BACK TO BASICS | INTRODUCTION TO DESIGNS Design rights protect the appearance of a product, and can be a valuable asset in… Read more
To Patent or Not to Patent? Do you create or manage IP and innovation in the life sciences or chemistry fields?… Read more
EXTENSION OF DEADLINES ON IP CASES IN VIEW OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC Provisions in place for extension of deadlines at the European Patent Office, as well as… Read more
BACK TO BASICS | TRADE MARKS Here we provide guidance on the types of brands that can be registered and how… Read more
NO UK IN UPC THE UK WILL NOT BE INVOLVED IN THE EU’S UNIFIED PATENT COURT On 27th February 2020,… Read more
SPACEtalks.biz Leigh-Anne Thomas is off to London to SPACEtalks.biz – The Interstellar Business ConfEx on Thursday… Read more
Benchtop to Business Want to hear more about the highs and lows of commercialising new technology from entrepreneurs… Read more
Getting Priority right – a summary The ability of a party filing a patent application to “claim priority” from the filing… Read more
Healthcare Innovation Awards We are really pleased to be supporting Medilink South West with their Healthcare Innovation Networking… Read more
SPCs and Combination Products The UK Court of Appeal applies the CJEU decision to Gilead’s Truvada Supplementary Protection Certificate.… Read more
Business Legal Masterclass We’re really excited to be working with Sarah Cook, Come Network With Me, and Temple… Read more
Women in Innovation: Building Success Victoria Randall is looking forward to attending Knowledge Transfer Network’s Building Success event on Tuesday… Read more
BioSeed 2020 We’re really pleased to continue supporting OBN (UK) Ltd in 2020. Jakob Bumke will be… Read more
BREAKING NEWS – European Priority Law Maintained at EPO Board of Appeal CRISPR Hearing Members of our Life Sciences team have been at the European Patent Office (EPO) in… Read more
UKIPO Says No to NOSECCO The UK Intellectual Property Office has rejected a trade mark application for a bottle label… Read more
BREXIT | WHERE ARE WE NOW? After more than 40 years’ membership, the UK has now formally left the European Union.… Read more
Ice and a slice? This week, we’re in London for the AIPPI conference. Corinna Hiscox takes a look at… Read more
FT’s Europe’s Leading Patent Law Firms List We’re delighted to have been included in the FT’s Europe’s Leading Patent Law Firms list,… Read more
All due care required! Professional representatives beware… A recent decision by the European Patent Office’s Legal Board of Appeal (J 5/18) is… Read more
Three stripes and you’re out The General Court of the European Union has, this week, upheld the EUIPO’s decision to… Read more
Patents or trade secrets? Innovation quickly leads to the question of how best to protect the intellectual property generated.… Read more
When is an innovation patentable? Where research is being done, innovation often follows. And in many instances, it may be… Read more
We say tomato The patentability of the plant products of essentially biological processes (again…). The Enlarged Board of… Read more
SPC Manufacturing Waiver In the European Economic Area, it is possible to extend the duration of protection of… Read more
Launch: GW finalists – Biosystems Technology Good luck to our client BioSystems Technology who have reached the shortlist for the People’s… Read more
Launch: GW finalists – CytoSeek As sponsors of the Launch: Great West awards being held in Bristol next week, we’re… Read more
IP Stars, again Congratulations to our partners Rhiannon Turner and Rachel Wallis who have once again been named… Read more
All about the networking INTA Day 5: we’re going online. Over the last five days of INTA’s 141st Annual… Read more
RED SOX DO DAMAGE ON THE FIELD AND AT THE USPTO INTA Day 1: we wander down to Fenway Park, home of the Boston Red Sox.… Read more
TIME FOR BIO Heading to Philly for BIO? David Spinner and Rachel Wallis will be in town. Do… Read more
NEITHER HAAR NOR THERE It’s already looking like a busy year for the EPO Enlarged Board of Appeal, but… Read more
LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION? I SHOULD COCO Chanel has successfully pursued an opposition at the UK Intellectual Property Office on the basis… Read more
ICELAND or Iceland? Frozen-food retailer, Iceland, must have been disappointed to receive the decision of the EUIPO, earlier… Read more
SEE YOU IN BOSTON We’re off on our travels again. Rhiannon Turner is heading to Boston today for the… Read more
CREATE | INNOVATE | CELEBRATE Our offices in Cheddar and Bristol are in the heart of the South West, a… Read more
QUESTIONS, QUESTIONS, QUESTIONS It has been a busy start of the year for the EPO’s Enlarged Board of… Read more
CHILLING NEWS FOR ICELAND’S EU TRADE MARK Frozen-food retailer, Iceland, must have been disappointed to receive the decision of the EUIPO, earlier… Read more
New Partner – David Spinner We are pleased to announce that David Spinner has joined the partnership at Greaves Brewster… Read more
MARK YOUR TERRITORY – CHOOSING AND PROTECTING YOUR BRAND Here we discuss some of the key points to consider when choosing a new brand,… Read more
GREAVES BREWSTER RANKED IN BOTH LEGAL 500 AND CHAMBERS We are very pleased to announce that our firm is ranked in both Legal 500… Read more
Unitary patent and Unified Patent Court The European Unitary Patent and Unified Patent Court may be close to implementation. Here, we… Read more
C.P.Greaves & Co. We are delighted to announce that, as of 6 April 2018, C.P.Greaves & Co merged with… Read more
European & UK Patent fee changes As of April 2018, various fee changes are coming into effect at both the European… Read more
Submitting experimental examples at the European Patent Office (EPO) after filing A common question asked by our colleagues outside Europe is whether the EPO allows applicants… Read more
Supreme Court firmly establishes UK doctrine of equivalents Significant changes in the way we determine claim scope in the UK. In its decision… Read more
VALIDLY CLAIMING PRIORITY – YET ANOTHER STUMBLING BLOCK We have written previously about issues which can cause problems to patent applicants who seek… Read more
