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Fashion fortified: top tips to combat counterfeiting

Celebrating its 40th year, London Fashion Week is upon us and as the hype of people’s fashions on and off the catwalk grips our attention, now is a good time for brand owners and designers to reflect ...

Technical Tips

More than the sum of their parts: chimeric antigen receptors (CARs) and the significance of data and examples

Chimeric antigen receptors (CARs) often comprise a combination of known cellular domains. Consequently, experimental data is usually critical for demonstrating an inventive step.

Case law

Plausibility and post-filed data at the EPO part I – a practical guide

The EPO is currently wrestling with (arguably) one of the most significant legal challenges of the last few decades.

Case law

These boots are made for walkin’: Fairfax & Favor Limited v The House of Bruar Limited

Spanish-style riding boots stepped into the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court this spring in an infringement trial between Fairfax & Favor Limited (“F&F”) and the House of Bruar Limited (“HoB”).

Analysis

Gone in a flash - EUIPO cancels two Polaroid marks over simple shape

We examine, in detail, the two EUTM cancellation actions and decisions owned by PLR IP Holdings, a holding company of Polaroid.

News

Patent risk: the new boardroom priority

Patent risk management has been moving up the boardroom priority list in recent years because the cost of ignoring the risks posed by third party patents is simply too great.

Case law

Caterpillar or copy-cat? – a look at copycatting in the food and drink sector

With news that an out of court settlement has been reached between Marks & Spencer (M&S) and Aldi in the widely publicised dispute over caterpillar shaped cakes, we take a deeper look at copycatting i...

Technical Tips

Healthcare wearables – Five useful things to know about patenting their use (part 2: treatment by surgery or therapy)

As discussed previously, recent years have seen an explosion in the field of healthcare wearables and patenting this emerging technology is of paramount importance to many innovator companies.

Case law

Overcoming the technicality requirement for software inventions at the EPO (T 2653/16)

A recent Board of Appeal decision at the European Patent Office ensured that an applicant was not robbed of their banknote processing machine’s patent protection.

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