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
Priority Pitfalls – a summary The ability of a party filing a patent application to “claim priority” from the filing… Read more
Priority Pitfalls – detailed analysis The ability of a party filing a patent application to “claim priority” from the filing… Read more
High Growth Start-up Scheme We are heavily involved in advising start-ups and spin-outs. Our attorneys enjoy working with founders… Read more
IP snapshot IP audits or due diligence exercises take stock of an IP portfolio and highlight any… Read more
UKIPO Report on Valuation of IP Assets The UKIPO has recently issued a report which assesses the market for the valuation of… Read more
Founding partner receives OBE Congratulations from all at Greaves Brewster to Andrea Brewster, one of the firm’s founding partners,… Read more
Litigation win – Icescape v Ice-World Our client Icescape Limited, one of the UK’s largest temporary ice rink companies has won… Read more
Making the most of NHS Trust IP David Spinner, from our life sciences group, recently spoke to DigitalHealth.London about NHS funding streams,… Read more
Unified Patent Court becoming a reality The long-planned European Unified Patent Court and Unitary Patent are now almost certain to take… Read more
Greaves Brewster listed in Chambers UK 2017 We are very pleased to announce that Greaves Brewster has been listed in the guide… Read more
Expansion of engineering group We are pleased to announce that, as of 28 February 2017, Kate Hillis has joined our… Read more
