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Finding the ‘right’ slogan might allow businesses in the food and beverage sector to “Have a break” after all…
Summary In the United Kingdom and European Union, it is notoriously difficult to register slogans
CRISPR: An update
What is CRISPR? Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPRs) are a family of DNA
What’s the scoop on the Mr Whippy decision?
Summary Despite “convincing arguments” against the strength of the evidence of use submitted by Unilever
Sufficiency at the UK Supreme Court in Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc v Kymab Ltd
The UK Supreme Court handed down the judgment in a much anticipated biotech decision on
The Greenshoots Podcast by Appleyard Lees Episode five: Features of EPO virtual opposition hearings
Partners and patent attorneys Julia Gwilt and Bobby Smithson discuss: Features of EPO virtual opposition hearings
Drug repurposing to treat COVID-19 – practical, legal and moral implications where research involves patent-protected drugs
One of the big talking points at present is how we can get back to
Sources of funding for innovation, and innovators, in the wake of COVID-19 and beyond
Sourcing funding for innovation is currently at the forefront of many businesses’ agenda in response
The Greenshoots Podcast by Appleyard Lees Episode four: Intellectual property for start-ups in uncertain times
Patent attorneys Simon Bradbury and Parminder Lally. Simon specialises in life sciences has a particular
Akebia and Fibrogen – Lord Justice Arnold applies “Doctrine of Equivalents”
In this judgment at the High Court, Lord Justice Arnold stepped down from the Court
