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• Category: Latest Insights
  • CLE paper for IPO Annual Meeting – The luxury of consistent treatment of computer-implemented inventions
  • When is a Cat not a Cat? When it’s a Caterpillar. Or a Tigercat. Or is it?
  • IP and AI – UK Government publishes response to second consultation
  • The IP Space – Edition 3
  • USPTO launches new scheme for patent applications combating climate change
  • UK Battery Industry Growth and IP Challenges
  • Standard Essential Patents and the recent UKIPO consultation
  • Being Agnostic can be better for the Environment
  • Re-designing the system – the UK IPO consults on the future of UK design protection – all questions answered by the government*! *not
  • Music as a pharmaceutical alternative
  • The IP Space – Edition 2
  • IRONMAN records smashed
  • The IP Space
  • Event report: NPD Food and Drink Trends and Innovations conference
  • Litigation by STEALTH not permitted by Court of Appeal
  • Concrete and its devastating impact on the environment
  • Making Walking Greener with Intellectual Property
  • Our Evolving Relationship with Plastic
  • Ed Sheeran Granted Declaration of Non-Infringement in “Shape of You” copyright case
  • Freedom to Operate – Understanding the risks
  • Ongoing UK Involvement In The UPC
  • What do Six Nations Rugby Union referees have in common with the UK IPO Appointed Person?
  • Re-design the system – the UK IPO consults on the future of UK design protection
  • Absolutely Not Registrable
  • Prosecuting green patents around the world
  • European Commission launches feedback period on SEPs
  • Monster trade mark appeal runs out of energy
  • Appeals to the Appointed Person in the UK – a RARE case of success  relating to a missed counterstatement
  • AA Thornton reports on 2022 updates to EPO Guidelines for Examination
  • 3D marks – Shaping up for the New Year!
  • Red letter day for Wordle – what next following its sale to The New York Times?
  • 2022 updates to EPO Guidelines for Examination – Identification of changes by Part, Chapter and Section
  • 2022 updates to EPO Guidelines for Examination – Clarification of section on patentability of antibodies
  • 2022 updates to EPO Guidelines for Examination – Data retrieval, formats and structures
  • 2022 updates to EPO Guidelines for Examination – Update relating to games
  • 2022 updates to EPO Guidelines for Examination – Computer simulation, design or modelling – following G1/19
  • 2022 updates to EPO Guidelines for Examination – New example assessment of invention including mathematical method steps
  • 2022 updates to EPO Guidelines for Examination – New example assessment of technical application of AI
  • 2022 updates to EPO Guidelines for Examination – Helpful confirmation on patentability of mathematical methods
  • 2022 updates to EPO Guidelines for Examination – Partial priorities
  • 2022 updates to EPO Guidelines for Examination – Amendments to avoid contradictions between claims and description
  • Trademarking in the Metaverse and Non-Fungible Tokens – virtually pointless?
  • Recent progress towards Unitary Patent and Unified Patent Court
  • IPO’s consultation on Standard Essential Patents (SEPs) and Innovation
  • A practical update on patenting computer-implemented inventions – with a preview for 2022
  • Protecting Digital Medtech Innovation
  • EPO rejects appeals against refusal of applications naming an AI system as inventor
  • Pharmaceutical Trade Mark UK case law round-up December 2021
  • Patent Box: Inventing a way to reduce Corporation Tax
  • 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
  • Iceland (country) v Iceland (supermarket) – the trade mark saga continues
  • Could a New High Revving Rotary Engine Really Take Off?
  • Ironman? Superman – PART 2
  • Unjustified threats
  • High Court clarifies position on the registrability of colour “per se” trade marks
  • WIPO Green: A forum for green technology
  • This time next year we’ll be millionaires? … Only Fools and Horses ruling establishes copyright in characters.
  • AA Thornton Partners receive additional awards
  • Amendments to the Patent Description: To what extent?
  • EPO releases findings of survey on grace period for patents
  • Even if your name is as famous as Ronaldinho, the UK IPO cannot raise ex officio bad faith objections
  • The Agri-Tech Centres and their contribution to the UK’s net-zero initiative
  • A.A. Thornton & Co conversion to AA Thornton IP LLP
  • EPO 2022 fee increases
  • AA Thornton welcomes its first Non-Executive Director
  • A practical update on patenting computer implemented inventions with a preview for 2022
  • The Earthshot Prize – AA Thornton proud to be involved
  • AA Thornton share delight with Legal 500 2022 rankings
  • 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 & Trade Mark Chapters
  • 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

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• Fergus Brown
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• Ian Gill
• Stuart Greenwood
• Rachel Havard
• Martin Hedges
• Geoff Hussey
• Mike Jennings
• Victoria Jones
• Peter Lyons
• Owen Murray
• Sarah Neil
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