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Will COVID-19 alter the IP systems indefinitely?

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Will COVID-19 alter the IP systems indefinitely?

The current world-wide restrictions on travel have potentially monumental impact on the administration of legal systems.

COVID-19: The worldwide pharma response to coronavirus disease

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COVID-19: The worldwide pharma response to coronavirus disease

As expected in these life-threatening times, the pharma companies respond by doing what they do best: research and development.

Another bump in the road for the UPC… (?)

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Another bump in the road for the UPC… (?)

The long-awaited Unified Patent Court (UPC) and Unitary Patent system in Europe has been dealt a blow today with the decision of the German Constitutional Court that the ratification process in Germany was unconstitutional.

The Sunday Times ‘Top 100 Best Companies’ recognises Kilburn & Strode with a 2-star ranking

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The Sunday Times ‘Top 100 Best Companies’ recognises Kilburn & Strode with a 2-star ranking

Kilburn & Strode has been recognised as a 2-star company Trainee Daniel Wood gives us an overview of how we have got here and what this means.

CRISPR priority appeal still alive?

CRISPR

CRISPR priority appeal still alive?

Although the oral proceedings in the CRISPR priority appeal, T 844/18, concluded on 16 January 2020 with the Board of Appeal upholding the opposition division’s decision to revoke CRISPR patent EP2771468, the story is not over yet.

Mission Impopsicle? – Japanese ice cream maker Akagi Nyugyo, the UKIPO, and implicit disclosure

Case law

Mission Impopsicle? – Japanese ice cream maker Akagi Nyugyo, the UKIPO, and implicit disclosure

Relatively unknown outside Japan, Akagi Nyugyo is Japan’s biggest ice cream manufacturers with a staggering 400 million of its popsicles sold annually.

Brexit - Quick tips for holders of EU-wide registered rights

Brexit

Brexit - Quick tips for holders of EU-wide registered rights

Things to consider for EU-wide rights holders.

2020 Brexit: what you need to know

Brexit

2020 Brexit: what you need to know

Since the deadline to agree a Brexit deal of 31 October 2019 was extended to 31 January 2020, the UK’s legal landscape has changed. We look at the effects on legislation, and the practical effects for IP rights holders.

EPO refuses to name machine as legal inventor

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EPO refuses to name machine as legal inventor

The EPO has now issued its first-instance decision refusing the DABUS applications in which the applicant tried to specify DABUS, a computer program, as the inventor of two European patent applications.

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