Year: 2021
Eight new trainees join Forresters
We are delighted to share that we recently recruited eight trainees as part of our commitment to developing talent and …
The EPO provides further guidance on plausibility – T184/16
Plausibility is frequently debated at the EPO in the context of both sufficiency and inventive step. Typically, the EPO considers …
Winners of the Make It Happen Challenge announced
We were delighted to be one of the sponsors of the Make It Happen Challenge (MIHC), which was a project …
Forresters hosts Black Country Business Festival events
We are taking part in the Black Country Business Festival where our attorneys will be offering complimentary consultations on patents, …
UK Intellectual Property Office (UK IPO) launches ‘IP Access’ fund to support SMEs
The government will pay up to £5,000 to SMEs to help them protect and commercialise their IP.
The IP Access …
Forresters supports the region’s tech industry with a new partnership
We are partnering with Birmingham Tech to support innovative businesses across the region.
We are working with the not-for-profit community …
G4/19 – EPO confirms their position on double patenting
Double patenting, as the name suggests, refers to obtaining two or more patents for the same subject-matter. Double patenting applies …
Forresters announced as patron of the Technology Supply Chain
We are very pleased to have become one of the latest patrons of the Technology Supply Chain.
We’re backing the …
Post-published data to support an inventive step: possible Enlarged Board of Appeal referral
A new referral is expected to the Enlarged Board of Appeal – the highest level of independent judicial authority at …
