleased to congratulate Calvin Cheng on establishing the first fully-regulated NFT investment holding company in Dubai. Supported by CWB Partner, Cameron Crawford, Calvin Cheng Web3 Holdings will invest in projects that integrate blockchain tech...
Lex Machina Releases 2022 Patent Litigation Report
Lex Machina, a LexisNexis company, has released its annual Patent Litigation Report. The report examines patent litigation trends in federal district and appellate courts, as well as the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). It focuses on the three-year period from...
92% of lawyers have experienced stress or burnout because of their job, with more than a 25% experiencing it daily
New survey reveals how burnout is impacting day-to-day work in law firms and legal departments. Highlighting the real causes of Law's Great Resignation. Legatics, developers of the leading legal transaction management platform, today announced the findings of a new...
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