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- Category: Latest Insights
- AAT Insights – Court of Appeal confirms requirement for human inventor in ‘DABUS’ case
- Exhausted? You’re not alone…! What next for parallel imports after Brexit?
- Post Brexit – the final countdown …
- The Nagoya Protocol and the UK – are you compliant?
- UK government faces challenges over future exhaustion of IP rights regime
- Using IP to effectively combat online celebrity endorsement scams
- Government R&D Tax Credits Consultation
- A titanic appeal sunk by an ice cube; miniscule use supports an EU registration and UK common law rights
- UK AFA – new procedure for recording IP rights with UK customs authorities
- April AI Report 2021 – Copyright
- April AI Report 2021 – Designs
- April AI Report 2021 – Trade marks
- G1/21 – EPO continues oral proceedings by videoconference in examination and opposition
- UK Government ‘call for views on AI & IP’ response – Patents
- G1/19 decision – Patenting Computer Simulation in Europe
- Appeals to the Appointed Person in the UK – the unappealing truth (part 3)
- An assignment in gross, or not? What happened to the goodwill?
- Lack of enablement in Amgen v Sanofi and Regeneron
- What’s cooking? Tefal gets red light for the ‘red spot’
- Patenting in the Pandemic
- UKIPO “Green Channel” – can the patent system encourage more innovation in green technologies?
- UK IPO unveils new scheme for protecting Geographical Indications in the UK
- AI and IP – A report on CIPA’s Computer Technology Committee recommendations on AI and IP
- Creating a Corona Vaccine – how IP rights may play a part in its protection
- First use of STEALTH mark prevails again
- Trade mark rights IN THE RED!
- UK Intellectual Property Office – new rules soon on address for service
- It’s the Most Wonderful Mark of the Year: legal protection and use of seasonal slogan marks
- Appeals to the Appointed Person in the UK – the unappealing truth
- Defender or Pretender?
- BioScience Today – Is your IP Strategy fit for purpose?
- How do you win the battle against online trade mark infringement?
- Access to Intellectual Property (IP) Rights in a Time of Emergency – Patent Pools and Beyond
- Artificial Intelligence: Patentability and Inventorship in Europe
- WTR Anti-counterfeiting: A Global Guide 2020
- Videoconferencing tips for EPO success
- The Court of Appeal in Mexichem confirms the utility of ‘Arrow’ declarations is highly fact specific
- Diversification of transport technology backed by UK Government funding
- WORLD IP DAY 2020: “INNOVATE FOR A GREEN FUTURE” – THREE GREEN TECH COMPANIES SPEAK TO AA THORNTON ABOUT THE ROLE IP HAS PLAYED IN MAKING THEIR BUSINESS A SUCCESS
- Returning to the Fold – the New Direction in Mobile Phone Designs
- THREE GREEN TECH COMPANIES SPEAK TO AA THORNTON ABOUT WHY THEY HAVE CHOSEN THE SUSTAINABLE PATH
- Innovation vs. Standardisation – Seeing the Light?
- Jet Suits – Making Your Commute A Breeze?
- Appeals to the Appointed Person in the UK – the unappealing truth
- Legal update – UK IPO COVID-19 response
- Playing detective with patent databases
- Artificial Intelligence – Our March 2020 report
- Bosch develops rapid test for COVID-19
- Red Bull takes infringement matter by the horns
- F1 teams join fight against COVID-19
- The benefits of Artificial Intelligence in the field of IP
- The challenges of Artificial Intelligence in the field of IP
- Artificial Intelligence and Trade Marks
- AA Thornton Go Electric with Ford
- BioScience Today article: Shanks v Unilever – An opening of the claim floodgates?
- Will Mercedes’ steering innovation send their drivers round the bend?
- Legal update – Sky v Skykick a closer analysis
- Kicking up a storm – a breakdown of Nike’s ground-breaking and controversial range of running shoes
- Patenting AI and computer simulation – an interview with Partner Mike Jennings
- EU Copyright Directive will not be implemented in UK
- WTR article summary – Tackling the stigma of disability in IP.
- Running an IP dispute – Podcast with LexisPSL
- First use of STEALTH mark prevails
- AAT Insights – Are some applicants gaming the system?
- ROCK CITY (Opposition), UK IPO, 1st July 2019
- Website blocking injunction Nintendo v Sky UK Ltd
- House Marks: the Big Boys on the Block – a European perspective
- A look back at 3DMedLive 2019
- News in brief from the pharma and medical devices sectors – Summer 2019 trade mark decisions from the UK and EU
- EUIPO cancels MasterCard registrations: there are some things even MasterCard can’t buy
- Brexit update – A summary of the UK’s arrangements for EU IP rights if Brexit takes effect on 31 October
- Registered designs and the grace period in the EU
- A storm in a snow globe
- CJEU clips Red Bull’s wings
- New Patent Rules in Canada
- Revision of the Rules of Procedure of the Boards of Appeal
- Let’s cut to the CHEESE – a banquet of IP updates
- IC what you did there…
- World Intellectual Property Day 2019 – Innovation in Sports
- AAT Insights – Electric car innovation in patents
- Jet suit patent granted…but what’s new?
- Patent protection of medical devices
- AA Thornton attends the Wearable Technology Show 2019
- ‘Being flexible’ by Stuart Greenwood
- Brexit update: EU Trade Marks
- Google Get Lucky
- East Anglia Business Magazine: The Importance of Intellectual Property
- Brexit update – January 2019
- Brexit update – December 2018
- RACETECH: The problem of counterfeiting in Motorsport
- BioScience Today – Patenting aerospace medicines
- Landmark UK Supreme Court Judgment in Warner Lambert v Generics (Mylan) & Actavis (Pregabalin / Lyrica)
- Mike Jennings attends EPO’s AI Conference
- The Internet of Things – IoT
- Protection for cannabis-based IP
- J. Choo Limited v Liangliang Ren
- EU: Falsified Medicines Directive: Implications for parallel importers and of Brexit
- WIPO Magazine has announced the launch of a new tool linking patents and drugs: Pat-INFORMED
- “It’s immoral!” – Pitfalls of failing to register your trademarks; increased risks in China
- Brexit: Considerations for European Union Trade Marks and Registered Community Designs
- Preparations for AI patenting in Europe
- UK and the UPC: What Will Happen Post-Brexit?
- Assessment of “plausibility” requirement from the EPO perspective
- Transliterations
- Anti-counterfeiting 2018 – A Global Guide
- Is it true that if you don’t use it you lose it?
- The Carbon Car
- CRISPR: the gene editing tool and related patents
- Relaxing the tension between Publishing and Patenting: Practical Hints and Tips – Part two
- Relaxing the tension between Publishing and Patenting: The Legal Basis for Tension – Part One
- The use of silk in medical devices
- “Working Statements” at the Indian Patent Office – a recent petition may provide some much needed guidance
- Mighty MasSpec Pen
- IP helps Koenigsegg keep engine development ticking over
- A picture of health – how Bosch is making Hospitals smarter
- Michelin’s X is king
- IP Audits – What are they, and why should you have one?
- Current summary of the UK Patent Box regime
- AA Thornton’s guide to Government Grants, Loans and Tax Relief for Innovative SMEs and Start-ups
- CJEU confirms the territorial scope of a pan-European injunction in relation to Registered Community Designs
- The return of the doctrine equivalents – a WIPR article by Geoff Hussey & Varuni Paranavitane
- A patent history of atrial septal defect closure devices
- The Madrid Union welcomes its 100th member as Indonesia joins the International Trade Mark System
- EU – trade mark legislation changes – part 2
- UK-China IP Symposium highlights importance of innovation
- Partner Ian Gill gives a talk on ‘Practical Advice for the Creative Industries’
- The pitfalls of online shopping
- FDA clears adherence monitoring inhalation device
- Microsoft and Halliburton collaborate to digitally transform the oil and gas industry
- Standards – what can the IP sector learn from the automotive industry?
- Hybrid Vehicles – a simple guide
- Bosch driving car safety revolution – #STOPTHECRASH
- Turning a corner – overcoming a bad biking habit
- Webmarking registered designs
- New European Medical Devices Regulations – Improving standards for Patients
- English courts permit the grant of ‘Arrow’ declarations in the interest of providing commercial certainty
- Reversing my view of Parking Assist
- European patents no longer available for plants and animals obtained exclusively by means of an essentially biological process
- Actavis v Eli Lilly: UK Supreme Court reformulates patent infringement test
- Change of Rules 27 and 28 regarding patentability of plants and animals at the EPO
- Reforms to the UK legislation relating to Unjustified Threats actions
- Trade Mark licences in Saudi Arabia – You need to record them!
- For those about to rock at Glastonbury Festival…
- The KitKat case: To protect or not to protect: The fine lines
- Wrong number for Napp Pharmaceuticals in UK Buprenorphine infringement cases
- Then & Now – Brexit
- Paclitaxel SPC bound to fail
- February Focus on China
- Jimmy Choo stomps on cybersquatting
- February Focus on China
- Cupid’s arrow hits the mark: eHarmony succeed in opposing registration of “matchedharmony”
- The UK is leaving the European Union…so what now for IP rights in Europe?
- February Focus on China
- ‘A.A. Thornton: the best of both worlds’ an article by Geoff Hussey, Partner
- Co-existence of Trade Marks: European and the UK
- Genuine use in the EU
- Proposed reforms to the UK legislation relating to Unjustified Threats actions
- UKIPO publishes registered designs guidance
- EU Trade Secrets Directive
- Changes to the UK Patent Box – 30 June deadline
- An ethical victory at the EPO in the coffee war
- UK High Court finds patent for Metoject® technology invalid on the ground of obviousness
- Can you keep up with the PACE?
- Effects on IP rights should the UK exit from the European Union
- UPC opt-out fee abolished
- An economy of ideas
- New year, New laws
- Actavis v Eli Lilly
- To protect or not to protect: Maybe!
- Rio Olympic Games brand guidelines
- Proposed changes to UK Patent Box
- Validation of European Patents in Moldova
- To protect or not to protect, that is the question!
- Webmarking of Registered Designs
- UK IPO issues Practice Amendment Notice (1/15)
- Adjusted proposals for Unitary Patent fees considered by Select Committee
- The EPO clear things up
- New gTLD .sucks for brand owners…
- What will be the cost of obtaining Unitary Patent protection?
- Design Opinions Service
- An opinion on Opinions
- Patenting will significantly reduce tax burden for many UK companies
- Swiss claims – Full of holes?
- Continuing expansion of the Patent Prosecution Highway
- Cost savings now available, following Norway’s accession to the London Agreement
- A victory for Rihanna in the use of her image
- Anti-counterfeiting measures at the EU border – Applications for action by EU Customs
- Validation of European Patents in Morocco
- USPTO publishes guidance on patent eligibility
- ‘Fast Track’ processing of community trade mark applications
- Software-controlled “circumvention” of a problem fails to impress UK Court of Appeal
- For your ‘Must Do’ list – record your Design development history
- A new defence to patent infringement in the UK
- Foreign words as trade marks in Europe and UK
- A victory for rights holders over ISPs in obtaining blocking orders
- Domain name complaints under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP)
- The CTM: then and now, and why national trade mark registrations are still important
- Changes to UK Design Law
- Eli Lilly v Human Genome Sciences Ltd
- Webmarking of patented products
- Amendments to PCT regulations
- Changes to New Zealand patent law
- Shanks v Unilever Plc & Others
- Retail store layout can be registered as a Trade Mark in Europe
- European patent validation agreement signed with Tunisia
- Medical use claims in Europe – does the format of the claim matter?
- .uk domain names launch
- China – are your trade marks protected?
- Denmark to ratify the Unified Patent Court agreement
- French Polynesia – changes to the system for Trade Mark protection
- UK High Court not receptive to Herceptin dosage regime
- Does intellectual property law strengthen and reward innovation?
- Design Protection – black and white, or a grey area?
- Update: GPPH Pilot Scheme
- EPO announces new divisional application fees
- GPPH Pilot Scheme
- Category: News
- The Earthshot Prize – AA Thornton proud to be involved
- AA Thornton share delight with Legal 500 2022 rankings
- HR/People Advisor (maternity cover)
- Innovate UK Smart Grants – Competition Opens!
- Post Brexit – the final countdown
- AA Thornton Partners pledge to support diversity and inclusion with IP Inclusive
- The Financial Times – ‘Europe’s Leading Patent Law Firms’ – 2021
- Lexology – Getting the deal through (GTDT) – Patent Chapter
- Careers in Ideas: Virtual work insight days 2021
- Antibodies – EPO user consultation on new EPO guidelines
- AA Thornton ranked in WTR 1000 2021
- Partner Mike Jennings is reappointed to SACEPO
- AA Thornton support Admiral Group in successful sale of the Penguin Portals and Preminen businesses
- UK IPO Practice Note – Impact of the end of the Brexit Transition Period on Tribunal Proceedings
- Brexit burn-out for the EUIPO Torpedo
- Call for industry views on AI and IP and Videoconference
- Careers in Ideas – Senior leaders’ diversity think tank
- AA Thornton ranked again as a Tier 1 firm by The Legal 500 2021
- Diversity & Inclusion: BAME representation in IP Round Table
- AA Thornton change of address
- AA Thornton promotes Sarah Neil to Senior Associate
- Financial Times names AA Thornton one of Europe’s leading Patent Law Firm’s 2020
- Third judgment in Sky v SkyKick –
Louise Foster and Sarah Darby provide some take-away thoughts - COVID-19 hub
- EPO announce fee increases, effective from 1 April 2020
- AA Thornton Partners ranked in the World Trade Mark Review 2020
- Skykick CJEU judgement brief summary
- CIPA Event: Mike Jennings to educate on: ‘subject matter eligibility for patent protection in Europe and US’
- Brexit update: The dawn of a new era – Brexit becomes a reality
- AA Thornton welcomes Formalities Officer from the EPOs placement programme ‘Praktika Extern’
- Partner Ian Gill celebrates 25 years at AA Thornton
- AA Thornton are ranked in the Legal 500 2020
- Cenex Low Carbon Vehicle and Connected Automated Mobility 2019
- AA Thornton welcome two new Partners
- AA Thornton takes part in 2019 Standard Chartered City Race
- Promoting a career in ideas
- TOC issue brand protection guidelines in relation to the 32nd Olympics in Tokyo 2020
- The New SPC Manufacturing Waiver Regulation
- Welcome Changes to Chinese Trade Mark Legislation regarding bad faith
- Biosimilars and patents
- IACC Annual Spring Conference 2019 and 40th Anniversary
- INTA’s 141st Annual Meeting – Boston 2019
- AAT Insights – The importance of IP for small businesses
- World Intellectual Property Day 2019- Innovation in Sports- Hiplok speak to AA Thornton
- Brexit update – 5 April 2019
- Adrian Bennett named new Partnership Chair at AA Thornton
- Canada joins the international trade mark system (Madrid System)
- Legal update: Eli Lilly v Genentech – Warner-Lambert
- Brexit update – 15 March 2019
- AA Thornton takes part in unconscious bias training
- Mike Jennings to participate in CIPA’s US roadshows in April
- AA Thornton’s letter of recommendation to the EPO 2019
- AA Thornton Partners recommended in the World Trademark Review 2019
- Julie Barrett-Major speaks at Queen Mary University
- AA Thornton attends the ABHI Parliamentary Reception at Westminster
- An update on Supplementary Protection Certificates in Europe
- The year in review: AA Thornton on Battery Technology
- EUIPO’s Board of Appeal pharmaceutical decision
- IP Inclusive Week at AA Thornton
- Mike Jennings Chairs AI patenting panel at CIPA’s Computers and IP Conference
- Patenting computer-implemented inventions in the era of AI
- AA Thornton to attend New Delhi events this November
- AA Thornton ranked with ‘Leading Firm’ status in the Legal 500 2019
- PTMG Autumn Conference 2018
- In-cosmetics Formulations Summit – London 2018
- Update: 27 September 2018 – Brexit: EU Trade Marks and Community Designs, including if there is ‘no deal’
- Partner promotions at AA Thornton
- Standard Chartered Great City Race 2018
- Motorsport Industry Association Summer Reception
- Raytheon Company awarded milestone US Patent No.10,000,000
- Speaking at the in-cosmetics Korea exhibition, Seoul
- Swiss Biotech Day 2018
- Careers in Ideas launch event
- 140th Annual Meeting – International Trade Mark Association
- EPO announce fee reductions
- UK ratifies UPC agreement
- World Intellectual Property Day 2018
- Crocs loses its bite…
- Launch of TREx service
- European Union Trade Marks and Community Designs, post-Brexit
- Hague Agreement ratification designed to offer some post-Brexit certainty
- CPhI’s 7th Annual Pharma IPR Conference in Mumbai, India
- Corporate to Classroom
- UK ready to ratify the UP / UPC package
- EPO & CIPA: no impact of Brexit on UK membership of EPO
- PTMG Spring Conference
- 12th World Congress on Pharmaceutical Sciences and Innovations in Pharma Industry
- AA Thornton partners recommended in the World Trademark Review 2018
- EPO extends fast-track programmes
- ABHI Parliamentary Reception
- UKIPO confirm changes to fees
- Bosch transforMOTION showcases vision of the future
- Bosch and Audi breathe new life into synthetic fuels
- BMW vs Technosport
- Testing times for TESTAROSSA
- 1 Year anniversary of the Royal Charter for the Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys
- Expected reduction of EPO fees
- The ‘Bell’ report
- AIPPI 2017- Partner Mike Jennings reports
- EPO Guidelines for Examination 2017
- CPA Global in the press
- UKIPO announce changes to fees
- AA Thornton ranked with ‘Leading Firm’ status in the Legal 500 2017
- Continental: reinventing the wheel
- Speaking at the AIPPI 2017 – World Congress
- AA Thornton again takes part in the Praktika Extern programme
- Speaking at the in-cosmetics formulation summit
- Thailand joins the International Trade Mark System
- Standard Chartered Great City Race 2017
- Discussing Europe-wide preparation for the Unitary Patent (UP) and Unified Patent Court (UPC)
- Inspiring youngsters to work in IP
- Partner Craig Turner successfully defends Lycored’s European patent
- Excellent discussions with industry at the Pat-Tech Exchange
- INTA is over for another year..
- Representatives of our Automotive group attend the London Motor Show
- AA Thornton partners recommended in the World Trademark Review 2017
- AA Thornton welcome associate Varuni Paranavitane
- CITMA Spring Conference 2017
- AA Thornton ranked with ‘Top Tier’ & ‘Leading Firm’ status in the Legal 500 2016
- Who’s Who Legal: Patents 2016 Nominations
- The UK is leaving the European Union…so what now for IP Rights in Europe?
- AA Thornton welcome Geoff Hussey
- AA Thornton recommended in the World’s Leading Trademark Professionals 2016
- Legal 500 2015 – the results are in…
- AA Thornton announce promotions for Nikesh Patel and Louise Foster
- AA Thornton sponsor record-breaking children’s charity event
- Vanessa Lawrence is recommended in the World’s Leading Trademark Professionals 2015
- Top Tier – Legal 500 UK 2014
- AA Thornton help set fundraising record of $2.4 million
- AA Thornton maintains “Leading Firm” status in the Legal 500 UK
- AA Thornton again takes part in the Praktika Extern programme
- Dr Marianne Privett promoted to Principal Patent Attorney
- Fundraising for Cancer Research UK in the RideLondon 100
- Racing to raise money in the Great City 5k
- INTA 138th Annual Meeting
- IACC 2016 Annual Spring Conference
- World Nano Summit 2016 @ Business Rocks
- Intellectual Property & Innovation Summit 2016
- 26th International Global IP ConfEx
- Intellectual Property: Risk, Ownership & Value
- PTMG 91st Conference
- IP Owners Association 43rd Annual Meeting
- Global Pharma IP Forum
- Northamptonshire Chamber Business Exhibition
- RSC Emerging Technologies Showcase
- The Toy Trust Big Thames Challenge
- INTA 137th Annual Meeting
- IACC Annual Spring Conference
- FICPI World Congress 2015
- MIP International Patent Forum
- The World Nano Summit 2015
Attorneys / Staff
- Adrian Bennett
- Dr David Blair
- Alex Bone
- Daniel Byrne
- Pablo Carlos Infante Cabello
- Sarah Darby
- Dr. Simon Davies
- Louise Foster
- Isabel Palma García
- Ian Gill
- Stuart Greenwood
- Rachel Havard
- Martin Hedges
- Geoff Hussey
- Mike Jennings
- Victoria Jones
- Owen Murray
- Sarah Neil
- Anastasia Osipovich
- Lucy O'Brien
- Lloyd Palmer
- Dr Varuni Paranavitane
- Nikesh Patel
- Leonita Paulraj
- Suzanne Power
- Dr Marianne Privett
- Shamil Rasheed
- Nick South
- Dr Craig Turner
- Karen Genuardi
- Alok Suthar
- Claire Pitman
- Darrell Brierley
- Vince Bixby
- Rebecca Astbury
- Tracy Bragg
