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 …

Dr Rosalie Shepherd

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 …

Kate Selwyn

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 …

Dr Mark Connell

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 …