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BREAKING NEWS – finally, a referral on description amendments

News

BREAKING NEWS – finally, a referral on description amendments

In G1/25, an EPO Board of Appeal has asked the Enlarged Board of Appeal (EBA) to consider whether it is really necessary for the description of a European patent or application to be amended to remove...

The Origin Edit: Latest developments on PDOs & Wines

Food and Drink

The Origin Edit: Latest developments on PDOs & Wines

Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) schemes remain key to ensuring authenticity and value in regional wines. As the UK and EU update their rules post-Brexit, recent cases and reforms highlight stric...

Leveraging global trends to grow your international sales

Food and Drink

Leveraging global trends to grow your international sales

Following her New Year article on accelerating exports, Nicola Thomas, Director of the Food & Drink Exporters Association (FDEA). returns with her second piece. Originally featured in FMCG CEO magazi...

Turning waste into worth: How repurposing food waste supports a sustainable future

Food and Drink

Turning waste into worth: How repurposing food waste supports a sustainable future

Each year, over 1.3 billion tonnes of food (which is nearly one-third of what the world produces) is lost or wasted, according to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (UN FAO). This is...

“Cloudy Lemon” wars: What Thatchers Cider Company Limited v Aldi Stores Limited means for brand owners

Case law

“Cloudy Lemon” wars: What Thatchers Cider Company Limited v Aldi Stores Limited means for brand owners

The recent Thatchers v Aldi decision has sent a zesty ripple through the Food and Drink industry and not just because it involves lemon cider.

Registered designs in a holistic approach to IP rights

Food and Drink

Registered designs in a holistic approach to IP rights

In the protection of intellectual property, trade marks and patents often dominate the conversation. On the one hand, trade marks are the first port of call for safeguarding brand identity; on the oth...

Thirst for fame: The rise of celebrity-owned drink brands

Food and Drink

Thirst for fame: The rise of celebrity-owned drink brands

It’s not a new phenomenon for celebrities to attach their name to a certain product; take for example, George Foreman’s grills, Dr Dre’s Beats by Dre headphones and Michael Jordan’s Nike Air Jordan fo...

Plausibility in the UK: get your patent strategy ready for stricter approaches than mandated by the EPO in G 2/21

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Plausibility in the UK: get your patent strategy ready for stricter approaches than mandated by the EPO in G 2/21

The recent Court of Appeal judgement in Generics (UK) Ltd. & Ors v AstraZeneca AB [2025] reaffirms that plausibility is a standalone requirement for patentability in the UK and that the applicable sta...

G 1/23: EPO decides that the properties of a complex product are prior art to the extent they are “analysable”

Case law

G 1/23: EPO decides that the properties of a complex product are prior art to the extent they are “analysable”

The EPO Enlarged Board of Appeal recently issued it’s decision on G 1/23, dealing with the threshold for a complex product placed on the market for sale to be validly cited as prior art in Europe.

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