Matthew Naylor - April 22, 2024 UPC Weekly - Language of proceedings at the UPC 2024 Week 16 This week we focus on the language of proceedings at the UPC, considering when the ...
Matthew Naylor - April 15, 2024 UPC Weekly - Time-dependent transparency of UPC proceedings? 2024 Week 15 The week saw the Court of Appeal issue its decision on public access to court file ...
Matthew Naylor - April 10, 2024 UPC Weekly - Mind your costs 2024 Week 14 The UPC Court of Appeal issued a collection of five appeal decisions on 3 April 2024 ...
Matthew Naylor - April 3, 2024 Public access to UPC proceedings When the UPC was set up, a basic tenet was set out in Article 45 of the UPC Agreement, that the ...
Tom Furnival - February 14, 2024 The major players in the SEP landscape in Europe Next in our series of blogs, we have investigated the major players in the SEP landscape in Europe.
Jacqueline Murphy - January 18, 2024 Design Rights: A powerful tool in the IP armoury We are pleased to launch our latest special report Design Rights: A powerful tool in the IP ...
Tom Furnival - December 19, 2023 How does declaring a patent or application as “essential to a standard” affect the pre-grant experience of an application? – Part 3 This article continues our series of blogs investigating whether or not declaring your patent or ...
Eliot Ward - October 4, 2023 UPC at four months old - a review The UPC is now four months old and the Court of First Instance is already quite busy. As of 4 ...
Sean Jauss - September 29, 2023 Beware the front-loaded procedure! The Unified Patent Court (‘UPC’) opened its doors on 1 June 2023. It is a new court in the European ...
Rebecca Anderson-Smith - September 1, 2023 Building an international Customs strategy for your pharma brand Counterfeit pharmaceuticals are a global problem and pose a significant threat to consumers and ...
Emily Sullivan - August 31, 2023 Understanding parallel import of pharmaceuticals in the EU – a quick guide to repackaging and relabelling of parallel imports for brand owners Parallel importing, the practice where third parties import branded goods already put on sale by ...
Tom Furnival - August 10, 2023 UPC as a forum for SEP disputes – Panasonic kick off proceedings With the UPC opening its doors just over two months’ ago, the IP profession has been keenly ...
Tom Furnival - August 7, 2023 How does declaring a patent or application as “essential to a standard” affect the pre-grant experience of an application? This article is the latest in a series of blogs exploring whether declaring your patent or ...
Rebecca Anderson-Smith - August 4, 2023 Court of Appeal confirms filing a trade mark cancellation action does not ‘stop the clock’ on acquiescence In our “Pharma trade marks: 2022 case law round up” (written towards the end of November 2022) we ...
Edward Couchman - August 1, 2023 US Supreme Court Upholds Tightening of Patent Enablement Standard In an eagerly awaited judgement, the US Supreme Court has affirmed the standard applied by the ...
Karolina Fryzlewicz - July 19, 2023 How to mobilize your IP rights in the fight against counterfeit goods: Customs Application for Action ‘Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery’ is a motto that does not fare well with intellectual ...
Thomas Wolter - July 6, 2023 Beating the Punch: UPC Protective Letters The Unified Patent Court (UPC) is now operational. As of June 1, 2023, patentees can enforce ...
David Fyfield - June 19, 2023 IPEC Small Claims moving to Manchester The Presiding Judge of the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court (‘IPEC’) has issued a Practice ...
Sean Jauss - March 14, 2023 Trade Secrets in practice As part of our Thought Leaders series, Mewburn Ellis Partner and Head of Legal Services Sean Jauss ...
Emma Kennaugh-Gallacher - September 21, 2022 Non-Fungible Tokens as legal property? The world of cryptocurrency is a fast-moving and complex one. Cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin have ...
Charlotte Lynch - August 16, 2022 Standards, SEPs, and FRAND agreements - an overview The terms “standards,” “SEPs,” and “FRAND agreements,” are increasingly being mentioned in the ...
Emma Kennaugh-Gallacher - June 21, 2022 The Intellectual Property Enterprise Court – renovation, or a new coat of paint? Comments on the current functioning, and the future, of the IPEC.
Sean Jauss - November 12, 2021 LG Chem vs SK Innovation: law & politics in the EV market Sales of electric vehicles are booming. With global stock up from less than 1 million in 2014 to ...
Kate O'Rourke - September 14, 2021 Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights X Fashion Industry: Fight fake fashion Combatting counterfeit goods is a key commercial and strategic consideration in the fashion ...
Karolina Fryzlewicz - September 10, 2021 Intellectual Property Rights X Fashion Shows: Brand protection on the “legal runway” In the fashion industry, intellectual property rights such as trade marks, copyright and design ...
Andy King - July 12, 2021 UEFA v The (European) Super League – intellectual property rights on the legal playing field On 18 April 2021, the proposal for a new mid-week competition for European football sent shockwaves ...
Frederick Steele - July 7, 2021 Courts and electronic bundling - bundled into the modern age The pandemic has forced many areas of society and business to adapt, and in the same way that we ...
Emma Kennaugh-Gallacher - June 28, 2021 Exhausted by Brexit? On 7 June 2021, the UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) launched its consultation on the UK’s ...
Emma Kennaugh-Gallacher - May 21, 2021 Patent Settlement Agreements with a “Pay for Delay” element – restrictive ‘by object’? Almost two decades ago the European Commission (EC) launched a significant and far-reaching ...
Dan Thornton - December 17, 2020 Why building and nurturing an IP culture in your business is important Intellectual property (“IP”) – patents in particular – form a key pillar of many technology ...
Emma Kennaugh-Gallacher - November 6, 2020 COVID-19 rescue act or major overhaul of the UK insolvency framework? As we go into England’s second national lockdown of this COVID-19 pandemic, greater numbers of ...
Kate O'Rourke - September 1, 2020 The benefits of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) to brands and businesses Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is standard practice for most business. No matter what the ...
Emily Sullivan - August 10, 2020 Is Sky the limit in the David versus Goliath trade mark battle of the last decade? Hilda-Georgina Kwafo-Akoto examines the potential implications of Sky v Skykick.
Sean Jauss - August 4, 2020 Who has the power? We recently discussed signing documents and deeds using e-signatures as a result of the COVID-19 ...
Edmund Harrison - July 29, 2020 ®egistration and/or use of a trade mark – an automatic defence in the UK to trade mark infringement claims? It is quite a common and perfectly reasonable assumption by some clients that by registering a ...
Kate O'Rourke - July 29, 2020 The Intellectual Property Enterprise Court - ongoing success for brand owners Since 1990 businesses seeking to defend their intellectual property (IP) rights in the UK have had ...
Victoria Coleman - July 21, 2020 UK formally withdraws from the UPC In a statement to Parliament on 20 July 2020, the government formally confirmed the UK’s withdrawal ...
Sean Jauss - June 24, 2020 A shake up in legal advice privilege: protect your client-lawyer communications! Legal privilege is not an area of law that changes much. But the recent case of CAA v Jet2.com has ...
Rebecca Anderson-Smith - June 8, 2020 Zombie trade marks: overcoming the pitfalls of resurrecting a brand Have you ever fondly remembered a brand from your youth and wished you could get your hands on ...
Frederick Steele - May 22, 2020 Electronic signatures, “the new normal”? The COVID-19 pandemic and resulting social distancing has meant that in-person signing of documents ...
Sean Jauss - May 20, 2020 Fashion and the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic: brand protection should never go out of style The fashion industry like all other industries is navigating unprecedented economic challenges. ...
Joe McAlary - May 11, 2020 Packaging – why a design registration could help protect your look The food and drink sector is a notoriously crowded and competitive market and having visually ...
Kate O'Rourke - May 6, 2020 Counterfeit contagion: fraudulent activities spread amid coronavirus (COVID-19) The COVID-19 outbreak has caused disruption to manufacturing operations on a global scale. Lockdown ...
Andrew Pitts - April 24, 2020 Governments look to protect companies from IP enforcement during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic A large effort is underway globally to ensure that there are enough mechanical ventilators ...
Emily Sullivan - April 22, 2020 The CJEU delivers the sweet fragrance of victory to Amazon On 2 April 2020 the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) delivered its preliminary ruling ...
Rebecca Anderson-Smith - April 9, 2020 Why a "COVID-19” trade mark should be rejected The COVID-19 pandemic has undoubtedly forced us all to adapt our lives and business practices in ...
Rebecca Anderson-Smith - March 19, 2020 Parallel imports of pharmaceuticals – A UK trade mark perspective The UK parallel import licensing scheme lets a medicine authorised in another EU Member State be ...
Willum Wytenburg - March 16, 2020 Coronavirus (COVID-19) Extension at the EPO: Not ALL deadlines extended! Part 2 of this blog was published on 17 April 2020. Please read for the latest information. News ...
Kate O'Rourke - March 9, 2020 When the sky is not the limit: Issues facing businesses when expanding services and products Conflicting views on the legitimacy of filing trademarks with broad lists of goods and services ...
Rebecca Anderson-Smith - March 3, 2020 What’s in a name? Enforcing trade mark rights and the own name defence Clothing and accessories brand Hugo Boss has recently found itself making headlines, and probably ...
Andy King - February 20, 2020 Sky v Skykick - status quo remains for trade mark owners Background Sky, the TV, broadcasting, media and telecommunications giant, brought infringement and ...
Kate O'Rourke - December 2, 2019 The Aboriginal flag dispute in focus: who owns the right to use? The Australian government is considering whether to compulsorily acquire the rights to use the ...
Sean Jauss - August 13, 2019 Understanding Europe’s trade secret rules Companies invest in developing or acquiring intellectual capital to gain a competitive or ...
Andy King - July 31, 2019 Cultural (mis)appropriation in trademarks: can (and should) you register culturally sensitive names? Andy King, Partner and Trademark Attorney at Mewburn Ellis, discusses the controversial issue of ...
Sean Jauss - June 14, 2019 Conducting due diligence and audits on intellectual property rights You conduct due diligence of intellectual property (IP) rights to check what is being sold or ...
Matthew Smith - February 15, 2019 Building an IP portfolio: Nine tips for success Companies need to think carefully about how they protect, manage and leverage the various ...