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Mewburn Ellis ranked ‘gold tier’ in IAM Patent 1000: The World’s Leading Patent Practitioners 2025
Joanna Smith - June 3, 2025

Mewburn Ellis ranked ‘gold tier’ in IAM Patent 1000: The World’s Leading Patent Practitioners 2025

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Mewburn Ellis ranked ‘gold tier’ in IAM Patent 1000: The World’s Leading Patent Practitioners 2024
Joanna Smith - June 10, 2024

Mewburn Ellis ranked ‘gold tier’ in IAM Patent 1000: The World’s Leading Patent Practitioners 2024

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The EPO’s Enlarged Board of Appeal decides how the EPO should assess entitlement to priority
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 ...

Mewburn Ellis ranked ‘gold tier’ in IAM PATENT 1000: The World’s Leading Patent Practitioners 2023
Joanna Smith - July 4, 2023

Mewburn Ellis ranked ‘gold tier’ in IAM PATENT 1000: The World’s Leading Patent Practitioners 2023

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Mewburn Ellis ranked ‘gold tier’ in IAM PATENT 1000: The World’s Leading Patent Practitioners 2022
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Mewburn Ellis ranked ‘gold tier’ in IAM PATENT 1000: The World’s Leading Patent Practitioners 2022

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Two new referrals to the EPO’s Enlarged Board of Appeal on entitlement to priority
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Two new referrals to the EPO’s Enlarged Board of Appeal on entitlement to priority

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Mewburn Ellis: top tier firm Legal 500 2022
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 ...

IAM Patent 1000: The World’s Leading Patent Professionals 2021
Jacqueline Murphy - July 2, 2021

IAM Patent 1000: The World’s Leading Patent Professionals 2021

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Controlled environment agriculture - 5 things to watch
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Controlled environment agriculture - 5 things to watch

Simon Kremer attended the Agri-TechE “Controlled Environment Agriculture – The Industry is Growing ...

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Save our staples: Securing the future of food

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Growing Underground: In the pink
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Growing Underground: In the pink

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IAM Patent 1000: The World’s Leading Patent Professionals 2020
Jacqueline Murphy - June 16, 2020

IAM Patent 1000: The World’s Leading Patent Professionals 2020

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JUVE Patent UK ranking 2020
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JUVE Patent UK ranking 2020

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Food of the future – regulating and protecting gene-edited crops
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Food of the future – regulating and protecting gene-edited crops

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IAM Patent 1000, 2019

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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 ...

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