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Assessment of “plausibility” requirement from the EPO perspective Introduction This article considers how the EPO views the requirement of “plausibility”, which can arise during both the assessment of “sufficient disclosure” of the invention and “inventive step” in proceedings before the EPO, particularly in relation to inventions in the Pharmaceuticals and Life Sciences field. The EPO… Read more »

Transliterations When filing your trade marks overseas, it is prudent to consider whether it is necessary to file translations and/or transliterations into the local language/script. A trade mark registration in one language will not automatically give you the right to prevent third parties from adopting a translation or a transliteration of your mark. As Trade… Read more »

Anti-counterfeiting 2018 – A Global Guide Trade Mark Associate Louise Foster and Litigation Associate Dr. Varuni Paranavitane recently wrote the UK section of the ‘Anti-Counterfeiting 2018 – A Global Guide’. You can read the UK section below, or find the full guide and other articles published by the World Trade Mark Review here: www.WorldTrademarkReview.com.   … Read more »

Is it true that if you don’t use it you lose it?   In nearly all territories, trade mark proprietors will come across issues of trade mark use at some point in the life of a trade mark. In countries such as the USA, use of a trade mark is a central theme in the… Read more »

Speaking at the in-cosmetics Korea exhibition, Seoul We are excited to announce that Consulting Patent Attorney and Cosmetics & Personal Care industry team member Julie Barrett-Major will be speaking at the in-cosmetics Korea exhibition on 13 June 2018. Julie’s long career history in this field lends itself to her topic of choice: “Patents – an excellent way of finding out… Read more »

Swiss Biotech Day 2018, Basel, Switzerland Patent Attorneys Dr Craig Turner  and Julie Barrett- Major represented the firm at the Swiss Biotech Day 2018, in Basel, Switzerland, on 3 May 2018. According to European Biotechnology Magazine, “with more than 600 senior executives from the Swiss life science industry and from across Europe the annually held was as popular as… Read more »

The Carbon Car Carbon materials are prized for their strength, low density and chemical resilience. The diverse utility of carbon materials has seen them employed in the field of vehicles since the early days of large scale commercial automobile manufacture in the early 1900s. Despite over 100 years of use, few present day drivers are… Read more »

CRISPR: the gene editing tool and related patents CRISPR (clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats) gene-editing technology is considered as one of the biggest innovations of the century in the biotechnology field and has gained a lot of attention worldwide, especially in the US and Europe in the area of Intellectual Property Rights. Research has… Read more »

Careers in Ideas launch event Associate Patent Attorney Chris Burnett reflects on the launch of Careers In Ideas, and the work ahead to raise awareness of IP with students. “On 10 April 2018, a crowd of over 100 IP professionals, careers experts and students gathered at the Royal Society of Medicine for the launch of… Read more »

Relaxing the Tension Between Publishing and Patenting: Practical Hints and Tips – Part two In the first part of our article on this topic, we outlined some patent-related ramifications of publishing your research and development prior to filing a patent application. This second part provides you with some practical hints and tips for drafting your paper, helping you to… Read more »