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Revocation

One of the advantages of registering designs in the UK and Europe is that they are not substantively examined.  This means it’s relatively inexpensive and quick to obtain a registration.  Howe...

Revocation

At GJE, we have experience in challenging and defending the validity of UK patents and patent revocation proceedings at the highest level. Our team of experts has acted for our clients in the Chancery...

The (Little-Known) Route to Patent Revocation

All too frequently, a business discovers a competitor’s patent lurking in the wings, standing in the way of a new project or commercial product.  However a very small percentage of those businesses...

Changes to Marketing Authorisations and SPCs in the UK

The UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) provided guidance on 31 October in relation to significant updates to marketing authorisations for medicines in the UK that will take effect on 1 January 20...

Patent Law & Practice at a Glance – October 2024

UK UPDATE Notifying the UKIPO of a court action There is an obligation to serve documents on the comptroller or registrar in certain cases involving registered IP rights. The rule applies to cases inv...

UPC Central Division Munich Section adopts an EPO-like approach in its First Judgment

On 16 July 2024, the Munich Central Division (CD) of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) issued its first substantive decision in a revocation action in UPC 1/2023, marking a significant milestone in the n...

UPC/UP-DATE

The Unified Patent Court (UPC) has been fully operational for a year, and the Unitary Patent (UP), registerable at grant of a European patent, has been available for a year. To mark the occasion, we h...

What is a computer? What is a technical contribution? Insights from the Emotional Perception AI v UKIPO appeal

As we have reported previously, the High Court’s remarkable decision to overturn a decision of the UKIPO regarding machine learning was handed down late last year. The High Court found that a traine...

When All That Glitters (in an EPO Notice of Allowance) Is Not Gold

A notice of allowance (the so-called “R.71(3) communication”) issued by the EPO on a European patent application is accompanied by a copy of the “allowed text”, i.e. the text of the specificat...

GJE’s Alasdair MacQuarrie and Edward Carstairs have both been listed as ‘Highly Recommended’ individuals in the WIPR UK Trade Mark Rankings 2024.

We are delighted to be recognised in the WIPR UK Trade Marks Rankings 2024 with Partners Alasdair MacQuarrie and Edward Carstairs both listed as ‘Highly Recommended’ individuals. The WIPR ...