Small to medium enterprises
Green hydrogen patent filings on upward trajectory
This year’s report on energy revealed green hydrogen patent filings are reaching global highs.
When will the Unified Patent Court go live?
The Unitary Patent (UP) and the Unified Patent Court (UPC) are now anticipated to go live on 1 June 2023, when the UPC Agreement (UPCA) is planned to enter into force.
Is ‘evergreening’ abuse of the trade mark system?
Following a recent dispute between Tesco’s and Lidl, partner, trade mark attorney and solicitor Robert Cumming, and trainee trade mark attorney Lisa Thomson, discuss ‘bad faith’, and ‘evergreening’.
G2/21 Plausibility – The Enlarged Board of Appeal has heard the final arguments on whether post-filed data can be used to support inventive step
Patent attorneys Edward Rainsford and Sarah Gibbs discuss the recent verdict, delivered by the Enlarged Board of Appeal, on whether post-filed data can be used to support inventive step.
The Greenshoots Podcast by Appleyard Lees – episode 33 – Inside Green Innovation: Progress Report 2022
In this episode, patent attorneys, partner David Walsh, and senior associates Chris Mason and Paul Beynon, discuss key insights from our ‘Inside Green Innovation: Progress Report 2022’.
Amazon found to target UK consumers by Court of Appeal
Intellectual property rights are territorial in nature, subject to the laws of individual countries, sitting within the constraints of jurisdictional boundaries. When does selling goods online, to another foreign jurisdiction, constitute trade mark infringement?
