Patents To Come Of Age For Nuclear Fission? - Intellectual Property - UK

Interesting to see that plans are advancing to build small nuclear reactor power plants in the UK.

How Well Do You Know Gucci's Gs? - Intellectual Property - UK

Distinctiveness of well-known brands: It can sometimes seem contradictory that brands with an enhanced distinctive character are afforded broader protection.

HMRC Statistics Show An Increasing Use Of UK's Patent Box, But Many Companies Are Missing Out - Intellectual Property - UK

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has recently published annual statistics relating to the UK's Patent Box tax relief scheme. The update covers the tax year from 2018 to 2019 and indicates that 1,405 companies

UPC Puff Piece in the Scottish Media is Just an Advertisement by Marks & Clerk

Advertising in the form of an 'article' (complete with self-serving bias and falsehoods) in The Scotsman today, courtesy of Team UPC

European Patent Lawyers Who Conveniently Promote Software Patents in Spite of the Rules and the EPC

A look at the actors in Europe who are pushing for more patents in more domains (patent maximalism or overpatenting) because it serves their bottom line at the expense of everybody else

Marks & Clerk Reveals That António Campinos, With Zero Experience in Software, is Lobbying Judges (Who Are Supposed to be Independent But Are Actually Controlled by Him) to Open the Floodgates to Illegal Software Patents

There seems to be no improvement when it comes to the autonomy of judges at the EPO; the ‘king’ of EPOnia does everything by decree, but it’s more or less disguised as an extensive legal process (see G 2/19)

Marks & Clerk is Still Pushing Patent Maximalism Agenda in Europe and Britain, Including UPC/UPCA/Unitary Patent (UP)

Lies about patents, about the EPO, about Britain and about the UPC are still being disseminated by British firms and publishers that stand to gain from an epidemic of patent lawsuits (because they profit from the very problem they help create and...

M&C Reacts: UK Intellectual Property Office Launches New IP Grant Funding Scheme - Intellectual Property - UK

We are delighted to share the news with clients and contacts that the UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) has launched its IP Access scheme providing SMEs with up to £5,000 (including VAT) to...

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A Needed Boost For Innovation In The UK? - Intellectual Property - UK

Yesterday (20th July 2021), the UK government opened up its new £375 million scheme designed to drive investment in innovative UK firms.

Neurim v Mylan: Take Two

Last we heard about the Neurim v Mylan battle, Mylan had the upper-hand. But the recent grant of a divisional patent to Neurim has, perhaps, turned the tables on Mylan.