IP News

February 13, 2017

G1/15 – the death knell for poisonous divisionals

Executive summary:

The threat of poisonous divisional attacks at the European Patent Office has been creating uncertainty for some years.  …

January 27, 2017 Dr Matt Barton

Unitary Patent and Unified Patent Court

The unitary patent package includes a unitary EU patent and a new unified patent court for litigation

The unitary patent …

January 25, 2017 Charlotte Teall

Invalid claim to priority brings down Broad Institute’s original CRISPR patent at the EPO

Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats (CRISPR) is a natural defence system used in bacteria which has been modified for …

January 18, 2017 James Cornford

The impact of BREXIT on Intellectual Property

On 23 June 2016, the UK voted to leave the EU.  As you can imagine, the terms of the UK’s …

January 18, 2017

UK Patent Box

UK Patent Box

Beyond securing the monopoly right to use an invention, how else can a patent be a useful …

November 1, 2016 Charlotte Sunderland

EPO changes requirements for patent assignments

From 1 November 2016, the European Patent Office (EPO) will no longer accept patent assignment documents which are signed …

June 27, 2016 James Cornford

Brexit – European Community (EU) Designs and protection in the UK

As you have no doubt heard, on 23 June 2016 the UK voted to leave the EU. It will take …

June 27, 2016 Steven Wake

Brexit – EU Trade Marks and Protection in the UK

As you have no doubt heard, on 23 June 2016 the UK voted to leave the EU. It will take …

June 24, 2016

Brexit – “Business as usual” in Europe for Forresters clients – now and in the future

Despite the UK’s decision to leave the European Union (EU), it is business as usual for clients of Forresters.

We …