BDB Pitmans LLP | European Union, United Kingdom | 24 Sep 2007
The question of how distinctive a trade mark has to be in order to gain registration has, once again, come under the microscope, as shown by the recent glut of cases debating this point.
BDB Pitmans LLP | European Union, United Kingdom | 19 Jul 2007
It's supposed to be pretty clear that computer software cannot be patented in Europe: the Patents Act in the UK, and the European Patent Convention, both say unequivocally that a program for a computer as such cannot be the subject of a patent.