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 ...
Katherine Collins - April 2, 2024 Efficiency in Expansion: Meeting the Scale-Up Challenge in Cell and Gene Therapies One of the pivotal challenges in the development and commercialisation of cell and gene therapies ...
Anthony Judd - April 2, 2024 EPO related support measures for small entities – 1 April 2024 INTRODUCTION From 1 April 2024, the EPO are introducing a new fee reduction scheme specifically for ...
Christoph Moeller - March 28, 2024 Design rights can build IP protection, EU Lego ruling shows Featuring in Law360, Christoph Moeller explores the recent EU Lego ruling and how it serves as a ...
Fay Allen - March 27, 2024 Endometriosis - research, diagnosis and treatment progress March is Endometriosis Action Month, and this year’s focus is on raising awareness.
Edward Couchman - March 25, 2024 Cancer-killing bacteria: past, present and future While bacteria have frequently made the medical news in recent years due to the urgent problem of ...
Amin Zouine - March 22, 2024 From grass to graphene: could methane answer the call for rising nanomaterial demand? Methane, the principal component in natural gas, accounts for approximately a third of the ...
Christoph Moeller - March 20, 2024 EU design protection rules modernised for new technologies and circular economy On 14 March 2024, the European Parliament approved modernised EU design protection rules to adapt ...
Callum Anderson - March 13, 2024 Can AI help to improve the biopsy process for patients? In medicine, a biopsy is a procedure that involves taking a small sample of body tissue so it can ...
Lucy Coe - March 11, 2024 Challenging patents and other clearance actions in Europe Whether it is to remove a current infringement threat, clear the way to reduce the risk in ...
Andy King - March 8, 2024 Navigating the Sonic Maze: overcoming the challenges with registering sound marks in the UK In an increasingly crowded market, businesses are recognising the value of sound marks (or ‘sonic ...
Daniel Brodsky - March 8, 2024 Robotics in surgery For many, the word ‘surgery’ suggests images of surgeons operating with handheld instruments ...
Callum Anderson - March 6, 2024 Laparoscopic AI AI in the OR Copying music, making bad art and training the next generation of surgeons, just some ...
Laura Pediani - March 6, 2024 Meet the team: Laura Pediani, Patent Paralegal As part of our 'meet the team' series, we talk to paralegal Laura Pediani about client service, ...
Richard Johnson - March 4, 2024 New partner and IP director promotions We are delighted to announce the appointment of Anna Mudge, Ben Boyd, Daniel Brodsky, Isobel Stone ...
Nick Sutcliffe - March 4, 2024 Cellular Agriculture – Innovating through the Challenges The last year (2023) has seen a difficult environment for Cellular Agriculture (Cell Ag) companies ...
Maria Hall - February 29, 2024 British Science Association CREST Discovery Day in our Bristol office On Tuesday 20 February 2024, we were thrilled to welcome 28 students from Kings Oak Academy to our ...
Rebecca Brooks - February 29, 2024 Updates to the Guidelines for Examination at the EPO The Guidelines for Examination at the EPO (which will be referred to as “the Guidelines” in this ...
Sarah Morrow - February 29, 2024 UKIPO Green Technology Report 2024 When the UK set a legally binding target to reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, it was ...
Jacqueline Murphy - February 29, 2024 Women in IP Global Networking Event 18 April 2024 We are delighted to be hosting an in person global networking and discussion event to celebrate ...
Matthew Barton - February 29, 2024 Sodium alternatives to lithium-ion batteries? Na, we’re not Li-ion! The importance of lithium ion (Li-ion) batteries in modern society is no secret. They dominate the ...
David Brooks - February 27, 2024 Graphene Medtech: The Next Frontier It has been 20 years since Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov first isolated graphene: the two ...
Katie Dale - February 26, 2024 Top marks for Iovance as FDA approves first-in-class cell therapy Amtagvi for solid tumours On February 16, 2024, a real milestone was reached in the cell therapy field, as the FDA approved ...
Isobel Fisher - February 22, 2024 Colony picking robot expands our knowledge of human gut microbiome The human microbiome is very diverse. A typical gut microbiome can contain hundreds or even ...
Foteini Tzakoniati - February 22, 2024 Antibody inventions: Updates in the EPO Guidelines for Examination The EPO Guidelines for Examination are set to undergo updates effective from 1 March 2024. The ...
Christoph Moeller - February 21, 2024 Meet the team: Christoph Moeller, Partner, Patent Attorney As part of our 'meet the team' series, we talk to Christoph Moeller, partner in our Munich office, ...
Eliot Ward - February 21, 2024 Biological Deposits under the Budapest Treaty (1977): important considerations for filing strategies and public accessibility Biological material, which the EPO understands to be any material containing genetic information ...
Natascha Newbold - February 19, 2024 Meet the Team: Natascha Newbold, IP Support, Trade Mark Paralegal As part of our 'meet the team' series, we talk to trade mark paralegal Natascha Newbold about her ...
Maria Hall - February 15, 2024 Mewburn Ellis achieves Menopause Friendly Accreditation We are proud to have been awarded the Menopause Friendly Accreditation, established by Henpicked: ...
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.
Callum Anderson - February 13, 2024 Advances in Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Scans Positron Emission Tomography (PET) is a non-invasive technique for imaging inside of the body. It ...
Alice Jefferies - February 13, 2024 Blooming bright! Bioluminescent plant set to brighten up flower beds across the US The green fingered among us take great pride in our blossoming gardens and house plants; those, ...
Sarah Harvey - February 8, 2024 European Parliament votes to endorse plants bred using New Genomic Techniques 7 February 2024 marked a milestone for plant science as the European Parliament (EP) voted to ...
Lesley Gardner - February 8, 2024 Lucie Jones appointed to CIPA IP Paralegal Committee Congratulations to Lucie Jones on her appointment to the Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys ...
Edward Couchman - February 7, 2024 Genes as Medicines: Treating the Untreatable In 2023, gene therapy hit the headlines in the UK, when the BBC reported the cure of a toddler with ...
Amelia Jones - February 7, 2024 Fertile Ground: Tapping into the Potential of the Female Microbiome Healthcare systems around the world have historically been designed by men, with “white males” ...
Anthony Judd - February 6, 2024 EPO announces fee increases from 1 April 2024 In recent times, the European Patent Office (EPO) has increased its official fees every two years, ...
Eleanor Maciver - February 2, 2024 Mewburn Ellis is delighted to partner with Oxfordshire Greentech on the Climate Solutions Conference Mewburn Ellis is delighted to partner with Oxfordshire Greentech on the Climate Solutions ...
Rebecca Blundell - February 2, 2024 Sustainable shoes: Fossil Fuels are so last year! It is estimated that 24 billion pairs of shoes are made every year. Many of these will contain ...
Katherine Green - February 2, 2024 Most opposed patents of 2023 Multiple sclerosis therapies are the subject of two of the most opposed patents of 2023. Novartis’ ...
Sarah Harvey - January 31, 2024 Hydrogels in sustainable agriculture As we move into 2024, the agricultural sector is being driven by the urgent need to address global ...
Thomas Lonsdale - January 30, 2024 Plant based leather - the eco-friendly alternative hitting the catwalks Vegan leather isn’t only an ecofriendly alternative, which isn’t made from animals. It’s also being ...
Emily Lythell - January 26, 2024 Gouda vibes only – AI cooks up vegan meat and cheese alternatives The Kraft Heinz Company has recently introduced three new vegan sliced cheese varieties in the ...
Philippa Schofield - January 24, 2024 Meet The Team: Philippa Schofield, IP Support Services, Paralegal Manager As part of our 'meet the team' series, we talk to paralegal manager Philippa Schofield about ...
Jamie Emerick - January 24, 2024 High Court confirms EU law does not prohibit use of ‘milk’ in a trade mark for milk substitutes in the UK Last year, in December 2023, the Chancery Division of the High Court handed down its decision on ...
Rebecca Brooks - January 22, 2024 One Health and the role of the microbiome Traditionally, clinical microbiology focused on the role of individual microbes in human and animal ...
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 ...
Joe Egelstaff - January 16, 2024 AI bias in healthcare AI tools are increasingly being used in healthcare settings, with applications ranging from ...
Sophie Chua - January 16, 2024 Gigafactories & IP: Protecting the processes that power the future As the use of electric vehicles (EVs) becomes increasingly prevalent, demand for batteries is set ...
Lauren Woolley - January 11, 2024 Eat your greens: innovations in sustainable alternative protein sources As the demand for plant-based products continues to grow, so too does the rate of advancement in ...
Naomi Armitage - January 11, 2024 Meet The Team: Naomi Armitage, IP Support Services Trainer As part of our 'meet the team' series, we talk to IP Support Services Trainer Naomi Armitage about ...
Emily Sullivan - January 9, 2024 Pharma trade marks: 2023 EU case law round up As we enter 2024, we reflect on the lessons we have learned in 2023. The trade mark landscape has ...
Alexander Savin - January 8, 2024 Nuclear Fusion: A Case Study in the need for a cohesive IP Strategy at the forefront of science Following on the continued success in inertial confinement research reported from the National ...
Emily Lythell - January 5, 2024 Antibiotic with novel mechanism offers new hope for treating resistant infections This week saw the publication of a potential new class of antibiotics and their mechanism ...
Robert Andrews - January 4, 2024 Podcast with Robert Andrews: a forward-thinking approach to inclusion & diversity Robert Andrews joins Lisa Mueller and Vivian Luiz Coco on their Inclusion Evolution podcast to ...
Thomas Lonsdale - January 3, 2024 Plastic Packaging Pollution: Kelp is on the Way! Plastic packaging materials have revolutionised modern life. They have several important properties ...
Lauren Woolley - January 3, 2024 Mewburn Ellis is proud to be participating in Veganuary (again) Following last years’ success, we will once again be taking part in the Veganuary Workplace ...
Emily Hayes - December 20, 2023 Amended Rules of Procedure of the EPO Boards of Appeal are coming into force on 1 January 2024 The EPO Boards of Appeal have now published their amended Rules of Procedure and these will be ...
David Brooks - December 20, 2023 UK Battery Strategy Commentary Ahead of the Global Investment Summit hosted recently in November 2023 at Hampton Court Palace, the ...
Joseph Newcombe - December 19, 2023 New highs for psychedelics in the clinic Psychedelic compounds have long been experimented with for their mind-altering properties, but in ...
Callum Anderson - December 19, 2023 Gazing into the future of augmented reality glasses Augmented reality (AR) sits between virtual reality (VR) and the real world.
Alice Jefferies - December 19, 2023 Synthetic probiotics: bacteria that link the gut to the brain Optimising pharmacokinetics of a drug is a vital stage of the development process. Pharmacokinetics ...
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 ...
Ben Boyd - December 19, 2023 Sailing cargo You might question why an IP firm concerned with innovation is writing about the use of sails in ...
Lucie Jones - December 18, 2023 The Ghosts of Paralegals Past, Present and Future Going back in time Let me take you back at the beginning of the century. Christmas 2001 is just ...
Calum Graham - December 14, 2023 National Vision for Engineering Biology On Tuesday 5 December 2023, the Minister for Science, Research and Innovation, Andrew Griffith MP, ...
Shajila Aziz - December 6, 2023 Meet The Team: Shajila Aziz, Patent Administrator As part of our 'meet the team' series, we talk to patent administrator, Shajila Aziz about her ...
David Brooks - December 5, 2023 Layering up: how graphene is disrupting the sportswear industry Earlier this year, Novak Djokovic broke the men’s tennis record for the most Grand Slam tournament ...
Ben Boyd - December 5, 2023 Ballast-free ships While this blog is about ballast-free ships, it is important to understand why cargo ships require ...
Amelia Jones - December 4, 2023 Enzyme-based carbon capture: as easy as breathing Over the past few years, the impact of the climate crisis has never been far from the front pages. ...
Lucy Coe - December 4, 2023 EPO will accelerate oppositions when there are parallel UPC infringement or revocation proceedings The EPO have announced in the November 2023 Official Journal that they will accelerate opposition ...
Joanna Smith - November 30, 2023 Mewburn Ellis recognised in The Legal 500 UK Green Guide 2024 We are delighted to announce that we have been recognised in The Legal 500 UK Green Guide 2024 ...
Sean Constable - November 30, 2023 Practical tips for EPO appeal proceedings under the new, stricter rules: 5 key takeaways from a recent EPO conference In 2020 the EPO revised the rules that govern the procedure at the EPO Boards of Appeal. As we ...
Sarah Morrow - November 29, 2023 What is Graphene? For an undergraduate scientist, the answer to the question “What is graphene?” is perhaps all ...
Niles Beadman - November 28, 2023 Invention Capture: 5 Steps to Success - Transforming Technology to Patent Protection Invention capturing, also referred to as invention harvesting or invention mining, is the start of ...
Alex Burns - November 28, 2023 Emotional Perception AI v UKIPO: Is this the dawning of a new era for AI-related inventions at the UKIPO? On 21 November 2023, Mann J handed down his judgment on Emotional Perception AI Ltd v ...
Ben Boyd - November 23, 2023 Tidal energy Most people are aware that the moon (and to a lesser extent the sun), exert a gravitational pull on ...
Tamara Rubery - November 22, 2023 Meet The Team: Tamara Rubery, Senior HR Manager As part of our 'meet the team' series, we talk to senior HR manager, Tamara Rubery about being ...
Rob Walker - November 21, 2023 Mewburn Ellis announce carbon offsetting for 22 – 23 financial year As a business, we have made several commitments about our environmental impact, and in particular ...
Emily Lloyd - November 17, 2023 Latest Medtech developments in the race to help diabetes sufferers November is National Diabetes Awareness month and, in this blog, we are discussing the latest ...
Maria Hall - November 17, 2023 Bristol office selects Springboard Opportunity Group as their chosen charity to support This year, our Bristol office voted for Springboard Opportunity Group as their office charity. We ...
Alex Galbraith - November 17, 2023 The first CRISPR treatment – Casgevy wins UK approval for sickle cell disease In a world first, the UK medicines regulator has given the green light to a therapy employing ...
Isobel Fisher - November 17, 2023 Biosensor bacteria for tumor detection Genetically engineered biosensor bacteria could allow us to detect colon cancer without the need ...
James Leach - November 16, 2023 IP Protection for software-based products- An Introduction for SMEs We are excited to launch our new software resource booklet — 'IP Protection for software-based ...
Jamie Emerick - November 15, 2023 EU General Court provides guidance on consumer perception in the pharmaceutical industry Earlier this year, in March 2023, the European Union’s General Court provided some useful ...
Ben Boyd - November 14, 2023 Salinity gradient power In this series on capturing energy from the ocean we’ve recently discussed wave power, tidal power ...
Katherine Green - November 13, 2023 Most opposed patents of 2022 As with CRISPR, patents directed to Nobel Prize-winning technologies are viewed as extremely ...
Rachel Collier - November 9, 2023 Meet the Team: Rachel Collier, IP Support, Paralegal As part of our 'meet the team' series, we talk to paralegal Rachel Collier about her commitment to ...
Jacqueline Murphy - November 8, 2023 Validating European patents outside Europe - the Validation State system We are pleased to launch our latest report Validating European patents outside Europe - the ...
Ben Boyd - November 7, 2023 Is Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion a sustainable way forward? We’ve previously discussed how energy can be captured directly from the movement of the waves on ...
Joe Egelstaff - November 6, 2023 Total artificial hearts: creating the perfect pump Cardiovascular disease is estimated to account for 45% of deaths in Europe each year. More ...
Katie Dale - November 6, 2023 Swapping in stem cells for diabetes treatment With just under 50% of type 1 diabetes patients using wearable blood glucose monitors1, medical ...
Rhiannon Wescott - October 31, 2023 Check out the Mewburn Forest! We committed to plant a tree for every new matter we’ve opened since April 2021. Two-and-a-half ...
Jacqueline Murphy - October 23, 2023 In person event - Circular Economy: Ideas to Business, Oxford, 7 December 2023 Mewburn Ellis is delighted to be partnering with Oxfordshire Greentech to present an exciting in ...
Richard Clegg - October 23, 2023 Andy King appointed as Head of Trade Marks and joins the firm’s Management Board We're pleased to announce that Partner Andy King will be the new Head of the Trade Mark Practice ...
Lesley Gardner - October 23, 2023 Meet the Team: Lesley Gardner, Business Services, Head of IP Support Services As part of our 'meet the team' series, we talk to Head of IP Support Services Lesley Gardner about ...
Joanna Smith - October 20, 2023 WIPR Diversity 2023 We are delighted to have three of our wonderful women recognised in WIPR Diversity 2023. WIPR ...
Joanna Smith - October 20, 2023 Lucy Coe appointed Women in IP Committee Lead for IP Inclusive Congratulations to Lucy Coe on her appointment as IP Inclusive: Women in IP Committee Lead.
Simon Parry - October 19, 2023 Major developments in the UK offshore wind farm industry October has been a busy and exciting month for offshore wind news in the United Kingdom.
Joanna Smith - October 19, 2023 Chambers & Partners 2024 legal guide - Band 1 We are proud to have once again been ranked Band 1 (gold) in Chambers & Partners 2024 legal ...
Simon Kremer - October 13, 2023 The EPO’s Enlarged Board of Appeal decides how the EPO should assess entitlement to priority The Enlarged Board of Appeal of the EPO has now issued its long-awaited answers to the legal ...
Lucy Coe - October 11, 2023 Meet the Team: Lucy Coe, Senior Associate, Patent Attorney As part of our 'meet the team' series, we talked to Lucy Coe about her passion for science, the ...
Matthew Barton - October 6, 2023 Recycling the Rainbow - coloured plastics in the circular economy Single-use plastic has become indispensable in everyday life, particularly in the packaging of ...
Rebecca Brooks - October 6, 2023 Supporting Guts UK and their research into the gut microbiome We’re pleased to announce that we have started a new charity partnership with Guts UK. Guts UK was ...
Kate O'Rourke - October 5, 2023 Chartered Trade Mark Attorneys – your key business ally In the past few years there has been an upsurge in the number of unqualified and unregulated ...
Joanna Smith - October 5, 2023 Mewburn Ellis: top tier firm Legal 500 2024 We are extremely proud to once again be ranked tier one for our patent and trade mark practices in ...
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 ...
Joanna Smith - October 4, 2023 Congratulations to our Rising Stars 2023 Congratulations to Eleanor Maciver, Anna Mudge and Ben Tolley for being recognised as Rising Stars ...
Nick Sutcliffe - October 3, 2023 Covid autumn booster vaccine 2023: the switch to mono-valent vaccines Autumn 2023 sees another round of COVID-19 booster jabs across the UK for vulnerable people.
Nathan Zhang - October 3, 2023 Taking (personal) care of the future The market size of beauty and personal care is huge, valued at a global revenue of over $570 ...
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 ...
Sydney Phillips - September 27, 2023 Meet The Team: Sydney Phillips, IP Support Services, Paralegal As part of our 'meet the team' series, we talk to patent paralegal, Sydney Phillips about time ...
Sarah Harvey - September 21, 2023 UK regulators decide preferred approach to precision bred crops Yesterday (Wednesday 20 September 2023), the Food Standards Agency board decided on their preferred ...
Tom Furnival - September 20, 2023 How does declaring a patent or application as “essential to a standard” affect the pre-grant experience of an application? – Part 2 This article is the latest in a series of blogs exploring whether declaring your patent or ...
Thomas Lonsdale - September 19, 2023 Not just window dressing: the technologies making textiles greener Not only are textiles the biggest source of microplastics globally, supplying the world’s clothing ...
Maria Hall - September 19, 2023 Mewburn Ellis praised for achievements in sustainability EcoVadis ratings highlight environmental policies and sustainable procurement practices alongside ...
Sean Jauss - September 13, 2023 Meet The Team: Sean Jauss, Partner, Solicitor, Litigator, Head of Legal Services As part of our 'meet the team' series, we talk to head of legal and dispute resolution, Sean Jauss, ...
Matthew Smith - September 8, 2023 Trends in Graphene IP – a refresh Last year, we delved into the data to see how the number of patent publications coming out had ...
Rebecca Anderson-Smith - September 7, 2023 A badge of green credentials With consumers increasingly choosing brands that are more environmentally friendly, we have seen a ...
Kirsty Morris - September 7, 2023 Meet The Team: Kirsty Morris, IP Support Services, Patent Administrator As part of our 'meet the team' series, we talk to patent administrator, Kirsty Morris about her ...
David Brooks - September 6, 2023 Graphene: permeating the hydrogen economy The growth of the so-called “hydrogen economy” is crucial to achieving net-zero carbon emissions ...
David Brooks - September 6, 2023 IP audits for battery and energy storage businesses Companies working in the fields of batteries and energy storage often have a wealth of intellectual ...
Alice Jefferies - September 5, 2023 A leap forward in slowing down Alzheimer’s This summer has seen a major leap forward in slowing the rate of progression of Alzheimer’s disease.
Joseph Newcombe - September 5, 2023 Meet The Team: Joseph Newcombe, Associate and Patent Attorney, Sustainable Pharma Commentator As part of our 'meet the team' series, we talk to Joseph Newcombe about being involved in the ...
Maria Hall - September 5, 2023 Mewburn Ellis donate £219,000 to charity partnerships for 2023/2024 — over £790,000 donated since 2020 To mark the International Day of Charity (September 5th), we are delighted to announce a commitment ...
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 ...
Alex Galbraith - September 1, 2023 Gene therapy – the status quo and future trends The uptick in recent approvals in the gene therapy space is emblematic of a field which is now ...
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 ...
Maria Hall - August 31, 2023 Cambridge office selects Cambridge City Foodbank as their chosen charity to support Our Cambridge office has chosen Cambridge City Foodbank as one of our local charities and we have ...
Hojae Lee - August 30, 2023 Updates on the Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) fee structure, effective 1 August 2023 If you have patents or trade marks in Korea or are considering filing or transferring them, you ...
Maria Hall - August 29, 2023 Meet The Team: Maria Hall, Business Services, Chief M&BD Officer, Community Champion As part of our 'meet the team' series, we talk to chief marketing and business development officer ...
Maria Hall - August 29, 2023 A visit to The Booth Centre — Manchester office to support charity over next two years The Booth Centre is a charity that our Manchester Office have chosen to support over the next two ...
Karolina Fryzlewicz - August 25, 2023 Strategic Pharmaceutical Branding: when should you apply to register a trade mark if still undergoing clinical trials? Tying trade mark considerations into your drug development strategy can be a rather challenging ...
Eleanor Maciver - August 23, 2023 Mewburn Ellis Net-Zero Targets Validated by Science Based Target initiative As part of our ongoing commitment to environmental sustainability, we are proud to have our near ...
Simon Parry - August 23, 2023 Is the future in the wind? Pyxis Ocean sets sail! This week we have seen the bulk carrier Pyxis Ocean set sail (literally!) for the first time with ...
Fynn McLennan - August 21, 2023 Silicon anodes: where are we now? In 2020, we wrote about some of the approaches being taken to develop viable silicon-based anodes. ...
Maria Hall - August 16, 2023 Mewburn Ellis support Jonathan's Voice for third year, donating £50,000 so far “The focus of our I&D strategy is building inclusion, we are aiming to do this by ensuring that ...
James Leach - August 16, 2023 Quick guide to determining whether a software invention is patent eligible. In general, the main obstacle to obtaining patent protection for a new software invention is the ...
Kimberley Harding - August 16, 2023 Meet The Team: Kimberley Harding, IP Support, Paralegal As part of our 'meet the team' series, we talk to paralegal, Kim Harding about studying for patent ...
Maria Hall - August 16, 2023 Our LGBTQ+ Group selects All About Trans as one of their chosen charities to support. This year, our LGBTQ+ group has chosen All About Trans as one of their charities to support for our ...
Maria Hall - August 16, 2023 London office selects The National Brain Appeal as their chosen charity to support. This year, our team in London have voted for The National Brain Appeal as their office charity. We ...
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 ...
Fay Allen - August 10, 2023 In vivo expression of chimeric antigen receptors: using gene therapy to improve cell therapy In vivo CAR therapies build on the success of standard CAR treatments and aim to overcome the ...
Julie Carlisle - August 10, 2023 Mewburn Ellis team up with Support Dogs to sponsor an Assistance Dog This week (7 – 13 August 2023) is International Assistance Dog Week and this year we're excited to ...
Ine Vanderleyden - August 9, 2023 The next-generation therapies for autoimmune diseases The immune system has an extraordinary capacity to distinguish “self” from “non-self”. This means ...
Alexander Savin - August 9, 2023 Nuclear fusion breakthrough raises hope for limitless clean energy A research team at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) in California USA has reportedly ...
Niles Beadman - August 8, 2023 Superconductor sparks excitement, but meets resistance The last few weeks have seen the rise of an unlikely social media star – the claimed ...
Edward Couchman - August 7, 2023 Cells as medicines: the promise of cell therapy Cell therapy is one of the most exciting areas of medical science, with recent years having seen ...
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 ...
Maria Hall - August 4, 2023 Mewburn Ellis support CREST Awards for the third year donating £128,000 so far We now enter our third year of supporting the British Science Association and their CREST Awards ...
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 ...
Clare James - August 2, 2023 Meet The Team: Clare James, Business Services, Executive Assistant As part of our 'meet the team' series, we talk to Clare James, EA to the Mewburn Ellis management ...
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 ...
Thomas Lonsdale - July 31, 2023 Green Aviation – Ready for Take off! In 2022 aviation accounted for ca. 2% of global energy-related CO2 emissions, with around 800 Mt ...
Lesley Gardner - July 26, 2023 National Paralegal Awards Finalists 2023 We are extremely proud to announce our finalists in the National Paralegal Awards 2023 which ...
Nick Sutcliffe - July 26, 2023 IP priorities for forward-looking cell and gene therapy businesses IP priorities are especially important to businesses developing advanced therapeutic products. ...
Maria Hall - July 26, 2023 Developing our online services to meet your needs Our clients choose to work with us because we offer fresh insights and business-minded solutions. ...
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 ...
David Brooks - July 19, 2023 Mewburn Ellis is proud to work on 18 of the 50 top-selling pharmaceuticals of 2022 Last year we reported the unprecedented growth of the innovative pharmaceuticals industry in 2021 ...
Eleanor Gooding - July 18, 2023 Meet The Team: Ellie Gooding, IP Support, Paralegal As part of our 'meet the team' series, we talk to paralegal, Ellie Gooding about being part of a ...
Jacqueline Murphy - July 18, 2023 Does Green IP mean go? Exploring acceleration under the UKIPO’s “Green Channel” We are pleased to launch our latest report Does Green IP mean go? Exploring acceleration under the ...
Alexander Cavell - July 17, 2023 Developing battery technology? Think inside the Box! The Patent Box is a tax break scheme that is designed to encourage companies, such as those ...
Thomas Driver - July 13, 2023 Evolution of engineered minimal cells - high mutation rates and regained fitness Engineered bacterial cells with minimal genomes were developed in 2016 - these minimal cells ...
Alice Jefferies - July 10, 2023 Mewburn Ellis lace up for Endure24 in support of East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices Mewburn Ellis showed steely determination to complete a 24-hour running challenge, raising £2,500 ...
Maria Hall - July 6, 2023 £20,000 support for FoodCycle to help address the cost of living crisis. This year we have chosen to support FoodCycle as one of our firmwide charities and have made a ...
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 ...
Sean Jauss - July 5, 2023 Litigation in the Unified Patent Court (UPC) The UPC is a new European patent litigation court. It will provide a single forum for the ...
Ben Boyd - July 5, 2023 Big Data in Maritime transport Big data has been a big thing for most of the last decade, yet its importance in industry continues ...
Joanna Smith - July 4, 2023 Mewburn Ellis ranked ‘gold tier’ in IAM PATENT 1000: The World’s Leading Patent Practitioners 2023 We are delighted to once again be ranked ‘gold tier’ in IAM PATENT 1000: The World’s Leading Patent ...
Karolina Fryzlewicz - July 4, 2023 Protecting yourself against IP scammers Scamming practices, such as misleading invoices and spoofed phone calls, are unfortunately a part ...
Davina Lockyer - July 3, 2023 Meet The Team: Davina Lockyer, Business Services, System Accountant As part of our 'meet the team' series, we talk to system accountant, Davina Lockyer about why she ...
Sean Jauss - June 27, 2023 UPC Administrative Committee approves Milan as host of the third Central Division court The UPC Administrative Committee has announced that Milan will host the third seat of the UPC’s ...
Jacqueline Murphy - June 26, 2023 In person event - Circular Economy: Ideas to Business, Cambridge, 13 September Mewburn Ellis is delighted to be partnering with Cambridge Cleantech to present an exciting in ...
Adam Gregory - June 22, 2023 Cell-cultivated chicken approved for sale in US On Wednesday 21 June 2023, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) approved the sale of ...
Isobel Fisher - June 22, 2023 One giant leap for plant-kind: engineering plants for Mars If humans are going to live on Mars one day, we need to work out how to grow plants there. Plants ...
Debbie Williams - June 21, 2023 Meet The Team: Debbie Williams, IP Support, Paralegal As part of our 'meet the team' series, we talk to paralegal Debbie Williams about developing her ...
Lisa Sharma - June 20, 2023 Making plastic disappear It comes as no surprise, that single-use plastic remains one of the most pressing environmental ...
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 ...
Cat Bate - June 8, 2023 Meet The Team: Cat Bate, Business Services, Learning & Development Manager As part of our 'meet the team' series, we talk to learning and development manager, Cat Bate about ...
Karolina Fryzlewicz - June 8, 2023 Katy Perry v Katie Perry: Use of famous personalities’ names in commerce Brand owners who build brands under their own name unsurprisingly attach great importance to how ...
Rob Walker - June 7, 2023 World Ocean Day 2023 – Turning the Tide on Ocean Pollution 8 June 2023 marks the 21st World Ocean Day, which, in the words of The Ocean Project, has a mission ...
Joanna Smith - June 6, 2023 More recognition in MIP IP Stars 2023 It is fantastic to once again be recognised in MIP IP Stars 2023. So far this year, we have ...
Emily Sullivan - June 2, 2023 EUIPO vs “EMMENTALER” Trade mark courts worldwide spend a good deal of time deciding what trade marks cheese ...
Rebecca Anderson-Smith - May 25, 2023 Meet The Team: Rebecca Anderson-Smith, Partner, Chartered Trade Mark Attorney As part of our 'meet the team' series, we talk to partner, Rebecca Anderson-Smith about how she set ...
Andy King - May 22, 2023 Meet The Team: Andy King, Head of Trade Marks, Chartered Trade Mark Attorney As part of our 'meet the team' series, we talk to partner and Head of Trade Marks Andy King about ...
Robert Andrews - May 22, 2023 Podcast with Robert Andrews: how to drive I&D progress and engage key stakeholders Robert Andrews joins Natasha Rainey on her All Inclusive Podcast to discuss his journey to becoming ...
Toby Hill - May 16, 2023 CREST Awards case study: an interview with Toby Hill Mewburn is a national partner for the CREST Awards programme run by the British Science Association ...
Jacqueline Murphy - May 16, 2023 Green Tech: Making IP Part of Your Toolkit - Webinar On Wednesday 21 June, we are delighted to be hosting in partnership with Oxfordshire Greentech a ...
Andy King - May 15, 2023 Percy Pig ice cream renamed after M&S request A small family-run ice cream parlour based in Hertfordshire has recently renamed its 'Perky Pig ...
Ben Boyd - May 12, 2023 Offshore wind's contribution to the world's energy demand In 2019 the International Energy Agency (IEA) estimated that the energy available worldwide from ...
Kate O'Rourke - May 11, 2023 Meet The Team: Kate O'Rourke, Partner, Chartered Trade Mark Attorney As part of our 'meet the team' series, we talk to Chartered Trade Mark Attorney, Kate O’Rourke ...
Rebecca Tollervey - May 9, 2023 Patenting antibodies – the latest developments from the EPO Boards of Appeal: Part 2 – inventive step We have conducted a review of Board of Appeal decisions relating to antibody patents published ...
Joanna Smith - May 5, 2023 Mewburn Ellis shortlisted for two awards at the Managing IP EMEA Awards 2023 We are delighted to have been nominated in two categories by Managing IP at their EMEA Awards.
Alex Burns - May 5, 2023 Gene sequencing accelerates with custom hardware The cost to sequence a genome continues to drop exponentially. Over the past 20 years, the cost to ...
Alice Jefferies - May 4, 2023 The ball is rolling at the FDA for microbiome therapies The FDA was busy last week! Off the back of the first approval for faecal microbiota transplant ...
Jacqueline Pang - May 4, 2023 Meet The Team: Jacqueline Pang, Partner, Chartered Trade Mark Attorney As part of our 'meet the team' series, we talked to Jacqueline Pang about ChatGPT, the use of trade ...
Rob Walker - May 2, 2023 The History of Hydrofoils Since their introduction into the America’s Cup boats in 2013, hydrofoils have become familiar to ...
Jan Rether - May 2, 2023 Meet The Team: Jan Rether, Partner, Attorney at Law As part of our 'meet the team' series, we talked to Jan Rether, partner in the Munich office, about ...
Andy King - April 28, 2023 Fail to Prepare; Prepare to Fail: a discussion about representation issues at the UK IPO The UK IPO has recently introduced an important change to the rules on representation of certain ...
Joseph Newcombe - April 26, 2023 Joe Newcombe in PharmaTimes — new order In his regular PharmaTimes feature, sustainability columnist Joe Newcombe looks out to pharma’s ...
Joanna Smith - April 26, 2023 MIP IP STARS: Top 250 Women in IP 2023 Congratulations to Kate O'Rourke who has been recognised in Managing IP: IP STARS Top 250 Women in ...
Darena Slavova - April 25, 2023 EPO to Abolish “10-Day Rule” from 01 November 2023 Key Points: the “10-day rule” will be abolished and will not be applied in respect of European ...
Thea Toutoungy - April 21, 2023 The lithium rush: an unsustainable approach to sustainability? In recent years, the world has seen the significant consequences of our continued heavy dependence ...
Rebecca Anderson-Smith - April 20, 2023 High Court finds Tesco Clubcard Prices logo infringes Lidl’s trade mark The High Court of England and Wales yesterday (19 April 2023) held that Tesco has been infringing ...
Jacqueline Murphy - April 19, 2023 Operating in the circular economy: From idea to Business – our co-hosted event with Oxfordshire Greentech On Wednesday 22 March, we were delighted to co-host an in-person event with Oxfordshire Greentech ...
Ben Boyd - April 17, 2023 Offshore winds blow against Siemens Late last year Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy A/S was unsuccessful in asserting infringement of ...
Alison Fugard - April 14, 2023 “Wood”n’t it be nice? - Turning over a new leaf in wood-based packaging For years, we have been aware of the need to reduce our reliance on plastic. But there is a reason ...
Ben Boyd - April 14, 2023 Patents at sea Patents are a territorial right. A UK patent provides you with a monopoly right for your claimed ...
Tom Furnival - April 13, 2023 Does declaring your patent or application as “essential to a standard” influence the outcome of that patent or application in Europe? This blog is the first in a series in which we explore standards essential patents using patent ...
Rob Walker - April 12, 2023 Blowing bubbles to cut drag and clean up shipping If someone told you their latest invention was a bubble blowing device, you might think that they ...
Karolina Fryzlewicz - April 5, 2023 When dragons come to court: why a children book’s author lost a case of copyright infringement against John Lewis “The dragon is a creature of myth, dating back to ancient times and found in cultures across the ...
Robert Watson - March 31, 2023 UK accession to the CPTPP - grace period exemption big boost for IP The UK government announced 5 years ago its intention to join the CPTPP (Comprehensive and ...
Joe McAlary - March 28, 2023 Can parallel importers apply registered trade marks to previously unbranded products? Towards the back end of last year, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) gave a series ...
Emily Sullivan - March 24, 2023 Spot the difference: where UK and German laws go astray Despite the harmonisation of trade mark law in Europe over the past decades, significant ...
Anna Mudge - March 21, 2023 Advanced Therapies Congress 2023 - five key themes Anna Mudge enjoyed a bustling two days at the Advanced Therapies Congress 2023 in London. Nine ...
Ben Boyd - March 21, 2023 Motion of the ocean - Wave energy converters The ocean covers 70% of the earth’s surface, so it is no wonder there is a significant attention at ...
Jacqueline Murphy - March 14, 2023 Femtech: a growth industry - new special report We are delighted to release our latest report Femtech: a growth industry.
Nathan Zhang - March 13, 2023 Wearing down tyre emissions The amount of particulate material which comes out of an exhaust pipe of a car is relatively modest ...
Frances Salisbury - March 9, 2023 Mewburn Ellis celebrates International Women's Day 2023 8 March 2023 was International Women's Day (IWD) which looks to celebrate women's achievements, ...
Jacqueline Murphy - March 7, 2023 Come and join us for a ‘Celebration of all things Singapore’ We are excited to be in Singapore for INTA 2023 and very much hope that you can join us at our ...
Matthew Barton - March 3, 2023 Conservation innovation – working towards a world for both humans and wildlife With a rapidly growing human global population, predicted to reach 10 billion by 2057, our impact ...
Robert Watson - March 2, 2023 Julie Carlisle and Robert Watson in PharmaTimes — everything I own? Featured in PharmaTimes, Julie Carlisle and Robert Watson dig deep into the maelstrom of ...
Urs Ferber - March 1, 2023 Unified Patent Court (UPC) FAQS – how do we make sure an opt-out request is valid? The delay of the opening of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) gives us some additional time to reflect ...
Joseph Newcombe - March 1, 2023 Joe Newcombe in PharmaTimes — circle of life In his regular PharmaTimes feature, sustainability columnist Joe Newcombe looks out to pharma’s ...
Natalie Vaughan - February 23, 2023 Microbiome claims around the world: how to define your microbe? A booming commercial interest in harnessing the human microbiome for therapeutic uses has led to a ...
Niles Beadman - February 21, 2023 Faraday Battery Challenge: Funding the Future Michael Faraday uncovered the link between electricity and magnetism, built the first electric ...
Ine Vanderleyden - February 20, 2023 Trafficking T cells – how to get cells to their target destination After being in the shadow of its famous relative, the antibody-producing B cell, for many decades, ...
Joanna Smith - February 20, 2023 WTR 1000 - The World’s Leading Trademark Professionals 2023 We are delighted be ranked silver for prosecution and strategy in WTR 1000 – The World’s Leading ...
Samuel Hart - February 17, 2023 EPO announces fee increases from 1 April 2023 In recent times, the European Patent Office (EPO) has increased its official fees every two years. ...
Eliot Ward - February 17, 2023 Germany completes ratification of UPC agreement, confirming the 1 June 2023 launch date Months of delay and uncertainty are finally behind us. Germany deposited its ratification of the ...
Urs Ferber - February 13, 2023 Unified Patent Court (UPC) FAQS – who is entitled to file an opt-out request? The delay of the opening of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) gives us some additional time to reflect ...
Paul Dunne - February 13, 2023 Plastics and climate change - a solution and a problem Plastics have the potential to play a crucial role in emission-saving technologies – from the ...
Frances Salisbury - February 10, 2023 Women and Girls in Science Day: Mewburn Ellis celebrates women in STEM fields Saturday 11 February 2023 marks the 8th International Women and Girls in Science Day.
Christopher Casley - February 9, 2023 AI and Tech innovation stands out in a slow year for pharma deals Last year saw a drop in the number and value of deals performed in the biotech and pharma sector ...
Callum McGuinn - February 8, 2023 Meet the team: Callum McGuinn, Partner and Patent Attorney in the Chemistry team, London As part of our 'meet the team' series, we talk to Callum McGuinn about his journey to becoming a ...
Maria Hall - February 7, 2023 Mewburn Ellis CREST Awards partnership report We are delighted to share our CREST Awards partnership project report. This outlines some of the ...
Karolina Fryzlewicz - February 6, 2023 Curing pharmaceutical trade mark deficiencies: EU guidance on “food supplements” and “pharmaceutical products” in Hasco TM v EUIPO Making genuine use of trade marks after registration is of fundamental importance to avoid the ...
Julie Carlisle - February 5, 2023 Meet the team: Julie Carlisle, Partner, Patent Attorney and Litigator in the Chemistry team, London As part of our 'meet the team' series, we talk to Julie Carlisle about her journey to becoming a ...
Lauren Woolley - February 3, 2023 Veganuary: what a month it has been! Veganuary is done for another year. What a month it has been!
Sarah Harvey - February 3, 2023 Veganuary: what we eat - 5 tips for sustainability As Veganuary comes to a close, we are preparing to return to our normal lives and, indeed, diets. ...
Emma Graham - February 2, 2023 Meet the team: Emma Graham, Partner and Patent Attorney in the Engineering team, London As part of our 'meet the team' series, we talk to Emma Graham about her love of patent drafting, ...
Emma Graham - February 1, 2023 Should I file third party observations? A study of the consequences of filing third party observations (TPOs) in the MedTech sector and the ...
Rebecca Tollervey - February 1, 2023 Patenting antibodies – the latest developments from the EPO Boards of Appeal The prosecution of patent applications relating to antibodies involves particular considerations. ...
Camille Terfve - January 31, 2023 Meet the team: Camille Terfve, Partner and Patent Attorney in the Life Sciences team, Cambridge As part of our 'meet the team' series, we talk to Camille Terfve about her journey to becoming a ...
Callum Anderson - January 31, 2023 Getting to grips with device led physical rehabilitation innovation In the UK, there are an estimated 187,000 children living with an arm disability, and 85 million ...
Jacqueline Murphy - January 30, 2023 Battery insights & IP trends - new special report We are pleased to announce the launch of our latest special report Battery insights & IP ...
Lucy Coe - January 30, 2023 Can AI and IOT support environmental sustainability Advances in software-based technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI) and The Internet of ...
Eleanor Maciver - January 24, 2023 Meet the team: Eleanor Maciver, Partner and Patent Attorney in the Chemistry team, Cambridge As part of our 'meet the team' series, we talk to Eleanor Maciver about her journey to becoming a ...
Lauren Woolley - January 23, 2023 Veganuary: food for thought - ethical considerations when navigating the future food technology landscape Our focus this Veganuary has been on the technology leading the way in this sector, and in ...
Katie Dale - January 21, 2023 CAR Treg cell therapy - to autoimmunity and beyond A new wave of cell therapy is hitting the clinics for treating various autoimmune diseases, by ...
Christopher Casley - January 20, 2023 Meet the team: Christopher Casley, Partner and Patent Attorney in the Life Sciences team, Bristol As part of our 'meet the team' series, we talk to Christopher Casley about why he enjoys life as a ...
Jack Davies - January 20, 2023 Quantum sensors in space: measuring a warming world with cold atoms Space-borne sensors serve a variety of purposes that are all but essential to our daily lives, from ...
Amelia Jones - January 20, 2023 Synthetic Biology - creating innovative solutions to tackle climate change Over the past few decades, awareness of the impact that humans are having on the planet has grown ...
Rebecca Anderson-Smith - January 19, 2023 Veganuary: vegan branding – more than meats the eye The Veganuary challenge is in full swing, at Mewburn Ellis, and across the UK more generally. But ...
Richard Clegg - January 18, 2023 Opting out from the UPC – when to opt-out a pending European patent application From 1 March 2023, when the Unified Patent Court (UPC) sunrise period starts, it will become ...
Lauren Woolley - January 17, 2023 Veganuary: horizons in next-generation plant-based meat analogues Here at Mewburn Ellis, we have been thinking about the future of food for some time. Since 2019, we ...
Sam Bailey - January 16, 2023 Battery innovation - an enabling technology for the reduction of greenhouse emissions From both sides of the research community, companies and academics are working to not only invent ...
Louise Atkins - January 10, 2023 Veganuary: Culturing an appetite; advances in 3D bioprinting Throughout Veganuary, we are looking at the technologies that are taking us beyond animal ...
Jacqueline Murphy - January 9, 2023 Operating in the circular economy: From idea to Business – in person event, Oxford UK, 22 March 2023 We are delighted to be partnering with Oxfordshire Greentech to present an exciting new in person ...
Andy King - January 9, 2023 Form TM7 & TM7A — discrepancies between threatened and actual opponents at the UKIPO Publication of a UK trade mark application, following examination and acceptance by the UK IPO, ...
Angela Nolan - January 4, 2023 Mewburn's The Christie Challenge raises over £30,000! Over the course of September 2021 to September 2022, Mewburn Ellis participated in The Christie ...
Lauren Woolley - January 4, 2023 Mewburn Ellis is proud to be participating in Veganuary At Mewburn Ellis, we have been thinking about the future of food for some time. So have the ...
Alice Jefferies - December 23, 2022 A world-first approval for off-the-shelf cell therapy We are delighted to learn that this week the European Commission granted the world’s first approval ...
Nick Sutcliffe - December 20, 2022 mRNA cancer vaccine shows efficacy in clinical trial Moderna and Merck announced in a mid-December 2022 press release that its mRNA cancer vaccine ...
Joseph Newcombe - December 8, 2022 Joe Newcombe in PharmaTimes — Reality checked In his regular PharmaTimes feature, sustainability columnist Joe Newcombe looks at how COP27 ...
Rob Walker - December 5, 2022 Repurpose our rigs! Platforms for climate tech 2022 saw the end of one of the UK’s largest, and possibly most bizarre, public art exhibitions – an ...
Rebecca Anderson-Smith - December 2, 2022 Pharma trade marks: 2022 case law round up As we enter December, and the year draws to a close, many trade mark practitioners and brand owners ...
Joe McAlary - December 2, 2022 Parallel imports of repackaged pharmaceutical products - clarification from recent CJEU rulings Recent case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has clarified how the ...
Eliot Ward - December 1, 2022 Welcome to the market, FMT On Wednesday 30 November 2022, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorised the first ...
Thomas Driver - December 1, 2022 What is Synthetic Biology and why should you care? The term Synthetic Biology, or SynBio, has been used for a while; the meaning of the term seems to ...
Alex Galbraith - December 1, 2022 Antibody therapy for pets – following the human lead Over recent decades monoclonal antibody (mAb) therapy has developed from a standing start to become ...
Jack Davies - November 30, 2022 David Deutsch – making more sense than common sense “Our best theories are not only truer than common sense, they make more sense than common sense.” — ...
Jacqueline Murphy - November 29, 2022 Patent Litigation Trends in England & Wales - new report We are delighted to release our latest report Patent Litigation Trends in England and Wales.
Joseph Newcombe - November 25, 2022 Joe Newcombe in PharmaTimes — We are the robots In his regular PharmaTimes feature, sustainability columnist Joe Newcombe looks his experience at ...
David Brooks - November 24, 2022 Graphene: the commercial disrupter Graphene has generated a tremendous amount of excitement since it was first isolated at the ...
Jonathan Wills - November 23, 2022 Opposition and examination oral proceedings by videoconference (ViCo) now as standard In response to the significant travel restrictions that were in place across Europe during the ...
Jacqueline Murphy - November 21, 2022 Pharma Trade Marks: Exhaustion and Parallel Trade in the UK - Special Report 2022 We are excited to announce the release of our latest special report Pharma Trade Marks: Exhaustion ...
Thomas Wolter - November 21, 2022 Plausibility and Inventive Step at the EPO - Watch G2/21 live on Thursday 24 November On Thursday 24 November 2022, the Enlarged Board of Appeal (EBA) will hear the parties in case ...
Adam Gregory - November 18, 2022 Coming soon to a plate near you? US Food and Drug Administration issue first step towards approval for cell-based meat For over a decade, the promise of cultivated meat, grown using cell-culture techniques ex vivo and ...
Julie Carlisle - November 16, 2022 European validation strategies for pharmaceutical patents – an update In January 2021, we published our Special Report on EP validation strategies for pharmaceutical ...
Simon Kiddle - November 16, 2022 Positive feedback on oral proceedings in oppositions carried out by videoconference In September, the EPO commissioned a survey about their opposition procedure, in particular asking ...
Edward Couchman - November 11, 2022 Enablement Requirements for Antibody Claims to be Reviewed by US Supreme Court In a development which will be of interest to biotech companies, particularly those working in the ...
Frances Salisbury - November 9, 2022 Gender bias in patent prosecution Fran Salisbury spoke to The Patent Lawyer Magazine about gender bias in patent prosecution. This ...
Katherine Green - November 7, 2022 Eight days – the longest ever opposition hearing at the EPO? The EPO Opposition Division just issued its decision on European Patent 2 188 302 following an ...
Rob Walker - November 4, 2022 Ocean-based carbon dioxide removal is making a splash COP27 commences on 6th November 2022 and one of the key items on the agenda will be the rules ...
Matthew Barton - November 1, 2022 Vets: who’s taking care of the animal caregivers? Our pets are members of the family, and we would do everything we can to make sure they stay fit ...
Paul Dunne - November 1, 2022 Meet the team: Paul Dunne, Partner and Patent Attorney in the Chemistry team, Bristol As part of our 'meet the team' series, we talk to Paul Dunne about his journey to becoming a patent ...
Darena Slavova - November 1, 2022 EPO introduces top-up searches for earlier national rights On 1 September 2022, the EPO introduced an extra “quality check” prior to granting a European ...
Jacqueline Murphy - October 25, 2022 Top Tier in Chambers & Partners 2023 legal guide We are proud to have once again been ranked Band 1 (gold) in Chambers & Partners 2023 legal ...
Jacqueline Murphy - October 25, 2022 Graphene: patenting a wonder material Our Special Report Graphene: patenting a wonder material examines graphene-related patent ...
Darena Slavova - October 20, 2022 On track for net-zero railway: Hitachi’s Blues Train In 1825 George Stephenson’s Locomotion took 450 people 25 miles from Darlington to Stockton at 15 ...
Robert Andrews - October 20, 2022 Mewburn Ellis Partner with the General Counsel for Diversity & Inclusion We're Proud to Partner with the General Counsel for Diversity & Inclusion (GCD&I) GCD&I ...
James Leach - October 19, 2022 AI at the UKIPO – a more patent friendly approach? The UKIPO recently issued new guidance relating to examining patent applications relating to ...
Camille Terfve - October 17, 2022 Bioinformatics at the UK IPO – what does the new Guidance mean for applicants? As recently publicised, the UK IPO recently issued new guidance relating to examining patent ...
Fynn McLennan - October 17, 2022 Picky and potent: bioorthogonal chemistry in therapy There exist chemical moieties that are essentially invisible to the machinery in the mammalian ...
Jacqueline Murphy - October 14, 2022 Mewburn Ellis: top tier firm Legal 500 2023 We are extremely proud to be ranked tier one for our patent and trade mark practices in the 2023 ...
Maria Hall - October 14, 2022 Robert Watson elected President of FICPI’s Study and Work Committee Partner Robert Watson was elected President of FICPI’s Study and Work Committee (Commission d'Etude ...
Joseph Newcombe - October 11, 2022 Joe Newcombe in PharmaTimes — biohazard In his regular PharmaTimes feature, sustainability columnist Joe Newcombe looks out to pharma’s ...
Jacqueline Murphy - October 7, 2022 WIPR Diversity Champions & Trailblazers 2022 Congratulations to Robert Andrews and Rebecca Campbell on being recognised as a World Intellectual ...
Jacqueline Murphy - October 5, 2022 Congratulations to our Rising Stars 2022 Congratulations to Eleanor Maciver, Anna Mudge and Ben Tolley for being recognised as Rising Stars ...
Andrew Pitts - October 4, 2022 A patent attorney, a dog and meaning in the job 4 October 2022 is World Animal Day and we can reflect on how the strong bond with our canine ...
Jack Davies - September 27, 2022 Post quantum cryptography – The Final Frontier We have previously reported on the ongoing search by the National Institute of Standards and ...
James Leach - September 26, 2022 Obtaining patent protection for software inventions can be challenging - but we can help New developments in software are continuing to change the world we live in at a rapid pace. Patent ...
Matthew Naylor - September 23, 2022 UPC: Rules of Procedure finalised and in force The Unitary Patent Court now has a revised set of Rules of Procedure. These came into force on 1 ...
Eliot Ward - September 22, 2022 Mewburn Ellis launch Validation Costs Estimator Tool We are pleased to launch our new Validation Costs Estimator Tool. We know that it can be ...
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 ...
Maria Hall - September 20, 2022 Mewburn Ellis leads UK IP sector with a silver medal from EcoVadis Recognition comes as firm launches its in-depth Sustainability Report examining progress to date ...
Eliot Ward - September 12, 2022 Regulatory challenges for microbiome therapeutics in the EU and beyond – focus on FMT One of the oldest known microbiome-based therapeutics, faecal microbiota transplantation, is again ...
Karolina Fryzlewicz - August 25, 2022 Pattern trade marks: cross-stitch your way to trade mark registration success We live in a world filled with patterns. The natural world reveals to us many patterned ...
Rob Walker - August 22, 2022 The long road to safer micro-mobility June 2022 marked the first anniversary of the introduction of e-scooters in London as part of the ...
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 ...
Kate O'Rourke - August 11, 2022 Consequences of Brexit on trademarks and designs Just over six years ago, the United Kingdom voted to exit the European Union. With most of the ...
Richard Johnson - August 8, 2022 IP as an enabler for AI: UK government shows its hand The recently published response of the UK government to a consultation on the interface between ...
Charlotte Lynch - August 8, 2022 The FemTech revolution: providing much-needed menopause care High quality menopause care has the potential to significantly improve women’s lives. Fortunately, ...
Emily Hayes - August 5, 2022 We perform significantly better than the EPO average at oppositions We really are experts when it comes to opposing patents and our enviable success rate speaks for ...
Eleanor Maciver - August 3, 2022 Alternative proteins: you can’t magic anything out of thin air – or can you? It’s hard to miss the scale of investor and consumer appetite for sustainable, future foods. Future ...
Joseph Newcombe - August 1, 2022 Joe Newcombe in PharmaTimes — chemical reaction In his regular PharmaTimes feature, sustainability columnist Joe Newcombe looks out to pharma’s ...
Katie Dale - July 28, 2022 Bugs helping drugs beat cancer – harnessing the microbiome for immunotherapy In recent years the field of cancer immunotherapy has exploded in popularity, and now a new branch ...
Katherine Green - July 28, 2022 Most opposed patents of 2021 When we reviewed our list of the most opposed European patents of 2021, we found that the patent at ...
Adam Gregory - July 22, 2022 Mewburn Ellis is proud to work on 19 of the 50 top-selling pharmaceuticals of 2021 2021 was a year of unprecedented success for the biotech and pharmaceutical industries, with the ...
Sam Bailey - July 20, 2022 Electrolytes: the challenge for new-age batteries Most people have heard some version of a horror story about a laptop spontaneously catching fire or ...
Eliot Ward - July 19, 2022 Unitary Patent Package - an overview In this Forward: On Demand vlog, Eliot Ward gives us an overview of the Unitary Patent Package, ...
Ashley Cresswell - July 8, 2022 MRI-Guided Therapy Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanners use strong magnetic fields and radio waves to produce ...
Fynn McLennan - July 5, 2022 Bacteria: a surface level understanding Surfaces pose a unique challenge in the on-going war against pathogenic bacteria. Bacteria may ...
Jacqueline Murphy - July 4, 2022 Mewburn Ellis ranked ‘gold tier’ in IAM PATENT 1000: The World’s Leading Patent Practitioners 2022 We are delighted to once again be ranked ‘gold tier’ in IAM PATENT 1000: The World’s Leading Patent ...
Thomas Lonsdale - June 30, 2022 High hopes for hydrogen electrolysers: EPO report looks to the future of green hydrogen production Hydrogen is often seen as the “fuel of the future” due to its high energy density, its abundance ...
Robert Andrews - June 28, 2022 Mewburn Ellis announces firmwide menopause policy We are delighted to have launched a firmwide menopause policy to encourage discussion around, and ...
Thomas Wolter - June 27, 2022 EPO presses pause on proceedings that depend on the plausibility referral to the EBA Despite not having any express legislative basis in the European Patent Convention, plausibility ...
Andrew Mears - June 23, 2022 Robotic-assisted surgery: from fiction to reality and beyond It’s a notable feature of (my favourite) Sci-Fi movies, that they tend to include some sort of ...
Jacqueline Murphy - June 23, 2022 Mewburn Ellis win MIP UK Patent Prosecution Firm of the Year! We are delighted to have been named UK Firm of the Year for Patent Prosecution at the Managing IP ...
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.
Jacqueline Murphy - June 20, 2022 Mewburn Ellis ranked Tier 1 for Patent prosecution in MIP IP STARS 2022 We are delighted to once again be ranked Tier 1 for Patent Prosecution UK in MIP IP STARS 2022.
Maria Hall - June 16, 2022 Mewburn Ellis advises creators of Goodwood 2022 record breaker IP firm advises the company behind the Spéirling electric hypercar which has just beaten the ...
Karolina Fryzlewicz - June 7, 2022 Owning your IP: managing early brand risks for start-ups and SMEs A start-up or a small or medium sized enterprise (SME) is like a newly planted tree in the ...
Simon Parry - May 25, 2022 Meet the team: Simon Parry, Partner, Patent Attorney, Engineering, Manchester As part of our 'meet the team' series, we talk to Simon Parry about his journey to becoming a ...
Anna Mudge - May 24, 2022 Recipe for success - intellectual property opportunities in future food The future of food is big business and it’s only going to get bigger as both technology and ...
Emma Graham - May 18, 2022 Meet the team: Emma Graham, Partner, Patent Attorney, Engineering, London As part of our 'meet the team' series, we talk to Emma Graham about her journey to becoming a ...
Karolina Fryzlewicz - May 16, 2022 Strategy: token efforts Despite being in circulation since 2014, non‑fungible tokens (NFTs) experienced a meteoric rise in ...
Callum McGuinn - May 12, 2022 Better battery regulations From 1 July 2024, all rechargeable industrial and EV batteries will require a carbon footprint ...
Alison Fugard - May 12, 2022 Life in plastic Plastic is prevalent in all areas of society, as is the growing awareness of its environmental ...
Charlotte Lynch - May 12, 2022 Femtech: Rich on innovation, short on funding The UK has the largest female health gap in the G20. A “female health gap” refers to women being in ...
Stephen Gill - May 11, 2022 Meet the Team: Stephen Gill, Partner, Patent Attorney, Engineering, Cambridge As part of our 'meet the team' series, we talk to Stephen Gill about his journey to becoming a ...
James Leach - May 11, 2022 Talking with machines: AI, language, and cognition “A reader lives a thousand lives before they die”. From Homer to Sophocles, Shakespeare to Orwell, ...
Sarah Harvey - May 10, 2022 Vertical farming - finding space to sprout up One thing the past couple of years have taught a lot of people is that global supply chains can be ...
Ine Vanderleyden - May 6, 2022 Replacing the bad with the good – an IP perspective on microbial consortia Our body hosts trillions of microorganisms that are essential to many aspects of human health. This ...
Andrew Fearnside - May 5, 2022 UK Government expands R&D Tax Relief to cover Quantum, AI and Robotics research The recently published 2022 Spring Statement1 indicates support for a “new culture of enterprise” ...
Rhiannon Wescott - May 3, 2022 The search for more sustainable food sources So much more than nutrition, food can evoke pleasure and excitement and bring people together. And ...
Niles Beadman - May 3, 2022 Recycl-ink: innovations in ink recycling Efforts to improve recyclability are typically focused on high volume, bulk materials like plastic ...
Joseph Newcombe - May 2, 2022 Joe Newcombe in PharmaTimes — green party In his regular PharmaTimes feature, sustainability columnist Joe Newcombe looks out to pharma’s ...
Thomas Wolter - April 27, 2022 Plausibility strikes again – BMS blockbuster apixaban patent found invalid by UK High Court In a recent judgment the UK High Court of Justice revoked European Patent (UK) 1 427 415 B1 and a ...
Maria Hall - April 26, 2022 Most 16–25-year-olds in Britain unsure of their intellectual property rights over their creations New research carried out by Mewburn Ellis in conjunction with YouGov to mark World Intellectual ...
Kate O'Rourke - April 22, 2022 A Tribute to Stephen Lawrence – his life, legacy and the long road to justice Stephen Lawrence Day is celebrated annually on 22 April to honour the life and legacy of Stephen ...
Karolina Fryzlewicz - April 20, 2022 A crossroad of IP rights: registering artistic works as trade marks In a dynamically growing artistic world artists are seeking to maximise protection of their ...
Tanis Keirstead - April 14, 2022 Horizons in vaccine production The scramble for a coronavirus vaccine over the last two years has demonstrated how important ...
Urs Ferber - April 14, 2022 Germany’s world-leading MedTech industry Germany is synonymous with precision engineering and quality manufacturing, so it comes as no ...
Andrew Fearnside - April 7, 2022 The NISQ-era: a quantum stepping-stone In our previous blog, ‘Noisy quantum computing: overcoming quantum decoherence’, we discussed how ...
Daniel Brodsky - April 7, 2022 Software for use in medical methods: excluded from patentability? In this blog we look at the challenges associated with patenting software inventions in the context ...
Emily Hayes - April 7, 2022 EPO extends pilot for oral proceedings in opposition by videoconference to 31 December 2022 On 6 April 2022, the EPO issued a notice extending its pilot project for conducting oral ...
Tanis Keirstead - April 4, 2022 A much-needed boost: the future of coronavirus vaccines Just over two years after our first blog on Covid-19, it appears that the disease is here to stay. ...
Isobel Stone - April 4, 2022 Powering pacemakers – (don’t) be still, my beating heart Millions of people around the world depend on implanted medical devices, for all sorts of reasons – ...
Joseph Newcombe - April 1, 2022 Joe Newcombe in PharmaTimes — breath of fresh air In his regular PharmaTimes feature, sustainability columnist Joe Newcombe looks out to pharma’s ...
Adam Gregory - March 30, 2022 Five patenting pitfalls in future food (and how to avoid them) In our series on future food, we have explored the exciting innovations in areas such as cultured ...
Florian Zobel - March 30, 2022 2022 changes to EPO Guidelines: highlights With the 2021 changes to the examination guidelines, the EPO changed its schedule for issuing ...
Robert Andrews - March 28, 2022 ‘I blamed myself for my differences’: neurodivergence and IP During Neurodiversity Celebration Week 2022, former Mewburn Ellis Trade Mark Attorney Rebecca ...
Rebecca Blundell - March 24, 2022 From bottle to throttle: upcycling plastic waste into the tyre industry In the UK alone 35.8 million plastic bottles are used and discarded every day. And, with ...
Urs Ferber - March 23, 2022 Advances in dentistry making a real impression We all love going to the dentist, especially for restorations like crowns and bridges!
Jacqueline Murphy - March 23, 2022 Non-traditional pharmaceutical trade marks - new special report We are excited to announce the launch of our latest special report Non-traditional pharmaceutical ...
Charlotte Lynch - March 15, 2022 Let’s talk FemTech: the rise of female focussed innovation A surge in new medical technology is emerging from the FemTech sector. “FemTech” refers to ...
Johannes Biniok - March 15, 2022 Has Russia allowed patent theft? In response to a decree issued by the Russian Government[1] on 6 March, various media outlets have ...
Robert Worboys - March 15, 2022 Time to cash out? Will a fully cashless society ever become a reality in the UK? A cashless society describes an economic state whereby financial transactions are entirely ...
Alice Jefferies - March 14, 2022 Exosomes in liquid biopsy: a nanometric particle packed with potential We are all too familiar with the statistic that 1 in 2 of us will get cancer in our lifetime. Of ...
Toby Hill - March 11, 2022 Tech giants set up shop in Munich - Europe's answer to Silicon Valley? Arguably best known for its annual Oktoberfest celebrations, Germany’s third largest city which was ...
Fay Allen - March 8, 2022 We need to talk about women's health - spotlight on endometriosis Women’s health is an area that has suffered from gender bias for years. One reason for this is that ...
Robert Worboys - March 7, 2022 Six ways that 3D printing is revolutionising the biomedical industry 3D-Printing is an additive manufacturing process whereby objects are created by depositing ...
Jacqueline Murphy - March 4, 2022 WTR 1000 - The World’s Leading Trademark Professionals 2022 We are delighted be ranked silver for prosecution and strategy in WTR 1000 – The World’s Leading ...
Urs Ferber - March 2, 2022 IP GUIdance - graphical user interface design rights While patents protect the technical aspects of products, registered design rights can be used to ...
Andy King - March 2, 2022 COVID pandemic sparks significant increase in domain name disputes The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has recently published updated statistics on ...
Richard Clegg - March 1, 2022 Mewburn Ellis response to the Ukrainian invasion We have watched with shock at the events that have unfolded in Ukraine over the last few weeks and ...
Joseph Newcombe - March 1, 2022 Joe Newcombe in PharmaTimes — a force of nature In his regular PharmaTimes feature, sustainability columnist Joe Newcombe looks out to pharma’s ...
Emily Sullivan - February 28, 2022 Protecting film, music and game titles in Germany - 10 key questions answered Time and again, clients from the media, entertainment and, in particular, gaming sector approach us ...
Caroline Hart - February 28, 2022 Maximising the value of design rights From SMEs to multinationals, from car manufacturers to fashion houses, the value of design rights ...
Karolina Fryzlewicz - February 24, 2022 Registering personal names as trade marks: steps to consider before naming a fashion brand after yourself Brands which include personal names – the so-called eponymous brands – are now commonplace in our ...
Genevieve Pugh - February 17, 2022 Battery materials – sourcing a brighter battery-powered future As demonstrated by the recent COP 26 UN Climate Change conference, the climate crisis is weighing ...
Sophie Chua - February 17, 2022 Taking-off into a cleaner future: composites in the aviation industry As the world gradually returns to its pre-pandemic levels of air travel, the importance of ...
Andrew Mears - February 17, 2022 Meet the client – Creo Medical Creo Medical’s cutting-edge medical devices have several applications, including the treatment of ...
Eleanor Maciver - February 16, 2022 Sustainability - good intentions are not enough There is growing awareness and alarm at the impact humans are having on the planet. The 2022 COP26 ...
Isobel Stone - February 14, 2022 Composites in construction: building towards a stronger and more sustainable future Composite materials are generally defined as materials produced from two or more constituent ...
Simon Kremer - February 11, 2022 Two new referrals to the EPO’s Enlarged Board of Appeal on entitlement to priority Legal context for the referrals Entitlement to priority may seem a relatively straightforward ...
Victoria Coleman - February 10, 2022 International Day of Women and Girls in Science 2022 As a forward-looking intellectual property firm working at the forefront of innovation, we know how ...
Alice Jefferies - February 10, 2022 Predicting the unpredictable during pregnancy For many expectant parents, pregnancy is a time of excitement, yet this time can also be riddled ...
Toby Hill - February 9, 2022 AI spotlight: Google’s DeepMind takes on competitive programming – have we reached a tipping point? On 2 February, Alphabet Inc.’s artificial intelligence subsidiary, DeepMind, announced that it has ...
Samuel Hart - February 4, 2022 EPO announces fee increases from 1 April 2022 In recent times, the European Patent Office (EPO) has increased its official fees every two years. ...
Claire Evans - January 27, 2022 Signs of quality – EU and UK geographical indication (GI) logos A geographical indication (GI) is a form of intellectually property right that protects food, drink ...
Karolina Fryzlewicz - January 27, 2022 AI, IP and SMEs: jurisdictional clues about copyright solutions for start-ups Our world is passing through an era of explosive technological innovation. New technologies are ...
Maria Hall - January 27, 2022 Ten new charities to benefit from our Community Fund We have ten new charities that we are now supporting with donations of between £5,000 and £10,000 ...
Jacqueline Pang - January 26, 2022 The Oatly trade mark and what businesses should know before choosing theirs Veganuary, the annual challenge which encourages people to try a vegan lifestyle during January, ...
Katherine Green - January 26, 2022 A guide to EPO opposition proceedings by videoconference EPO oppositions by videoconference only became possible relatively recently, in April 2020. In 2021 ...
Elizabeth Dale - January 20, 2022 Plastics getting greener Industry has listened, and learned – plastics are becoming more and more environmentally ...
Chris Denison - January 20, 2022 Kokumi - a new taste for future foods? Many of us – at least in the West – grew up with the knowledge that there are four basic tastes: ...
Eliot Ward - January 19, 2022 As the UPC preparatory period begins, the EPO decides to accept UP requests before the full UPC agreement comes into force On 18 January 2022, Austria became the thirteenth EU country to ratify the “protocol on provisional ...
Fynn McLennan - January 10, 2022 Solid-state electrolytes – a firm footing for the future? Innovation must produce sustainable solutions in every area of technology to help the world avert ...
Maria Hall - January 10, 2022 Mewburn Ellis appoints Chief Inclusion & Diversity Officer We are delighted to announce this new role alongside launch of Inclusion & Diversity ...
Tom Furnival - December 24, 2021 Board of Appeal confirms DABUS AI cannot be an inventor for a European patent application On 21st December 2021 the EPO rejected the two appeals filed by Dr Thaler concerning whether an ...
Helen Bower - December 23, 2021 Forward: 2021 Features Special - out now! We are delighted that the new edition of Mewburn Ellis Forward is now available! This Features ...
Karolina Fryzlewicz - December 16, 2021 Fashion trade marks – understanding the basics Historically, traders have placed symbols on products to indicate their origin. These symbols were ...
Jonathan Wills - December 15, 2021 EPO Boards of Appeal to relocate back to Munich The President of the EPO has recently announced a plan to move the Boards of Appeal back to the ...
Claire Evans - December 4, 2021 Meet the team: Claire Evans, Associate, Chartered Trade Mark Attorney Claire Evans is a chartered trade mark attorney and associate with over 10 years’ experience in IP. ...
Christoph Moeller - December 3, 2021 Ferrari v Mansory Design: CJEU confirms partial designs may be protected as unregistered designs The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) recently published its preliminary ruling in case ...
Eliot Ward - December 3, 2021 Austrian parliament unanimously passes legislation to allow the practical preparations for the UPC to begin On 2 December 2021, Austria became the thirteenth EU country to pass the “protocol on provisional ...
Karolina Fryzlewicz - November 26, 2021 Warning competitors off your trade mark: how to use ™ and ® symbols Many of us, if not all, have walked past private land with a sign that reads: “Private Property. No ...
Emily Hayes - November 24, 2021 EPO extends pilot for oral proceedings in opposition by videoconference to 31 May 2022 On 23 November 2021, the EPO issued a notice extending its pilot project for conducting oral ...
Karolina Fryzlewicz - November 23, 2021 Meet the team: Karolina Fryzlewicz, Trade Mark Technical Assistant Karolina Fryzlewicz is currently training to be a trade mark attorney having joined us in September ...
Alison Fugard - November 23, 2021 The green graphene revolution – the pursuit of sustainability If there is one word to describe graphene, it is “potential”. Since its discovery the possibilities ...
Alex Burns - November 22, 2021 The smart healthcare revolution – what does it mean for patent attorneys? In 2020 the EPO published a report on the global trends in patent applications for “Fourth ...
Joseph Newcombe - November 19, 2021 A cleaner, greener future for pharma The pharma industry is centred on the mission of providing life-saving medicines for healthcare. In ...
Karolina Fryzlewicz - November 17, 2021 How to avoid a “fashion” faux pas on The Legal Runway Hilda-Georgina, examines the rulings in Original Beauty Technology & Ors v G4k Fashion Ltd ...
Robert Worboys - November 16, 2021 Pulse of Fintech H1 ’21 – investments in fintech are growing and diversifying KPMG have recently published their biannual report ‘Pulse of Fintech’, which provides a detailed ...
Camille Terfve - November 16, 2021 From academia to patents – a career path to becoming a patent attorney Camille Terfve spoke to EMBL Careers about what it takes to become a patent attorney. This was ...
Thomas Lonsdale - November 16, 2021 Plastics from thin air – converting captured carbon dioxide From the start of 2021 up to the date of writing this blog in November, an estimated 37 billion ...
Camille Terfve - November 12, 2021 Digital therapeutics: the rise of digital health technologies during the Covid-19 pandemic There is no denying that the Covid-19 pandemic has reshaped many aspects of our lives. Those lucky ...
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 ...
Emily Hayes - October 29, 2021 Videoconference oral proceedings: Enlarged Board of Appeal issues reasons for its decision in G 1/21 The Enlarged Board has now issued its full written decision in G 1/21 relating to videoconference ...
Kate O'Rourke - October 28, 2021 Brexit trade mark refilings - was 30 September 2021 really the final deadline? For most EU trade mark owners, 30 September 2021 was the final day to refile EU trade mark ...
Jacqueline Murphy - October 26, 2021 New Green IP Report launched To coincide with the launch of COP26 we have released a new report into Green IP. Our report ...
Jacqueline Murphy - October 22, 2021 Chambers & Partners 2022 Legal Guide - Band 1 Recommended Firm We are delighted to have once again been ranked Band 1 in Chambers & Partners 2022 legal guide ...
Christopher Casley - October 21, 2021 A snapshot: Patent Landscape in Bioinformatics and Digital Health In this Forward: On Demand vlog, Christopher Casley gives us an overview of our special report on ...
Jane Liu - October 21, 2021 Capturing the DNA hydroxymethylome for early-stage cancer detection Biomarkers are measurable indicators of health or disease and the detection of biomarkers in liquid ...
Robert Watson - October 18, 2021 Missed the 30 September 2021 deadline for refiling RCDs pending at 31 December 2020 in the UK – there may be a solution! As widely discussed, 30 September 2021 was the deadline for refiling Registered Community Design ...
Joseph Morgan - October 14, 2021 CRISPR - the future of gene editing In this Forward: On Demand vlog, Joseph Morgan and Alex Galbraith explore what CRISPR/Cas9 is, how ...
Kate O'Rourke - October 14, 2021 Uncharted territory – your IP rights post-Brexit 30 September saw the passing of the final deadline for owners of EU trade mark and design rights to ...
Andrew Williams - October 5, 2021 Change and Opportunity: SPCs in the post-Brexit era Supplementary Protection Certificates (SPCs) are incredibly important IP rights that help ...
Jacqueline Murphy - October 4, 2021 MIP IP Stars - The Rising Stars in IP 2021 Congratulations to Rebecca Anderson-Smith, Callum McGuinn and Ben Tolley for being recognised as ...
Isobel Stone - October 1, 2021 ‘IP Access’ fund, an extension of the existing UK IPO IP Audits Plus program In 2021, innovation really has been a hot topic, with the government’s Innovation Strategy ...
Jacqueline Murphy - September 30, 2021 Mewburn Ellis: top tier firm Legal 500 2022 Mewburn Ellis is proud to be ranked top tier for our patent and trade mark practices in the 2022 ...
Niles Beadman - September 28, 2021 Plastic-fuelled fungi The “circular economy” is often seen as the ultimate goal for the recycling industry. Converting ...
David Fyfield - September 28, 2021 WHOIS the infringer - identifying the registrant of a domain name Disputes concerning domain names, linked to cybersquatting, fraud, counterfeiting, and other forms ...
Tom Furnival - September 24, 2021 Qualcomm unveils world's first 5G, AI-enabled, autonomous drone In their latest offering, the Qualcomm Flight RB5 5G Platform, Qualcomm are cementing themselves as ...
Richard Johnson - September 22, 2021 DABUS decision: AI cannot be patent inventor, UK Court of Appeal rules On 21 September 2021, the UK Court of Appeal rejected an appeal raised by Dr. Stephen Thaler, who ...
Lucy Coe - September 21, 2021 The Fourth Industrial Revolution and the Internet of Things We are at the start of a technological revolution that will fundamentally change the way we live, ...
John Addiss - September 20, 2021 Deadline to protect Registered Community Designs or Hague international designs imminent Owners of Registered Community Designs (RCDs) or Hague international designs designating the EU ...
Adam Gregory - September 17, 2021 Three ways future food technologies can improve the sustainability of animal feed Like many others, lockdown has changed not only the daily rhythm in my home but the members of the ...
James Leach - September 15, 2021 Software Inventions: UKIPO and EPO approaches to patent eligibility Special Report Our new Special Report, Software Inventions: UKIPO and EPO approaches to patent eligibility, has ...
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 ...
Adam Gregory - September 9, 2021 IP priorities for future food companies The future of food is a hot topic. Whether it is cellular agriculture, next-generation meat ...
Rebecca Tollervey - September 8, 2021 The other end of the antibody: Fc modifications as a focus for patent protection For us antibody nerds, a fascinating aspect of the development of monoclonal antibodies against ...
Samuel Hart - September 8, 2021 Liquid biopsies and the future of cancer treatment In this Forward: On Demand vlog, Samuel Hart discusses liquid biopsy technologies and the future of ...
Tanis Keirstead - September 8, 2021 A Unified Patents Court in 2022? The next hurdle in the way of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) opening its doors has now been ...
Thomas Lonsdale - September 6, 2021 Microplastics: tiny particles causing huge problems Although small in size, microplastics are a big issue.
Katherine Green - September 6, 2021 Most opposed patents of 2020 Every year at the EPO about 3000-4000 patents are opposed. This figure represents only about 3-4% ...
Graeme Moore - August 24, 2021 New Innovation Strategy for the UK Last month the UK government launched a new Innovation Strategy, which seems to blend a long-term ...
Andy King - August 23, 2021 The Trademark Registry Exchange - protecting trade marks against Generic Top-Level Domains cybersquatting The Trademark Registry Exchange (or ‘TREx’) offers domain name owners a cost-effective measure for ...
Robert Watson - August 12, 2021 Intellectual property landscape 2021 - key questions answered Partner Robert Watson recently participated in a Corporate LiveWire virtual round table where ...
Andy King - August 12, 2021 Apply for your Brexit UK trade mark re-filings now to minimise the risk of possible examination delays Owners of EU trade mark rights that were pending on 31 December 2020 have until 30 September 2021 ...
Andrew Pitts - August 10, 2021 A new referral to the EPO’s Enlarged Board of Appeal is plausible Despite not having any express legislative basis in the European Patent Convention, plausibility ...
Richard Clegg - August 6, 2021 Mewburn Ellis board signs IP Inclusive Leaders’ Pledge Mewburn Ellis’ nine board members are proud to be amongst dozens of leadership signatories to the ...
Andrew Fearnside - August 5, 2021 Quantum System One: is Europe ready? With quantum start-ups now appearing across the globe and tech giants such as IBM edging ever ...
Camille Terfve - August 5, 2021 Patent Landscape in Bioinformatics and Digital Health Special Report Our new Special Report, Patent Landscape in Bioinformatics and Digital Health: a data driven ...
Helen Bower - August 4, 2021 Forward magazine - issue 5 out now! We are delighted that the new edition of Mewburn Ellis Forward is now available! This Features ...
Daniel Yin - July 28, 2021 Senolytics are knock, knock, knocking on ageing’s door In 1974, Bob Dylan asked that we stay forever young. Today, exciting developments in the longevity ...
Fay Allen - July 28, 2021 Is metformin the key to anti-aging? By 2050, it is estimated that one quarter of the global population will be over 60 years old. That ...
Jacqueline Murphy - July 28, 2021 WIPR Diversity Trailblazers 2021 Congratulations to former Partner Sarah Kostiuk-Smith on being recognised as a World Intellectual ...
Jacqueline Murphy - July 27, 2021 Proud partners of the Graphene Engineering Innovation Centre (GEIC) for a 3rd year We are proud and excited to be entering our third year as an affiliate partner of the Graphene ...
Emily Hayes - July 21, 2021 Board of Appeal oral proceedings may be held by videoconference (ViCo) in an emergency On 16 July 2021, the Enlarged Board of Appeal confirmed that Board of Appeal oral proceedings may ...
Jacqueline Murphy - July 20, 2021 WTR Global Leaders 2021 Congratulations to our former Head of Trade Marks Kate O'Rourke on being listed as a WTR Global ...
Niles Beadman - July 20, 2021 Printed pills: a new dimension for medicine Three dimensional (3D) printing is the latest buzzword ricocheting through high-tech industries and ...
Joseph Morgan - July 19, 2021 First human in vivo CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing results make history The ability to directly edit a patient’s genome safely and efficiently to treat genetic diseases ...
Katie Lovell - July 15, 2021 Smart grids – cities of the future? Increasingly, climate change and smart energy consumption are at the forefront of governmental ...
Matthew Smith - July 14, 2021 Green graphene - graphene from waste As the demand for graphene continues to increase, so does the desire to provide it in large ...
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 ...
Rebecca Anderson-Smith - July 6, 2021 Non-traditional pharma trade marks: position marks In this final blog in our non-traditional pharma trade mark series, we will be examining position ...
Joe McAlary - July 5, 2021 Monkey business: Banksy loses another trade mark registration for bad faith A recent decision of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) has seen another trade ...
Elizabeth Dale - July 5, 2021 Pyrolysis oil – heating up plastics recycling As society pushes towards a circular economy, the need for clever and efficient plastics recycling ...
Robert Watson - July 2, 2021 Seeing Double at the EPO – what was G4/19 actually about? Whether double patenting, the granting of more than one patent for the same invention, should be ...
Jacqueline Murphy - July 2, 2021 IAM Patent 1000: The World’s Leading Patent Professionals 2021 We are delighted to once again be ranked ‘gold tier’ in IAM PATENT 1000: The World’s Leading Patent ...
Andy King - July 2, 2021 Ambush marketing: playing by the rules at the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympic Games In the year of the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympic Games (yes, it is still Tokyo 2020 and not Tokyo ...
Rachel Collier - July 1, 2021 EPO Rule 19 EPC change regarding inventor addresses There has been a recent change to Rule 19 EPC which concerns inventorship information required by ...
Samuel Hart - June 30, 2021 Circulating tumour cells: at the forefront of cancer diagnosis and treatment In cancer patients, “metastasis” occurs as tumour cells break-away from the site at which they are ...
Thomas Driver - June 30, 2021 Cancer diagnosis – new data to support methylation-based liquid biopsy New study demonstrates enormous potential Earlier this month, we published a blog which highlighted ...
Helen Bower - June 29, 2021 Forward: On Demand - vlogs, podcasts and webinars Forward: On Demand is a new stream of video blogs (vlogs), podcasts and webinars available to watch ...
Fay Allen - June 29, 2021 The technologies helping shape the future of food In this Forward: On Demand vlog, Fay Allen and Sarah Harvey discuss the technologies helping shape ...
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 ...
Alexander Cavell - June 28, 2021 Structural batteries: “massless” energy storage In recent years, people have sought to harness the world’s natural sustainable resources for our ...
Andy King - June 28, 2021 YouGov survey finds that nearly a quarter of businesses have been a victim of cybersquatting A recent survey conducted by Mewburn Ellis, in conjunction with YouGov, revealed that nearly a ...
Rob Walker - June 24, 2021 The future of autonomous vehicles on land and sea In this Forward: On Demand vlog, Chris Cattley and Rob Walker discuss the future of autonomous ...
Jacqueline Murphy - June 23, 2021 Pharma and Life Sciences Patent Extensions in Europe Our Special Report Pharma and Life Sciences Patent Extensions in Europe examines five years of data ...
Jacqueline Murphy - June 17, 2021 Mewburn Ellis ranked Tier 1 for Patent prosecution in MIP IP STARS 2021 We are delighted to be ranked Tier 1 for Patent Prosecution UK in MIP IP STARS 2021. As one of only ...
Helen Bower - June 17, 2021 Financial Times Special Report - Europe's Leading Patent Law Firms 2021 We are delighted to once again be recognised in the Financial Times Special Report Europe’s Leading ...
Edward Couchman - June 15, 2021 Cell therapy: repairing and rebuilding the body Recent advances in medicine have, for the first time, allowed physicians to directly intervene in ...
Callum McGuinn - June 11, 2021 How environmentally friendly are electric vehicles? In this Forward: On Demand vlog, Callum McGuinn and Joseph Newcombe discuss how environmentally ...
Thomas Driver - June 9, 2021 Methylomics – analysing DNA methylation signatures to diagnose cancer Traditional tissue biopsies are a vital aspect of current medical practices which help us diagnose ...
Thomas Lonsdale - June 7, 2021 Unwrapping compostable packaging In this Forward: On Demand vlog, Thomas Lonsdale unwraps the future of compostable packaging.
Samuel Hart - June 3, 2021 Healthy eating means more than just a balanced diet: future foods and fighting the risk of infection Human health is inextricably linked to food – not least because eating a healthy diet is known to ...
Rebecca Blundell - June 3, 2021 From the Moon to Mars: tyres for space exploration Conditions on the Moon can be extremely harsh. For instance, temperatures can range between ‑170 °C ...
Pollyanna Savva - June 2, 2021 Do not pass Go - General Court affirms bad faith in Hasbro MONOPOLY trade mark case EU General Court (GC) in Case T‑663/19 confirms that refiling an identical mark for identical ...
Rob Walker - June 1, 2021 World Bicycle Day: a history of bicycles through patents 3rd June 2021 marks the 4th World Bicycle Day, which, in the words of the UN, recognises the ...
Genevieve Pugh - June 1, 2021 Delivering drugs with DNA We explore the emerging field of DNA and RNA nanotechnology, its benefits and highlight a few ways ...
Christoph Moeller - May 27, 2021 Community registered designs may claim priority to a PCT application within 12 months, European Court of Justice rules In a recent case (T-579/19), the European Court of Justice (ECJ) had to decide what the ...
Rebecca Anderson-Smith - May 27, 2021 Non-traditional pharma trade marks: sound, motion and multimedia marks Following on from our previous blog posts examining the role of shape marks and colour marks in the ...
Kate O'Rourke - May 26, 2021 Protecting your brand - trade mark or design, or both? Logos, shape marks, packaging and containers, and distinctive features or decoration. These are all ...
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 ...
Camille Terfve - May 20, 2021 Intellectual property and artificial intelligence in the UK: what might the future hold? AI is a hot topic for the current UK government. Last year, the UK Intellectual Property Office ...
Nathan Zhang - May 20, 2021 Materials informatics: a data-based approach to materials discovery Research into new materials with desirable properties has been one of the most long-standing ...
Lucy Coe - May 18, 2021 Optimism, Growth and Fulfilment: how can we feel fulfilled at work at all stages of our career? Earlier this month, on 4 May 2021, Mewburn Ellis was delighted to host one of the American ...
Nick Sutcliffe - May 14, 2021 IP for forward-looking life sciences businesses The recently released Mewburn Ellis IP Guide for SMEs sets out IP priorities for businesses at four ...
Alex Galbraith - May 12, 2021 Diagnosing concussion: liquid biopsy is changing the game Rugby, along with many other contact sports such as football, boxing and American football, has ...
Stephen Gill - May 10, 2021 A snapshot: EPO Opposition Trends in Engineering, Electronics and Software In this Forward: On Demand vlog, Emma Graham and Stephen Gill give us an overview of the recently ...
Helen Bower - May 10, 2021 EPO Opposition Trends in Engineering, Electronics and Software Special Report In autumn 2020, we analysed more than 8000 opposition cases filed at the European Patent Office ...
Emma Graham - May 7, 2021 Engineering oppositions: is there such thing as a “disguised method claim”? Case - T 1798/08
Stephen Gill - May 6, 2021 We helped determine the meaning of “technical feature” Case - T 0258/03 Our extensive arguments in relation to whether a feature is ‘technical’ have ...
Matthew Naylor - May 5, 2021 Case review: what can be considered as prior art when assessing inventive step? Case - T 0211/06 In the decision T 0211/06 from the EPO Board of Appeal (BoA), Engineering partner ...
Nathan Zhang - May 4, 2021 A sense of hope with graphene-based COVID-19 detection With mass COVID-19 vaccinations being rolled out by countries across the world, there may be an end ...
Stephen Gill - May 3, 2021 Engineering oppositions: what is considered to be an implicit disclosure in a patent application? Case - T2541/11 This decision provides guidance and clarification in three key areas of EP law:
Joseph Newcombe - April 26, 2021 COVID-19 win for AI pharma farmers The vaccine roll-out is in action all over the world. Nevertheless, given the propensity of ...
Kate O'Rourke - April 23, 2021 Impact of Brexit on pending EU trade mark applications Trade mark owners should be alert to the deadline of 30th September 2021 to re-file EU trade mark ...
Dan Thornton - April 23, 2021 UK SMEs left exposed by failure to protect IP New research from Mewburn Ellis and YouGov to mark International IP Day
Jacqueline Pang - April 23, 2021 What's the beef? Using meat terms to describe meat alternatives With the ‘future foods’ market set to grow exponentially over the coming years as a result of a ...
Rebecca Anderson-Smith - April 21, 2021 Non-traditional pharma trade marks: colours Our previous blog post, Non-traditional pharma trade marks: shapes, explored the relevance of shape ...
Andy King - April 21, 2021 Thoughts on UK IPO representation for foreign-owned UK trade mark registrations Foreign owners of UK trade mark registrations are advised to appoint a UK IPO representative, if ...
Fay Allen - April 19, 2021 What is the cancer microbiome? The “microbiome” is commonly associated with the gut microbiome, but recently the blood microbiome ...
Adam Gregory - April 19, 2021 Fish-free-fish: making a splash with cellular aquaculture Whilst the oceans remain as vast and seemingly inexhaustible as ever, the old adage that “there’s ...
Rob Walker - April 19, 2021 To zero and beyond! Technology for a carbon-negative future 22 April 2021 marks the 51st Earth Day, an annual event seeking to diversify, educate and activate ...
Thomas Lonsdale - April 15, 2021 3D-printing: a breakthrough in battery technology As described in our recent blog article Energy storage: batteries and beyond, lithium-ion batteries ...
Daniel Brodsky - April 14, 2021 Patenting a software invention at the UKIPO: a case study In a recent success for one of our clients, we overcame an objection raised by the UKIPO that the ...
Rob Walker - April 8, 2021 Composites in automotive applications: accelerating towards a greener future? The UK government has recently vowed to cut 68% of CO2 emissions by 2030 in a bid to tackle climate ...
Isobel Stone - April 7, 2021 Hydrogen: turning grey to green Hydrogen fuels, with their high energy density and clean-air qualities, are oft-touted as a ...
Lucy White - March 31, 2021 The future of organ transplantation: growing organs from scratch? Organ transplantation has saved, transformed, and extended countless lives. Although ...
Andrew Fearnside - March 29, 2021 PsiQuantum expect commercial quantum computer by 2025 By 2025, the team from secretive quantum computing firm PsiQuantum will have a commercial quantum ...
Sarah Harvey - March 23, 2021 EPO 2020 Patent Index - key trends The European Patent Office (EPO) recently published its 2020 Patent Index which provides a ...
Rebecca Anderson-Smith - March 23, 2021 Non-traditional pharma trade marks: shapes In our previous blog post 'Naming pharmaceuticals: considerations for choosing, clearing and ...
Dan Thornton - March 19, 2021 The UK tech sector – alive and kicking Tech Nation recently published their latest report on the state of the UK tech sector in 2020. ...
Thomas Lonsdale - March 17, 2021 eFuel – the solution to green air travel? Electric vehicles (EVs) look like an obvious replacement in working towards a decarbonised future. ...
Ashley Cresswell - March 16, 2021 Clean, green, renewable machine - the future of centralised and distributed energy storage The Government recently announced that they want to make the UK the world leader in clean wind ...
Urs Ferber - March 16, 2021 Patent litigation in Germany - an overview Germany – Europe’s largest economy – is an important market with respect to sales and investments ...
Andy King - March 15, 2021 A perfect score for British Gymnastics at IPEC The national governing body (NGB) for gymnastics in the UK, British Gymnastics, has announced that ...
Eleanor Maciver - March 12, 2021 Selection inventions before the EPO Chemical inventions are subject to the same criteria as all inventions at the European Patent ...
James Leach - March 11, 2021 EPO confirms that the COMVIK approach to assessing patent eligibility is applicable to computer simulations (G1/19) The Enlarged Board of Appeal (EBoA) has now issued their decision G1/19, which concerns the ...
Alex Galbraith - March 8, 2021 Detecting progress: liquid biopsy in lung cancer Lung cancer remained the leading cause of cancer death in 2020 with an estimated 1.8 million deaths ...
Chris Denison - March 5, 2021 Webinar - Antibody patenting practice at the EPO A new edition of the EPO Examination Guidelines came into force on 1 March 2021, including a new ...
Simon Kremer - March 3, 2021 Controlled environment agriculture - 5 things to watch Simon Kremer attended the Agri-TechE “Controlled Environment Agriculture – The Industry is Growing ...
Rebecca Tollervey - March 2, 2021 Patenting highly engineered antibodies in Europe In recent years, antibody engineering has moved into a new phase of complexity, with a ...
Dan Thornton - March 2, 2021 Working together to define future mobility The fourth industrial revolution – big data – blockchain – artificial intelligence – machine ...
Thomas Lonsdale - March 2, 2021 Breaking down barriers to film recycling Since the invention of cellophane by Swiss chemist Jacques E. Brandenberger in 1900, soft polymeric ...
Richard Johnson - March 1, 2021 Developments in patenting activity in the Fourth Industrial Revolution Humans generate a mind-boggling amount of data each day. This explosion in data has stimulated ...
Ben Boyd - February 23, 2021 Are we about to see a boom in supersonic flight? It has been nearly 20 years since the last commercial Concorde flight between New York and London. ...
Dan Thornton - February 23, 2021 IP rights and company performance – a causal connection? We believe that IP can play an important positive role in commercial success, and in particular in ...
Christoph Moeller - February 22, 2021 Updates to the EPO Guidelines 2021 The long awaited EPO Guidelines update has now been published (albeit in an unedited, provisional ...
Rob Walker - February 22, 2021 Autonomous vehicles: into reverse or about to shift up a gear? While the past 12 months have been a rocky ride for much of the automotive industry, one section ...
Joe McAlary - February 22, 2021 HALLOUMI v BBQLOUMI – General Court rules that there is no likelihood of confusion In a long running dispute over the marks “HALLOUMI” and “BBQLOUMI”, the General Court, having had ...
Lucy Coe - February 17, 2021 Top 5 fields of technology for Internet of Things (IoT) patenting The term “internet of things (IoT)” has often been mentioned in recent years, but what does it ...
Simon Parry - February 17, 2021 Maritime robotics - autonomous technology improving shipping efficiency To date, much of the focus on autonomous technology has centred on vehicles designed primarily to ...
Dan Thornton - February 17, 2021 Confidence with patent documents as a technical resource What is a patent document and why could it be useful to your R&D team? A patent confers upon ...
Jacqueline Murphy - February 17, 2021 World Trademark Review 1000: The World’s Leading Trademark Professionals 2021 Mewburn Ellis is delighted to once again be ranked in World Trademark Review 1000, the research ...
Niles Beadman - February 16, 2021 Circular economy of tyres: the end is just the beginning Our reliance on tyres and their ubiquity in modern mobility makes them a high priority target for ...
Robert Watson - February 16, 2021 Robert Watson appointed to EPO’s Standing Advisory Committee (SACEPO) Robert Watson has been appointed to the EPO’s Standing Advisory Committee (SACEPO) for its ...
Chris Denison - February 10, 2021 New EPO Guidelines for Examination of Antibody Inventions A new edition of the EPO examination guidelines will come into force on 1 March 2021. The EPO has ...
Maria Hall - February 9, 2021 New partner promotions We are delighted to announce the promotion of two of our senior associates to partner.
Sean Jauss - February 4, 2021 Protecting your intellectual property: top tips for start-ups It is common currency that intellectual property (IP) is an important and valuable asset of any ...
Jacqueline Murphy - February 4, 2021 New Special Report: Validation Strategies for Pharmaceutical Patents in Europe We are excited to announce the launch of our new Validation Strategies for Pharmaceutical Patents ...
Andy King - February 3, 2021 The principle of replacement in trade marks The creation, by Brexit, of many thousands of new ‘comparable’ UK trade mark registrations from EU ...
Sofia Arenal - February 3, 2021 Practical considerations for evidence at the UKIPO Since it is no longer possible to cover the UK by filing a trade mark application at the EU ...
Niles Beadman - February 1, 2021 Tyres: the secret polluter Automotive emissions are a hot topic, but increased regulation coupled with industry-wide ...
Adam Gregory - January 29, 2021 SARS-CoV-2 variants – reasons to be optimistic In recent weeks and months, several highly-transmissible variants of SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that ...
Rebecca Anderson-Smith - January 29, 2021 In(sta)fringement: reporting trade mark infringement on Instagram Most readers will be familiar with Instagram, a global photo and video sharing social network which ...
Niles Beadman - January 26, 2021 Antimicrobial resistance: experience vs. experts Oxford University have announced the launch of a world-leading institute to fight antimicrobial ...
Alex Burns - January 26, 2021 How to patent your digital health apps – 5 key considerations As the technical capabilities of smartphones continue to rise at an exponential rate, so too do the ...
Dan Thornton - January 25, 2021 WIPO Proof – a digital signature tool for evidencing documents Launched last year, WIPO Proof is an initiative created by the World Intellectual Property Office ...
Urs Ferber - January 21, 2021 Deep neural networks: of dogs, muffins, and self-driving cars You may have come across the “animals vs. food” picture quiz on the internet. One example is ...
Thomas Driver - January 21, 2021 Bugs and slimes – or protein for modern times? Current agricultural practices are considered by many to be unsustainable for a number of reasons. ...
Nathan Zhang - January 15, 2021 Lithium-metal batteries: a separator solution to dendrites Global demand for clean, renewable energy is now higher than ever before. With climate change ...
Andy King - January 1, 2020 Webinar - What does Brexit really mean for trade marks, designs and patents? The UK formally left the EU at 11pm GMT on 31 December 2020. This webinar gives an overview of the ...
Maria Hall - December 21, 2020 Forward: 2020 Features Special — out now! Back in March we made the decision to take Forward magazine online. This allowed us to continue ...
Eliot Ward - December 21, 2020 Will the COVID-19 vaccines induce more robust immunity than infection with SARS-Cov-2 itself? Respiratory viruses such as coronaviruses are notorious for evading the immune system[1] and, in ...
Tom Furnival - December 17, 2020 Ericsson accuses Samsung of un-FRAND-ly patent negotiations Following on from Unwired Planet v Huawei, Ericsson have launched a complaint in the US District ...
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 ...
Sam Bailey - December 17, 2020 EU batteries directive – powering up opportunities? Changing needs, new demands Global energy consumption has more than doubled in the last 30 years, ...
Kate O'Rourke - December 16, 2020 Brexit has happened - what you need to know about the impact on trade marks Kate O’Rourke sets out the principles for UK and EU trade mark protection which came into force ...
Stephen Gill - December 16, 2020 What has railway signalling got to do with sealed tube transport? Railways depend for modern long-distance and high density train operation on sophisticated ...
Tanis Keirstead - December 14, 2020 New appointments signal rapid growth for Mewburn Ellis in Munich We have continued to demonstrate impressive growth with a series of new hires in our Munich office ...
Joseph Newcombe - December 11, 2020 Safer and better: Nanotech Energy batteries signal positive news Our lives require storage of electrical energy more than ever these days. Batteries are ...
Rebecca Blundell - December 8, 2020 Green tyres: wheeling towards sustainable rubber Rubber is a crucial component of the tyre, with most tyres typically containing a complex blend of ...
James Leach - December 7, 2020 Software inventions at the European Patent Office: an in-depth study It is sometimes difficult to obtain patent protection for inventions relating to software, in part ...
Joseph Newcombe - December 4, 2020 Cornwall powering the UK to the frontline of the lithium revolution Cornwall has long been an historic centre for mining in the UK. Since the 1800s Cornwall has been a ...
Camille Terfve - December 3, 2020 Deep learning cracks the protein folding problem? Deep learning has just made a new headline grabbing achievement: DeepMind’s latest AI-powered ...
Adam Gregory - December 2, 2020 First regulatory approval for cultured meat – a major milestone In December 2020, US company Eat Just were granted regulatory approval by the Singapore Food Agency ...
Christoph Moeller - December 1, 2020 Düsseldorf Regional Court refers Nokia vs. Daimler licensing dispute to CJEU As anticipated, the Düsseldorf Regional Court, in its decision Nokia ./. Daimler (4c O 17/19) ...
Richard Howe - November 29, 2020 Graphene getting the automotive industry into gear In the years since graphene was first created at the University of Manchester in 2004 by Professors ...
Tanis Keirstead - November 27, 2020 Further constitutional challenges to Unified Patent Court Agreement On 26 November 2020, the German Bundestag approved the ratification bill for the Unified Patent ...
Nick Sutcliffe - November 25, 2020 AstraZeneca/Oxford University vaccine shows efficacy against SARS-CoV-2 AstraZeneca/Oxford University have announced that their SARS-CoV-2 candidate vaccine AZD1222 showed ...
Edmund Harrison - November 24, 2020 Amazon Pharmacy trade mark battle Amazon’s latest trademark dispute stems from its efforts to launch a new pharmacy service in the ...
Kate O'Rourke - November 20, 2020 UKIPO confirms new ‘Address for Service’ rules CITMA is celebrating a major victory on Brexit in the wake of the UKIPO’s latest “address for ...
Richard Clegg - November 19, 2020 Diversity & inclusion is high on our agenda Diversity & inclusion is high on the agenda for Mewburn Ellis, it’s part of our business plan ...
Joseph Newcombe - November 19, 2020 Protective barriers against COVID-19 – what’s behind the screen? Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic there has been a significant increase in the demand for ...
Ben Boyd - November 18, 2020 Aiming for the sky: aviation carbon reduction goals One consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic has been the significant reduction in carbon emissions in ...
Andrew Fearnside - November 18, 2020 Quantum braiding: an introduction to topological quantum computing In our previous blog, ‘Noisy quantum computing: overcoming quantum decoherence’, we discussed the ...
Nick Sutcliffe - November 16, 2020 And then there were two – Moderna SARS-CoV-2 vaccine shows efficacy Moderna have announced that their SARS-CoV-2 vaccine candidate mRNA1273 showed efficacy in a first ...
Christopher Casley - November 13, 2020 Videoconference Oral Proceedings for EPO Oppositions – an Update The EPO has announced changes to the Pilot Project for Video Conference (ViCo) Oral Proceedings ...
Christopher Casley - November 13, 2020 EPO Zooming to catch-up UPDATE 6 APRIL 2022: On 6 April 2022, the EPO issued a notice extending its pilot project for ...
Nick Sutcliffe - November 13, 2020 Pfizer and BioNTech vaccine provides protection against SARS-CoV-2 Pfizer/BioNTech have now released more data from the Phase 3 clinical trial of the BNT162b2 ...
Sam Bailey - November 10, 2020 EPO and IEA dive deep into battery patent data Weighing in at nearly 100 pages, the recent detailed report on innovation and patent trends in the ...
Andrew Fearnside - November 6, 2020 Britain launches largest industry-led project to commercialise the use of quantum computing On 6 November 2020, Britain launched its largest industry-led quantum computing project, DISCOVERY, ...
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 ...
Andy King - November 6, 2020 The impact of Brexit on .EU domain names Internet domain names are crucial commercial assets for many businesses. They are communicated to ...
Frances Salisbury - November 5, 2020 MycoTechnology wins $1M in protein challenge, accelerating growth of mushroom fermentation platform Our client, MycoTechnology, has won the Radicle Growth Protein Challenge by Syngenta, earning the ...
Maria Hall - November 2, 2020 Mewburn Ellis support the British Science Association CREST Awards with £40,000 donation We're really pleased to announce that we have now finalised an agreement to work with the British ...
Rebecca Tollervey - October 30, 2020 Highly-engineered antibodies: evolving the patent strategy In recent years, antibody engineering has moved into a new phase of complexity, with a ...
Kate O'Rourke - October 29, 2020 Impact of Brexit on designs – an update As of 1st January 2021, Registered Community Designs (RCDs), unregistered Community designs (UCDs) ...
Joseph Newcombe - October 29, 2020 Personalising medicine based on gut reaction No, we are not talking about jumping to conclusions, but the reactions carried out by the gut ...
Rebecca Anderson-Smith - October 28, 2020 Naming pharmaceuticals: considerations for choosing, clearing and registering pharmaceutical brand names There are many different types of names you might see associated with a pharmaceutical product.
Rebecca Blundell - October 27, 2020 The future of tyres in the driverless age 1886 is often regarded as the birth year of the modern car. This was the year that Karl Benz filed ...
Adam Gregory - October 27, 2020 Hummingbird Bioscience to start clinical trials for SARS-CoV-2-targeted antibody, HMBD-115 Our client, Hummingbird Bioscience, has received regulatory authorisation to initiate clinical ...
Andy King - October 26, 2020 Utilising the potential of Amazon Brand Registry to protect and benefit your brand As representatives for thousands of our client’s EUTM and UK trade mark registrations, we often ...
Daniel Brodsky - October 25, 2020 How green are electric vehicles? Electric vehicles are often hailed as a primary solution for combatting air pollution and climate ...
Jacqueline Murphy - October 23, 2020 Chambers & Partners 2020 Legal Guide - Band 1 Recommended Firm We are pleased to report that Mewburn Ellis has been ranked Band 1 in Chambers & Partners 2020 ...
Jacqueline Murphy - October 22, 2020 MIP IP STARS: The Rising Stars in IP 2020 Congratulations to Rebecca Anderson-Smith, Callum McGuinn and Ben Tolley for being recognised as ...
Andy King - October 22, 2020 Three-dimensional Ferrari trade mark driven to partial cancellation EUIPO Cancellation Division partially cancels trade mark consisting of a three-dimensional ...
Nick Sutcliffe - October 21, 2020 Liquid biopsies support precision medicine The treatment of cancer patients with therapies that are specifically targeted to their cancer is a ...
Paul Dunne - October 20, 2020 Circular economy: rethinking composite plastic packaging As we move towards a circular economy, there is a huge incentive for chemists to find innovative ...
Dan Thornton - October 15, 2020 Robotic distancing Minimising person to person contact is the major weapon in reducing COVID-19 viral transmission. In ...
Juliana Murray - October 14, 2020 Facebook’s Quest to bring Virtual Reality to the Masses As explained in our article “Mixed reality: Is it the blend that will boost human wellbeing?”, ...
Matthew Smith - October 13, 2020 The UK Patent Box - is it delivering? Patent Box legislation has been very much in vogue over the last few years. At their heart, such ...
Robert Worboys - October 13, 2020 An introduction into extended reality (XR): the next level in 2020 vision Extended reality (XR) is an umbrella term covering technologies that merge the physical ‘real ...
Katherine Green - October 9, 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry awarded for CRISPR "genetic scissors" In 2012, Jennifer Doudna and Emmanuelle Charpentier published their ground-breaking paper in ...
Anna Mudge - October 9, 2020 Minimally invasive, maximum potential: liquid biopsy is redefining diagnosis Many of us will know someone who has undergone a biopsy during a medical diagnosis: we may even ...
Urs Ferber - October 8, 2020 Thoughts on the transition to fully autonomous driving Imagine the following situation: you just received your brand-new, expensive sports car and your ...
Niles Beadman - October 6, 2020 Circular tyres: a new challenge for the circular economy Tyres are huge. Globally over 2.2 billion tyres are produced a year – and this is expected to rise ...
Jacqueline Murphy - October 1, 2020 Mewburn Ellis: top tier firm Legal 500 2021 We are delighted to be ranked top tier for our patent practice in the 2021 edition of The Legal ...
Kate O'Rourke - September 30, 2020 Renewal of EU trade marks post-Brexit Owners of EU Trade Marks (EUTMs) which are due to be renewed after 31st December 2020 will need to ...
Fay Allen - September 24, 2020 More like the real meal - alternative plant-based proteins Plant-based protein alternatives have arrived in the UK in a big way, where sales of meat-free ...
Sam Bailey - September 24, 2020 Batteries are no longer just passengers in electric vehicles In an earlier blog, we focussed on the chemistry aspects of the Tesla innovations from their ...
Camille Terfve - September 24, 2020 Genomics medicine has already proved its potential: the (success) story of non-invasive prenatal testing We have previously discussed the tremendous progress made towards the adoption of genomics medicine ...
Juliana Murray - September 23, 2020 Computer-implemented inventions at the UKIPO: a case review As discussed in our Patentability of Software and Business Method Inventions in Europe information ...
Sam Bailey - September 23, 2020 A supercharged day for Tesla and battery tech On September 22, Tesla CEO Elon Musk took to the stage during the company's highly anticipated ...
Shaun Harvey - September 22, 2020 How IP firms can provide an eco-friendly future How can IP firms help create a more sustainable future? CITMA spoke to Mewburn Ellis’s Chief ...
Nick Sutcliffe - September 22, 2020 Making the detection of cancer in liquid biopsies more sensitive Besides being found within the nucleus and mitochondria of cells, DNA is also present in ...
Edmund Harrison - September 18, 2020 Bad Faith at the UK IPO – a review of recent cases The recent Sky v SkyKick case has put a renewed focus on the issue of “bad faith” at the UK IPO. ...
Rebecca Anderson-Smith - September 18, 2020 Banksy’s ‘Flower Thrower’ trade mark cancelled for bad faith A recent decision of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) has seen a trade mark ...
Adam Gregory - September 14, 2020 Trust at the dinner table: public perception and regulation of novel food technologies The history of humanity is the history of food technology. From the moment early hominids developed ...
Nick Sutcliffe - September 11, 2020 Pepper decision means conventionally bred plants and animals get a chilli reception at the EPO Dr Ben Tolley and Dr Nick Sutcliffe of the Life Sciences team look at the extensive ramifications ...
Andy King - September 11, 2020 Jaguar Land Rover unable to defend three-dimensional trade mark before the UK High Court UK High Court (HC) upholds decision of UK IPO to refuse registration of Jaguar Land Rover (JLR)’s ...
Frances Salisbury - September 10, 2020 Neoantigens: IP considerations for an emerging class of cancer immunotherapy Recent cell and gene therapy product approvals have allowed the pharmaceutical industry to start a ...
Christoph Moeller - September 10, 2020 IP protection for 3D printed inventions 3D printing, known in industry as “additive manufacturing”, has emerged as one of the most ...
James Leach - September 9, 2020 Light speed AI: sci-fi buzzwords or computing reality? In recent years, there has been rapid acceleration in quantum computing development and industry ...
Andrew Fearnside - September 9, 2020 Post-quantum cryptography – a new hope The race to build a large-scale quantum computer is one of the most exciting technology challenges ...
Andrew Fearnside - September 8, 2020 Noisy quantum computing: overcoming quantum decoherence Anticipated as the next great leap in human technology, quantum computing promises to revolutionise ...
Thomas Lonsdale - September 7, 2020 Compostable packaging – let’s break it down Before Covid-19, I often used to buy my lunch in one of those “compostable” cardboard soup ...
Simon Parry - September 5, 2020 Driving technology – could hands-free driving become legal in the UK? Specialist Patent Attorney and Automotive Safety Specialist Simon Parry considers the ...
Niles Beadman - September 4, 2020 Battery electrolytes: the latest graphene composites Storage of electrical energy is now an essential part of our lives. Charging and discharging ...
Melodie Richardson - September 4, 2020 Combatting COVID-19: does Vitamin D have a role to play? Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), better known as COVID-19 or simply ...
Jane Liu - September 2, 2020 The emergence of liquid biopsies as companion diagnostics The development of liquid biopsies The term liquid biopsy refers to the use of different body ...
Joseph Newcombe - September 2, 2020 Polymorphism: crystal clear or murky water Movers and shapeshifters in the world of solid state chemistry Have you ever left a bar 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 ...
Sarah Harvey - August 28, 2020 Outstanding in the field - Biotechnology and the search for improved crops At a time that the media is saturated with COVID-19 news, it can be easy to lose sight of other ...
Eleanor Maciver - August 28, 2020 Antimicrobial resistance – a global response to a global threat The discovery and development of antimicrobial agents and particularly antibiotics is recognised as ...
Jacqueline Pang - August 28, 2020 Chinese character marks at the EUIPO As Chinese companies continue to grow and expand overseas, there has been a growing appetite to ...
Karolina Fryzlewicz - August 27, 2020 General Court annuls the decision of EUIPO Board of Appeal in invalidity case involving Louis Vuitton’s well-known chequerboard print General Court (GC) in Case T-105/19 confirms EUIPO Board of Appeal (BoA) is not precluded from ...
Daniel Brodsky - August 27, 2020 How cities are adapting to the electric vehicle revolution The number of electric vehicles on roads around the world is growing rapidly. For example, in the ...
Adam Gregory - August 27, 2020 Beyond cultured meat: Cellular Agriculture and animal products In recent months, lab-grown meat is getting a lot of attention. As environmental concerns and ...
Tom Furnival - August 26, 2020 Unwired Planet v Huawei – the Supreme Court’s FRAND(ly) judgement Published Wednesday 26th August 2020, the Supreme Court has handed down their long anticipated ...
Ben Boyd - August 26, 2020 What’s cool in the world of air conditioning? Air conditioning accounts for approximately 10% of all electricity demand worldwide. By 2050 that ...
Katherine Green - August 21, 2020 Most Opposed Patents of 2019 The four thousand or so European patents that are opposed every year represent only about 3% of all ...
Dan Thornton - August 21, 2020 Smart phones and intoxication detection On the 18th of August 2020, researchers from the University of Pittsburgh published a paper ...
Simon Kiddle - August 20, 2020 Oppositions & Appeals: we helped clear a new path to patenting dosage regimes Case 10 – T 1020/03 (EPO Board of Appeal, 29 October 2004)
Simon Parry - August 19, 2020 Are Automated Lane Keeping Systems on the UK horizon? On 18th August 2020, the UK government’s Department for Transport (DfT) issued a call for evidence ...
Christoph Moeller - August 18, 2020 Nokia vs. Daimler - FRAND defence does not apply Breaking News in Nokia vs. Daimler (2 O 34/19) - (FRAND/SEP case)
Maria Hall - August 14, 2020 Mewburn Ellis Announce Local Office Charity Donations of over £55,000 Earlier this year, as part of our Forward Community Programme, each of our offices got together to ...
James Leach - August 12, 2020 Five things you (really) need to know about patenting software in Europe We often receive enquiries asking whether a particular software-related invention might be eligible ...
Genevieve Pugh - August 11, 2020 3D printing and its layers of legal complexity “3D printing” was first developed in the 1980s as a technique for rapid prototyping. Since then, 3D ...
Simon Parry - August 11, 2020 Turning the tide – the growing use of electrical power in the shipping industry Hybrid and fully electric cars are now beginning to garner wider acceptance and are becoming an ...
Kate O'Rourke - August 11, 2020 Team Home or Team Office: the challenges of a COVID-19 secure workplace Solicitor Hilda-Georgina Kwafo-Akoto discusses how the COVID-19 pandemic could be a catalyst for ...
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.
Rebecca Anderson-Smith - August 5, 2020 Geographical indications: the evolving scope of evocation Under EU law, protected designations of origin (PDOs) and protected geographical indications (PGIs) ...
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 ...
Adam Gregory - August 3, 2020 Cellular Agriculture – forecasting innovation In their recent article in Nature Food, high-profile figures in the field of Cellular Agriculture – ...
Ben Boyd - July 30, 2020 How self-driving cars are putting the brakes on vehicle collisions When I first started driving, my parents would tell me to “drive safely” and then follow up with ...
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 ...
Ben Boyd - July 29, 2020 Amazon and Zoox steer toward the development of self-driving delivery vehicles Amazon has agreed to acquire self-driving start-up Zoox for USD $1.2 billion (£975 million). This ...
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 ...
Tom Furnival - July 28, 2020 A brighter future for unconventional agriculture? At the cost of more than one sad-looking hanging basket, I have come to understand that plants ...
Sofia Arenal - July 28, 2020 Oreo vs Twins - the biscuit wars Since 2015, two major biscuit manufacturers, have been doing battle, first at the EUIPO and then on ...
Seán Walton - July 24, 2020 Oppositions & Appeals: novelty of a patient sub-population Case 9 – T 734/12 (EPO Board of Appeal, 17 May 2013)
Matthew Smith - July 23, 2020 Graphene: Patently clear How is graphene contributing to the sustainability agenda? Matthew Smith highlights some recent ...
Niles Beadman - July 23, 2020 Smart tyres: under pressure to get smarter For the past 175 years, the bulk of tyre innovation has focused on improving the structure and ...
Jacqueline Murphy - July 22, 2020 Great City Race 2020 – Run from Home On Tuesday 21 July a team of 13 Mewburn runners from across our offices took part in the Standard ...
Karolina Fryzlewicz - July 22, 2020 Branding in the TikTok® era The social media landscape has changed significantly over the last decade. For many millennials[1], ...
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 ...
Simon Parry - July 21, 2020 Future mobility: exploring the new normal In a recent article we discussed the numerous and varied aspects relating to the impending mobility ...
Jane Liu - July 17, 2020 Polymer composites using natural fibres – growing reinforcements, growing in popularity Fibre-reinforced polymer composites are lightweight yet strong materials and are currently a key ...
Frances Salisbury - July 16, 2020 Five tips for patenting inventions in personalised and stratified medicine As medical treatments become increasingly bespoke, we reveal some best practices to ensure that you ...
Andy King - July 16, 2020 Madrid Protocol designations - the growing requirement for domestic representatives The absence of a requirement to instruct local professional representation is considered one of the ...
Christoph Moeller - July 15, 2020 Landmark judgement in German FRAND case Sisvel vs. Haier On May 5, 2020, the Cartel Senate of the German Federal Supreme Court (BGH) held the oral hearing ...
Camille Terfve - July 14, 2020 Can software be therapeutic? The simple answer is: yes. Thanks for reading this post, stay tuned for more answers to your ...
Stephen Gill - July 10, 2020 Batteries in trains – filling the gap Hitachi Rail and Hyperdrive Innovation have recently announced an agreement to develop battery ...
Rachel Oxley - July 9, 2020 “Test, test, test” – the importance of diagnostics in pandemic preparedness While the world waits for a vaccine to be developed and approved for use against the COVID-19 ...
Alexander Cavell - July 7, 2020 Tesla: Driving battery development differently “Invention is the most important product of man’s creative brain. The ultimate purpose is the ...
Camille Terfve - July 6, 2020 Protecting IP in bioinformatics and digital health: tips and tricks to tackle the “moving target problem” As previously discussed, data driven approaches have revolutionised research and R&D in the ...
Ashley Cresswell - July 2, 2020 E-scooters – a solution to socially distanced travel? The UK Government has announced that trials of rental e-scooters will be allowed to take place from ...
Nick Sutcliffe - June 29, 2020 Supreme Court confirms strict line on insufficiency in the UK On 24 June 2020, the UK Supreme Court (UKSC) confirmed the UK courts’ strict approach to sufficient ...
Simon Kiddle - June 29, 2020 Oppositions & Appeals: we helped determine the meaning of “surgery” Case 8 – T 1695/07 (EPO Board of Appeal, 28 September 2011)
Jacqueline Pang - June 26, 2020 Industry makeover: how the cosmetics industry has been affected by COVID-19 The cosmetics industry has undergone a major transformation during the ongoing COVID-19 crisis. ...
Rebecca Tollervey - June 25, 2020 Cellular immunity – a contributor to COVID-19 “dark matter”? Immunologist Karl Friston of University College London has theorized that there may be ...
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 ...
Melodie Richardson - June 24, 2020 Increasing battery capacity: going Si high Lithium-ion batteries can be found in almost every portable electrical device we use today. Our ...
Camille Terfve - June 23, 2020 A Guide to Patenting Bioinformatics Inventions at the EPO: what is technical and why does it matter? Many inventions in the field of bioinformatics (a term that we will use herein to encompass ...
Paul Dunne - June 23, 2020 Patenting bioplastics The push towards a circular economy promises huge rewards for innovators able to develop ...
Helen Bower - June 19, 2020 Financial Times: Europe's Leading Patent Law Firms 2020 We are delighted to once again be recognised in the Financial Times’ annual report on Europe’s ...
Edmund Harrison - June 18, 2020 Life after Skykick: where next for wide specification filings at the UK IPO and EU IPO? This article examines some of the issues around the concept of use and intention to use a trade ...
Jacqueline Murphy - June 16, 2020 IAM Patent 1000: The World’s Leading Patent Professionals 2020 We are delighted to once again be ranked ‘highly recommended’ in ‘IAM 1000: The World’s Leading ...
Niles Beadman - June 15, 2020 Patents driving tyre innovation From the outside, tyres appear unassumingly simple. But below the tread, they are deceptively ...
Joseph Newcombe - June 12, 2020 Hot Chemistry – Shining a light on disease with radiopharmaceuticals Back in 1979 The Buggles sang “video killed the radio star”. However, the radio(pharmaceutical) ...
Sean Constable - June 10, 2020 Can CRISPR help us in the fight against COVID-19? As countries across the world continue to face widespread disruption in the face of the COVID-19 ...
Tom Furnival - June 9, 2020 Mitsubishi Electric to embark on 5G testing programme In a recent press release Mitsubishi Electric Corporation announced that Japan’s Ministry of ...
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 ...
Foteini Tzakoniati - June 5, 2020 Links between COVID-19 severity and the immune system The mechanism through which SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, infects cells is known. The ...
Willum Wytenburg - May 29, 2020 COVID-19: Suspension of Surcharge for Late Payment of Renewal Fees at the EPO The European Patent Office (EPO) now has a dedicated webpage regarding their response to COVID-19; ...
Dan Thornton - May 29, 2020 Go for launch - SpaceX, NASA set for milestone mission You may have been watching the build up to the manned launch of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on ...
Thomas Lonsdale - May 28, 2020 Recycling polymer composites (mixed material complicates) Polymer composites are finding use at an ever-increasing scale in an ever-increasing range of ...
Alex Burns - May 28, 2020 Contact tracing – our route out of the coronavirus (COVID-19) lockdown? It appears that the United Kingdom is now past the peak of the COVID-19 infection curve, and the ...
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. ...
Nick Sutcliffe - May 19, 2020 G3/19 The Enlarged Board of Appeal has its cake and eats it On 14 May 2020, the Enlarged Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office (EBA) released their ...
Simon Kiddle - May 18, 2020 Oppositions & Appeals: We helped shape the debate on medical use claim patentability Case 7 – T 879/12 (EPO Board of Appeal, 27 August 2014)
Adam Gregory - May 15, 2020 New coronavirus (COVID-19) test allows rapid detection of neutralising antibodies Our client, Duke-NUS, has helped to develop a new, rapid serological test for determining whether ...
Thomas Driver - May 14, 2020 BREAKING: G3/19 – an end to the plant patentability saga? On 14 May 2020, the Enlarged Boards of Appeal of the European Patent Office released their decision ...
Simon Parry - May 12, 2020 From airbags to medical gowns – Autoliv continues to save lives to help fight against coronavirus (COVID-19) Companies around the world are pivoting to help meet global shortages of personal protection ...
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 ...
Joseph Newcombe - May 7, 2020 InVEntions of WWII VE day on Friday 8 May 2020 is the 75th anniversary of the end of WWII in Europe. In 1945 the day ...
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 ...
Jacqueline Murphy - May 5, 2020 IP STARS 2020: The leading practitioners in IP Congratulations to Sofia Arenal, Chris Denison, Stephen Gill, Sean Jauss, Kate O’Rourke, Nick ...
Rhiannon Wescott - May 1, 2020 Can a functionally defined patent claim ‘protect’ my medicinal product? From a patent perspective this may seem like a strange question with an obvious answer; “of ...
Stephen Gill - May 1, 2020 How computer modelling has been used during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak to inform political decisions Throughout the emergence and continued spread of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, policy makers ...
Willum Wytenburg - May 1, 2020 Coronavirus (COVID-19) extension at the EPO: Part 2 The European Patent Office (EPO) now has a dedicated webpage regarding their response to COVID-19; ...
Robert Andrews - April 30, 2020 BerGenBio’s bemcentinib selected for fast track as potential treatment for coronavirus (COVID-19) In the fight against the coronavirus pandemic, bemcentinib produced by BerGenBio has been selected ...
Rebecca Anderson-Smith - April 30, 2020 The power of trade marks: social distancing logos during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic We are all now familiar with the social distancing guidelines set out by the World Health ...
Tom Furnival - April 28, 2020 5G and autonomous vehicles - accelerating data communication speed The amount of data that self-driving cars are predicted to use is massive, really massive. A study ...
Genevieve Pugh - April 28, 2020 Graphene masks: facing up to coronavirus (COVID-19) Since the development and isolation of graphene by researchers at Manchester University in 2004, ...
Simon Kiddle - April 27, 2020 Oppositions & Appeals: We moved the conversation on animal involvement Case 6 – T 1262/04 (EPO Board of Appeal, 13 July 2012)
Rebecca Anderson-Smith - April 27, 2020 Temporary modification of production conditions for PGIs and PDOs will help farmers struggling to deal with coronavirus (COVID-19) The coronavirus lockdowns across many European countries have brought a variety of new challenges ...
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 ...
Camille Terfve - April 23, 2020 Coronavirus (COVID-19), big data and silver linings There is no denying that the COVID-19 pandemic will have tremendous practical and economic impact ...
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 ...
Tom Furnival - April 22, 2020 How 3D printing is helping in the fight against coronavirus (COVID-19) In a crisis which has been defined by its pace of change, 3D printing has become a useful tool in ...
Julie Carlisle - April 20, 2020 Has a cure for coronavirus (COVID-19) already been made? Faced with the biggest global pandemic in most of our lifetimes, all around the world research ...
Niles Beadman - April 17, 2020 A Taste for Waste – Plastic Recycling with Enzymes Positive news has been relatively hard to come by of late, with attention understandably focussed ...
Adam Gregory - April 14, 2020 Antibody tests for prior infection with SARS-CoV-2 – key tools for monitoring and managing the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak In recent weeks there’s been a lot of discussion in the media of antibody tests relating to ...
Richard Howe - April 9, 2020 Crown Use during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic As discussed in a previous blog, the UK Government has the power to authorise (either in advance, ...
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 ...
Callum McGuinn - April 7, 2020 Taking charge - repurposing, recycling and reinventing batteries Innovation in repurposing, recycling and reinventing batteries will be a rich vein of IP, say ...
Camille Terfve - April 6, 2020 What use is computational biology during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic? There is one obvious way in which computational biology is showing its strengths in the current ...
Jacqueline Murphy - April 3, 2020 3D printing community responds to the coronavirus (COVID-19) challenge The coronavirus (COVID19) pandemic has left healthcare systems globally scrambling for much needed ...
Andrew Pitts - April 3, 2020 Patent infringement during a national emergency: a Coronavirus (COVID-19) perspective Recent interesting reports highlight an emerging practice borne out of necessity in which medical ...
Eliot Ward - April 2, 2020 A*STAR and MiRXES step up in the fight against coronavirus (COVID-19) Our Singapore based-clients A*STAR (Agency for Science, Technology and Research) and MiRXES are ...
Maria Hall - April 1, 2020 New partner promotion and director appointments We are delighted to announce five new roles across three of our offices.
Ine Vanderleyden - March 31, 2020 Neoantigen-targeted adoptive cell therapies – the next frontier in cancer immunotherapy Cancer immunotherapies harness the power of the patient’s immune system to destroy malignant cells ...
Sean Constable - March 30, 2020 CRISPR used in gene editing clinical trial for first time The revolutionary CRISPR gene editing tool has been used inside the human body for the first time ...
Tanis Keirstead - March 26, 2020 German Constitutional Court Verdict: Stumbling Block or Death Knell for the UPC? On 20 March 2020, three years after the challenge was originally brought, the German Constitutional ...
Tanis Keirstead - March 24, 2020 Coronavirus (COVID-19): a case study in emerging disease UPDATE 14 APRIL 2022: In his blog Horizons in vaccine production, we explore pressing need to ...
Alison Fugard - March 24, 2020 Pushing Energy Storage to the MX(ene) Batteries are indispensable in modern life. Not only is our reliance on batteries increasing with ...
Lucy White - March 23, 2020 Vaccine platform technologies to combat emerging infectious diseases The SARS-CoV-2 outbreak is now a global pandemic. In a previous post, we discussed the need to act ...
Richard Clegg - March 20, 2020 Changes to our correspondence address In response to the current situation in London due to Coronavirus (COVID-19) we are redirecting all ...
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 ...
Seán Walton - March 12, 2020 Oppositions & Appeals: We set the standard for the strawman Case 5 - T 649/92 (EPO Enlarged Board of Appeal, 2 July 1996)
Camille Terfve - March 9, 2020 Bioinformatics, data and healthcare: Benefits and challenges of data-driven medicine Algorithms (sometimes collectively referred to as ‘digital health’) are changing the way that ...
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 ...
Sarah Kostiuk-Smith - March 6, 2020 Finding the “lost Einsteins” of innovation Sarah Kostiuk-Smith, Partner and European Patent Attorney at Mewburn Ellis, examines the glaring ...
Rebecca Anderson-Smith - March 5, 2020 Latest in Halloumi trade mark dispute In July 2014, Bulgarian company M. J. Dairies EOOD filed a European Union trade mark application ...
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 ...
Niles Beadman - February 26, 2020 Chemical collaborations: polymer partnerships Collaboration is ubiquitous with successful research. Sharing results generates new leads, sharing ...
Callum McGuinn - February 26, 2020 Lithium-sulfur batteries - an attractive alternative Lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries are a ubiquitous energy source in modern society, powering our ...
Anna Mudge - February 21, 2020 2020 BioInfect Conference - tackling antimicrobial resistance Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) poses a global threat. No new classes of antibiotics have been ...
Alison Fugard - February 21, 2020 Darobactin – worming our way out of antibiotic resistance Recently, we have been exploring antimicrobial resistance and the possible solutions to this ...
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 ...
Nick Sutcliffe - February 18, 2020 The evolutionary history of cancer - predicting the disease Cells can acquire the mutations that drive the development of cancer many years before the patient ...
Jacqueline Murphy - February 17, 2020 World Trademark Review 1000: The World’s Leading Trademark Professionals 2020 Mewburn Ellis is delighted to once again be ranked in World Trade Mark Review 1000, the research ...
Camille Terfve - February 14, 2020 Genomics and Biodata in 2020: the future is here! I have been working in the field of bioinformatics/computational biology for 10 years now and have ...
Richard Clegg - February 12, 2020 Oppositions & Appeals: we opened the door for different types of data to support a medical use Case 4 - T 801/06 (EPO Board of Appeal, 4 March 2009)
Thomas Driver - February 6, 2020 Genetic engineering and synthetic biology – making cannabis production greener The therapeutic benefits of medicinal cannabis have been liberally splashed across newspaper ...
Adam Gregory - February 4, 2020 Enleofen strikes Singapore’s biggest ever biotech deal In January it was announced that global pharmaceutical company Boehringer Ingelheim has acquired ...
John Addiss - February 4, 2020 Patenting the Internet of Things – the European perspective It is estimated that by 2025 there will be 26-30 billion devices in the workplace and home equipped ...
Maria Hall - February 3, 2020 Munich office expansion with high-profile lateral hire We are delighted to announce the high-profile appointment of Dr. Thomas Wolter into our Munich ...
Adam Gregory - January 30, 2020 Farming the great indoors When you think of a farm, what comes to mind? Rolling fields of green new growth, and carpets of ...
Katherine Collins - January 29, 2020 Advancements of genetic testing The sequencing of the first human genome in 2003 was a major breakthrough in genomics. While this ...
Simon Kiddle - January 29, 2020 Oppositions & Appeals: We made the case for a new technical effect Case 3 - T 1642/06 (EPO Board of Appeal, 23 August 2007)
Willum Wytenburg - January 27, 2020 EPO announces fee increases from 1 April 2020 In recent times, the European Patent Office (EPO) has increased its official fees every two years. ...
Jane Liu - January 23, 2020 A promising target for new antibiotics In previous blogs we have discussed the global threat of antimicrobial resistance and some of the ...
Jacqueline Murphy - January 23, 2020 Welcome to our new website We are delighted to announce the launch of our new website, it incorporates the very best of the ...
Jacqueline Murphy - January 23, 2020 Proud Partners of the Graphene Engineering Innovation Centre (GEIC) We are proud and excited to be starting our second year as an affiliate partner of the Graphene ...
Camille Terfve - January 23, 2020 Simulations in bioinformatics and the G1/19 referral What’s all this about? Claims directed to methods of simulation or modelling of a system or process ...
James Leach - January 20, 2020 AI: Machine learning - the when’s and the how’s of machine learning In our recent post on the use of artificial intelligence in bioinformatics, it was highlighted that ...
Sean Constable - January 17, 2020 EPO Board of Appeal confirms Broad Institute’s CRISPR patent lacks priority and upholds revocation decision In one of the most high profile cases of recent years, a European Patent Office (EPO) Board of ...
Jacqueline Murphy - January 8, 2020 JUVE Patent UK ranking 2020 We are delighted to be recommended in JUVE's Patent UK ranking 2020 which recognises patent ...
Camille Terfve - January 2, 2020 AI, deep learning and image analysis in bioinformatics Putting “AI” in the title of your paper, or indeed in the name of your company, seems to have ...
Matthew Smith - December 18, 2019 Graphene Composites: 5 things we can learn from the IP data The European Patent Office (EPO) recently released some initial data about patenting activity in ...
Anna Mudge - December 18, 2019 Will biomarkers come of age? The world’s population is ageing. In 2018, for the first time in history, people aged 65 or above ...
Alison Fugard - December 18, 2019 Sustainability: Graphene offers new opportunities In our blog Green graphene - the pursuit of sustainability we looked at methods for the production ...
Joseph Newcombe - December 17, 2019 The 12 elements of Christmas... 16O Chemistree, 16O Chemistree, how lovely are your elements… As 2019 draws to a close, so too does ...
Camille Terfve - December 16, 2019 Bioinformatics: biological and medical sciences in the age of big data What is bioinformatics? Bioinformatics is a term which we will use as an umbrella to encompass work ...
Camille Terfve - December 16, 2019 Bioinformatics is everywhere! As discussed in a previous post, most types of biological or medical data that can be collected ...
Isobel Stone - December 16, 2019 Collagen scaffolds – the future of tissue engineering? Despite the success of organ transplantation since its inception in the 20th century, people today ...
James Leach - December 13, 2019 AI: Machine learning - what is the machine actually learning? Following on from Richard Johnson’s blog post “Inventive AI: can machines innovate?” we now focus ...
Rachel Oxley - December 11, 2019 Indian Patent Office adopts the Patent Prosecution Highway programme Recently, the Indian Union Cabinet approved a proposal for the Indian Patent Office (IPO) to adopt ...
Eliot Ward - December 6, 2019 Gamma/delta T cells emerge as an untapped resource for cancer immunotherapy Third lymphocyte lineage shows its mettle B lymphocytes, a type of white blood cell that is ...
Joseph Newcombe - December 5, 2019 3 R's for sustainability of the battery industry Zero-carbon transport and energy production are set to grow under the shadow of global warming and ...
Andy King - December 4, 2019 Rubik’s Cube trade mark in puzzling General Court decision This article was originally published on the CITMA website. View the original article here. Ruling ...
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 ...
William Hey - November 28, 2019 Australian innovation patent system - the end is near The Australian innovation patent system is on its last legs, which could spell bad news for SMEs ...
Anna Mudge - November 27, 2019 Biomarkers and precision medicine A biomarker, an amalgamation of the term ‘biological marker’, is a measurable indicator of a ...
Rebecca Anderson-Smith - November 27, 2019 General Court annuls incorrect interpreted specification of trade mark We are delighted to report that our client Alliance Pharmaceuticals Limited has been successful in ...
Callum McGuinn - November 20, 2019 Lithium-ion batteries - powering the EVs of the future In a recent blog, Eleanor Maciver reviewed a variety of promising “batteries of the future”. Of ...
Matthew Smith - November 18, 2019 Graphene Hackathon 16-17 November 2019 saw a momentous occasion: innovators, creators and thinkers came together for ...
Richard Clegg - November 15, 2019 Meet the team: Richard Clegg, Partner, European Patent Attorney, Patent Attorney Litigator As part of our 'meet the team' series, we talk to Richard Clegg about his journey to becoming a ...
Maria Hall - November 14, 2019 New report launched: EPO Opposition Trends in the Life Sciences Sector Our new research has revealed several recent patterns regarding the European Patent Office ...
Chris Denison - November 12, 2019 Meet the team: Chris Denison, Partner, European Patent Attorney As part of our 'meet the team' series, we talk to Chris Denison about his journey to becoming a ...
Callum McGuinn - November 12, 2019 Using IP to secure opportunities in the budding medical cannabis sector The opportunities for innovation in medical cannabis dovetails with the opportunity to obtain ...
Rebecca Tollervey - November 11, 2019 Top tips for patenting antibodies in Europe Antibody development is a mature field of technology. There are relatively few new targets, and the ...
Simon Parry - November 11, 2019 Extreme fast charging – the future of electric vehicle batteries With global deployment now exceeding five million, electric vehicles continue to hold the promise ...
Seán Walton - November 11, 2019 Oppositions a case to remember: we forced a fuller view of technical features Case 1 – T 1859/08 ( EPO Board of Appeal, 5 June 2016)
Simon Kiddle - November 8, 2019 Meet The Team: Simon Kiddle, Partner, European Patent Attorney As part of our 'meet the team' series, we talk to Simon Kiddle about his journey to becoming a ...
Andrew Pitts - November 6, 2019 Coffee capsules: greener grounds Large consumer companies are increasingly focusing on reworking their consumable products to be ...
Katherine Green - November 5, 2019 Meet The Team: Katherine Green, Partner, European Patent Attorney As part of our 'meet the team' series, we talk to Katherine Green about her journey to becoming a ...
Richard Howe - October 30, 2019 Printing the unprintable – new technique expands graphene printing to previously unsuitable substrates Printing with graphene is a large and growing field, representing a highly promising range of ...
Camille Terfve - October 30, 2019 EPO Bioinformatics Roadshow There is still a relatively prevalent view in the field of bioinformatics and medical informatics ...
Alexander Cavell - October 30, 2019 Plastics recycling: polymers unzipped As society becomes more aware of the adverse effects of single-use plastics on the environment, ...
Katherine Green - October 30, 2019 Oppositions - a case to remember. Flexibility around added matter Case 2 – T 0099/13 (EPO Board of Appeal, 14 January 2016)
Jacqueline Murphy - October 29, 2019 Chambers & Partners Legal Guide 2019 We are delighted to report that Mewburn Ellis has once again been ranked in Chambers & Partners ...
Jacqueline Murphy - October 29, 2019 Mewburn Ellis: top tier firm Legal 500 2019 We are delighted to have been ranked as a top tier firm in the 2019 edition of Legal 500. This ...
Maria Hall - October 28, 2019 Lateral partner hire into our new Patent Director role We are pleased to announce the lateral hire of Paul Misselbrook, previously a partner at Venner ...
Emily Hayes - October 28, 2019 Meet The Team: Emily Hayes, Partner, European Patent Attorney As part of our 'meet the team' series, we talk to Emily Hayes about her journey to becoming a ...
Christoph Moeller - October 26, 2019 FRAND Licensing of SEPs in the age of connected cars Cars are developing more and more into computerized mobile platforms. They relieve the driver of ...
Foteini Tzakoniati - October 25, 2019 Employing CRISPR to expose ‘hiding’ cancer cells to immunotherapy Immunotherapy employs the patient’s immune system against cancer. There are various types of ...
Thomas Driver - October 23, 2019 Renewable energy – huge potential for biofuel innovation It has been widely reported in the media recently that we need to do more to address the way in ...
Nick Sutcliffe - October 21, 2019 Controlling genes – the new field of epitranscriptomics The human genome contains roughly 20,000 genes that encode proteins. In order for the cells and ...
Andrew Pitts - October 16, 2019 Infecting the infection to tackle the rise in chemical antibiotic resistance In previous blogs we have highlighted how certain families of bacteria are highly resistant to ...
Niles Beadman - October 9, 2019 Consumable consumables: the edible water bottle Throughout the 20th century, plastic has become increasingly prevalent in our everyday lives. To ...
Richard Johnson - October 7, 2019 Inventive AI: can machines innovate? The integration of technology based on artificial intelligence into our everyday lives continues ...
Rebecca Anderson-Smith - October 2, 2019 5 top tips to prevent trade mark ‘genericide’ Most trade mark owners will be aware that their UK or European Union trade mark registration is ...
Julie Carlisle - September 27, 2019 AMR - a global threat A hot topic on everyone’s lips at the moment is Climate Change and its predicted impact on our way ...
Adam Gregory - September 26, 2019 T cell engagers - dark horses of immunotherapy Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) technology has attracted a lot of attention and investment in ...
Callum McGuinn - September 26, 2019 Budding opportunities for pharma With shifting attitudes surrounding cannabis-based drugs, it is essential to explore the array of ...
Joseph Newcombe - September 25, 2019 From data to drugs - a brief introduction to AI in drug discovery The road to an approved drug is well known to be an arduous journey. Recent estimates put the cost ...
Matthew Smith - September 24, 2019 Strict and inflexible: material claims at the EPO Innovators in advanced materials can face an uphill struggle to get suitable patent protection at ...
Tanis Keirstead - September 19, 2019 Obtaining patent protection for fermentation processes and products – the European perspective Fermented foods have been known for millennia and form an important part of many national cuisines. ...
Eleanor Maciver - September 18, 2019 Batteries for the future: the sky may not be the limit! In an earlier blog Sam Bailey discussed the growing demands for high performance battery ...
Callum McGuinn - September 17, 2019 Cannabis: on to greener pastures? Callum McGuinn, explores the history of social attitudes towards cannabis and asks what the future ...
Christoph Moeller - September 13, 2019 Intermodality: the future of transport? Search the term 'intermodality' and you'll turn up a number of definitions and some fine ...
Simon Kremer - September 11, 2019 Food of the future – regulating and protecting gene-edited crops A recent episode of the BBC World Service’s excellent series “50 Things that made the modern ...
Camille Terfve - September 4, 2019 DIY biology dilemma – regulating biohacking Science kits may have inspired generations of children to become scientists, and those grown up ...
Richard Howe - August 30, 2019 Printing with graphene: exploring the inks set to unleash graphene's potential Graphene has been widely heralded as a game-changer in the research and development of new ...
Nick Sutcliffe - August 29, 2019 Shifting treatments: cancer as a manageable disease As new treatments drive a shift towards treating cancer as a manageable disease we are seeing ...
Simon Parry - August 19, 2019 Team Bath Racing Electric - zooming through 2019 Each year, over 100 university engineering teams from around the globe travel to Silverstone, ...
Camille Terfve - August 15, 2019 Patentable subject matter in bioinformatics - USPTO’s January 2019 guidance In this article, Paul Liu and Ashley Barton from Duane Morris LLP provided some interesting ...
Sean Jauss - August 13, 2019 Understanding Europe’s trade secret rules Companies invest in developing or acquiring intellectual capital to gain a competitive or ...
Richard Clegg - August 13, 2019 Challenges Post Selex Twenty-five years ago Tuerk and Gold reported the Selex method. Being the first European patent ...
Andy King - August 12, 2019 USPTO changes rules of representation for overseas trade mark applicants The US Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) has recently changed the rules regarding the need for ...
Tom Furnival - August 7, 2019 A case in point - Trunki vs Kiddee Rob Law, the founder and chief executive of Magmatic who make the Trunki product, said that the ...
Eleanor Maciver - August 7, 2019 Speeding things up at the EPO There are many reasons why an applicant may wish to speed up the prosecution of an application. For ...
Frances Salisbury - August 5, 2019 The rise of predictive medicine Thanks to significant advances in genetics, we are not only getting better at diagnosing disease, ...
Eleanor Maciver - August 2, 2019 Circular economy: new technologies rise to the challenge In recent months there has been a rapid increase in publicity and public awareness of ...
Matthew Smith - July 31, 2019 Green graphene - the pursuit of sustainability Theoretically, at least, graphene can be produced from any carbon source. While the pursuit of ...
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 ...
Christoph Moeller - July 31, 2019 The rise of e-scooters - micromobility gains momentum As congestion in cities rises, existing transportation can no longer keep up with growing ...
Dydra Donath - July 24, 2019 New European spirit drinks regulation EU 2019/787 Dydra Donath breaks down the new regulation the EU has placed on spirit drink trademarks. Article ...
Adam Gregory - July 23, 2019 Cultured meat - food for thought Cultured meat is rapidly emerging alongside plant-and microorganism-based alternative meat products ...
Tom Furnival - July 12, 2019 EPO Quality Report 2018 July has seen the publishing of the European Patent Office’s (EPO) 2018 Quality Report. This is the ...
Emily Hayes - July 9, 2019 New Rules of Procedure at the Boards of Appeal – what does this mean for patentees and opponents? Revised Rules of Procedure at the Boards of Appeal have been approved by The Administrative Council ...
Emily Hayes - July 5, 2019 A Myriad of effects Even though the decision in Myriad is now 6 years old and there have been several follow-on cases, ...
Sam Bailey - June 27, 2019 Charging into the future - the increasing demands on battery technologies Battery technology is an area of constant innovation. For years we have been trying to squeeze a ...
Christoph Moeller - June 26, 2019 Data and security issues in a world of connected cars Mobility patterns are changing and technological innovations in electrification, connectivity and ...
Frances Salisbury - June 26, 2019 Gender medicine – deriving novelty from treating women? When you hear the term “gender medicine”, what comes to mind? For many people, the term is ...
Kate O'Rourke - June 21, 2019 Three-stripes and you’re out: Adidas lose trade mark battle Adidas’ famed three-stripe logo has been deemed as lacking “distinctive character”. The General ...
Adam Gregory - June 21, 2019 Singapore biotech start-ups: the importance of patent protection Singapore’s biotech industry plays a key role in shaping the country’s future economy. This is ...
Anna Mudge - June 19, 2019 Tips from the top: inspiring women in technology You may be surprised to hear that only 17% of those working in Technology in the UK are female. ...
Callum McGuinn - June 18, 2019 Medicinal cannabis: recent changes and future innovations Government policy on the prescription of cannabis-derived medicines has undergone some interesting ...
Jacqueline Murphy - June 17, 2019 Managing Intellectual Property: IP Stars 2019 We are delighted to be ranked in Managing Intellectual Property: IP Stars for 2019.
Jacqueline Murphy - June 17, 2019 IAM Patent 1000, 2019 We are delighted to be ranked highly recommended in ‘IAM 1000: The World’s Leading Patent ...
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 ...
Frances Salisbury - June 4, 2019 EU approves first gene therapy for patients with a mild form of β-Thalassemia Exciting news in the personalised medicine space – the EU has just approved the first gene therapy ...
Christoph Moeller - May 24, 2019 A single to Singapore please: the rise in on-demand bus services Discussion about future mobility tends to focus on the strategies of the major car manufacturers ...
Dydra Donath - May 20, 2019 Glen Buchenbach - Scotch whisky? Originally published in The Trademark Lawyer, Dydra Donath discusses the recent CJEU decision on ...
Julie Carlisle - May 20, 2019 Protecting the ‘Trojan horse’ drug key to keeping a struggling field viable An Expert View column originally published in The Pharma Letter. Read the original article here. ...
Adam Gregory - May 17, 2019 Precision therapeutics for the precision medicine era In recent years we have seen dramatic advances in our understanding of the intricate and dynamic ...
Simon Kiddle - April 29, 2019 Personalised medicine: patient stratification While the general idea of customising treatment to patients is not new, the degree to which ...
Jacqueline Murphy - April 10, 2019 AIPLA Women in IP Global Networking Event: Manchester 4 April 2019 On Thursday 4 April, we were delighted to host an American Intellectual Property Law Association ...
Simon Parry - April 5, 2019 Hydrogen fuel cell vehicles: growth and innovation While much attention and noise has surrounded the growth in the number of electric and plug-in ...
Matthew Smith - April 4, 2019 Hydrogen: the storage question There’s a lot to like about hydrogen. It’s light; it’s abundant (at least atomically - water and ...
Rebecca Anderson-Smith - April 3, 2019 Babybel trade mark blow The UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) has dealt a blow to the owners of Babybel cheese, ...
Maria Hall - April 1, 2019 Partner promotions and new Director position We are delighted to announce that Sarah Kostiuk-Smith, Jacqueline Pang and Eliot Ward have been ...
Christoph Moeller - March 28, 2019 The road to autonomous In a recent article published in Intellectual Property Magazine, Christoph Moeller explores the ...
Matthew Smith - March 28, 2019 Advanced materials: game-changing graphene In the 15 years since Professors Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov isolated and discovered ...
Julie Carlisle - March 28, 2019 Dosage regimen patents: bruised but not beaten Ruling on the big pharma Actavis v ICOS case, the UK Supreme Court has found ICOS’s Cialis patent ...
Robert Watson - March 21, 2019 Numbering system for re-registered design rights and comparable trade marks The UK enacted the EU Withdrawal Act 2018 which provides the basis for how EU law will be converted ...
Maria Hall - March 11, 2019 Former CITMA President Kate O’Rourke to head our European trade mark services We are delighted to announce that Kate O’Rourke will join the firm on 1 April 2019.
Sean Constable - March 6, 2019 EPO oral proceedings in Haar - do they infringe a party’s right to be heard? A new referral to the Enlarged Board raises this question... The right to be heard under Article ...
Frances Salisbury - February 27, 2019 Bioinformatics Inventions: Patenting challenges at the interface of computer and life sciences We are entering an age of precision medicine, with patients receiving tailored treatments, selected ...
Emma Graham - February 26, 2019 How to patent AI technology at the EPO Once only a figment of the imagination in literature such as Mark Shelley’s Frankenstein, ...
Simon Parry - February 25, 2019 Self-driving vehicles: what do consumers think (and want)? As a survey of 25,000 consumers in 20 countries, and a study that has been conducted annually over ...
Simon Kiddle - February 22, 2019 Is your interest legitimate? New referral to the EBOA on double patenting EPO Board of Appeal 3.3.01 is referring a number of questions regarding double patenting to the ...
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 ...
Thomas Driver - February 6, 2019 Plant related inventions: clarity at last? As we reported previously, EPO Technical Board of Appeal 3304 recently ruled that a controversial ...
Frances Salisbury - February 4, 2019 Fighting cancer with CAR-T therapies In September 2018, NHS England entered into an agreement with Novartis to offer its CAR-T therapy, ...
Jacqueline Murphy - February 4, 2019 WTR 1000 2019 - The World’s Leading Trademark Professionals We are delighted to have been named as a recommended firm in the World Trademark Review 2019 ...
Emily Hayes - January 30, 2019 Commercialising genomic research in the US: tips for obtaining patent protection The field of genomics has seen incredible advances over the past few decades. Technological ...
Frances Salisbury - January 30, 2019 China - a key player in the global precision medicine race With a growing economy, and a large, ageing population, China is attracting attention from global ...
Emma Kennaugh-Gallacher - January 28, 2019 Google issued with €50 million fine by CNIL for data protection practices The French counterpart to our own Information Commissioner, the Commission nationale de ...
Christoph Moeller - January 28, 2019 Autonomous driving: the IP twists and turns Autonomous driving (AD) is on everyone’s lips when it comes to the next big thing in the automotive ...
Simon Parry - January 22, 2019 Autonomous vehicles - the race to innovate The future of the automotive sector will be fundamentally different from its past. Electric ...
Sean Jauss - January 14, 2019 Eight key themes from the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference I’ve spent the last few days talking with biotech entrepreneurs, VC fund managers and lawyers ...
Graeme Moore - December 13, 2018 Blockchain: the next patent boom Emma Graham and Graeme Moore attended the EPO’s “Patenting Blockchain” conference in The Hague – ...
Frances Salisbury - December 13, 2018 Precision medicine: ethics, regulation and patent law New genomic and proteomic analysis technologies allow for diagnosis and prognosis of patients with ...
Christoph Moeller - December 11, 2018 Future mobility: the new direction of transport Massive social, economic and technology trends are converging to change mobility - how we move ...
Frances Salisbury - December 10, 2018 Plant related inventions: the saga continues We may be approaching the end of the year, but the saga of patents for plant related inventions at ...
Adam Gregory - December 10, 2018 Patent protection: five tips for biotech start-ups Early-stage biotech companies are often founded based on the exciting results of pre-clinical ...
Richard Clegg - December 10, 2018 Clovis Oncology success in European Opposition Proceedings related to Rubraca® Clovis Oncology has announced that the European Patent Office (EPO) last week upheld claims of ...
Rebecca Anderson-Smith - December 6, 2018 Significant blow to Cadbury in purple trade mark battle Cadbury has been dealt a blow by the Court of Appeal in its battle to maintain its trade mark for ...
Nick Sutcliffe - November 14, 2018 Supreme Court decision signals bad news for patent holders The UK Supreme Court issued its decision today on the Warner Lambert vs Generics (UK) Ltd t/a ...
Shaun Harvey - November 8, 2018 Our Cambridge Office moves to prestigious Innovation Park Our Cambridge office moved on 26 November to the prestigious St John’s Innovation Park at the ...
Frances Salisbury - October 31, 2018 Precision Medicine: the next revolution in healthcare In recent years, we have witnessed a remarkable healthcare revolution. Thanks to advances in ...
Richard Clegg - October 31, 2018 Morphosis: creating and nurturing biotech start-ups in Singapore We understand that early-stage biotech companies do not have it easy. It is a long road from ...
Simon Parry - October 30, 2018 Team Bath Racing Electric: racing to success Team Bath Racing Electric (TBRe) achieved their best ever ranking at the 2018 Formula Student UK ...
Matthew Smith - October 29, 2018 Development in the war on superbugs The spread of antibiotic-resistant infections is one of the most serious threats in modern ...
Matthew Smith - October 25, 2018 Graphene: a whole new '2D world' Graphene has been heralded as a game changer in the research and development of new materials since ...
Graeme Moore - October 19, 2018 Patenting board games and puzzles Quite a lot of people think of new games and puzzles, and wonder whether patenting would help them ...
Matthew Smith - October 8, 2018 JIPA 2018 European Seminar The Japanese Intellectual Property Association (JIPA) has been promoting fair and effective ...
Seán Walton - October 3, 2018 The pioneering work of Professor Sir Greg Winter Professor Sir Greg Winter’s pioneering work using phage display for the directed evolution of ...
Sean Constable - October 2, 2018 Life as a trainee patent attorney Sean Constable, trainee patent attorney in our life sciences patent team, joined Mewburn Ellis as ...
Shaun Harvey - October 1, 2018 Our growth story The last 12 months have seen a period of remarkable growth and development for the firm. In ...
Robert Watson - September 27, 2018 Navigating the Brexit landscape: patents The existing European patent system was unaffected by the UK leaving the EU earlier in 2020, and by ...
Jacqueline Pang - July 20, 2018 Roger Federer in trade mark dispute with Nike Roger Federer recently left Nike and signed a deal with Uniqlo reportedly worth $30million per ...
Maria Hall - July 9, 2018 Our new brand: the forward-looking IP firm Mewburn Ellis is a name synonymous with quality in the IP space. We are also seen as a firm that ...
Simon Kremer - April 30, 2018 Changes to inter partes review system for challenging granted patents Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court issued two important decisions relating to inter partes review ...
Richard Johnson - April 26, 2018 ECJ provides clarity on the application of Article 8(1) of the Community Design Regulation Europe’s highest court, the European Court of Justice (ECJ), recently handed down a decision in ...
Anna Mudge - April 20, 2018 Celebrating women working in IP in the North West On Thursday 19 April, we were proud hosts of an American Intellectual Property Law Association ...
Ashley Cresswell - August 1, 2017 UK Supreme Court Establishes Doctrine of Equivalents in Actavis v Lilly In many jurisdictions a product or process may be held to infringe even though it falls outside the ...