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T1621/16 – GJE Cleans Up at the EPO Board of Appeal

Gill Jennings & Every LLP has an extensive EPO opposition practice and has long played a leading role in the development of EPO case law.  The EPO Board of Appeal has recently issued a rare ‘B�...

Partnership News

We are pleased to announce Graham Spenceley has joined the Partnership. Graham re-joined Gill Jennings & Every in 2018, having originally trained at the firm between 2006 and 2011.  ...

Bittersweet News for Employee Compensation in the Pharmaceutical Sector

The UK Supreme Court’s decision in Shanks v Unilever has provided some guidance on the circumstances that may lead to an inventor being entitled to a financial reward from their employer under ...

GJE Client OncoImmunity AS acquired by NEC Corporation

OncoImmunity AS has been acquired by renowned Japanese IT and network company, NEC Corporate.  OncoImmunity AS develops software that identifies neoantigen targets for truly personalized cancer vacci...

Partnership News

We are pleased to announce Matthew Hoyles, Edward Carstairs and John Fisher have joined the partnership. Matthew and Edward have been promoted to partners of the IT & Engineering an...

How to complain about a company name – an update for brand owners

Estee Lauder (UK) International Limited, Virgin International Limited and ASOS Clothing Ltd may all appear to be examples of recognisable companies. They are, in fact, UK companies that have been the ...

European Union design reform to apply from April 2025

Reform of European Union (EU) design law will apply from 8 April 2025 with national law changes needing implementing in the following years.  As we reported previously, this puts in place various upd...

Teva fined €462.6m for misuse of EPO patent system – time to rethink your divisional patent strategy?

In a rare but highly important decision involving European patents, the European Commission has recently found the pharmaceutical company Teva guilty of abusing a dominant position in relation to its ...

Adapt or Die! The demise of the evolving description?

In the recently issued decision T 56/21 of the Technical Board of Appeal 3.3.04 of the EPO, it has unexpectedly decided not to refer to the Enlarged Board of Appeal questions about the long-standing E...

European Union design reforms adopted

Registered designs in the European Union, currently known as “Community designs”, are being reformed. The final reform package has been under discussion for some time and was approved on 10 Octobe...