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AA Thornton | United Kingdom, European Union | 18 Sep 2019
Trade Mark Attorney Sarah Neil summarises the grace period for filing registered designs which has caught out several clients in recent years.
Recently, we have seen an increasing number of clients fighting against the clock in an effort to try to obtain registered design protection before
AA Thornton | United Kingdom | 27 Aug 2019
A storm in a snow globe
Asahi Holdings UK Limited has successfully defended an opposition against its UK application for the mark SNOW GLOBE. At first glance, the decision
AA Thornton | Canada | 20 Aug 2019
New Patent Rules in Canada from 30 October 2019
Amendments published recently will bring Canadian Patent Rules into conformity with the Patent Law Treaty and thus into line with the majority of
AA Thornton | United Kingdom, European Union | 20 Aug 2019
CJEU clips Red Bull’s wings
On 29 July 2019 the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) finally put an end to Red Bull’s five year battle to defend its EU registrations
AA Thornton | United Kingdom, European Union | 9 Aug 2019
Revision of the Rules of Procedure of the Boards of Appeal
In an effort to “increase efficiency” the EPO’s Administrative Council recently approved amendments to the Rules of Procedure of the Boards of Appeal
AA Thornton | United Kingdom, Japan | 22 Jul 2019
TOC issue brand protection guidelines in relation to the 32nd Olympics in Tokyo 2020
The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympics and Paralympic Games (TOC) have issued brand protection guidelines in relation to the 32nd Summer
AA Thornton | European Union | 22 Jul 2019
Let’s cut to the CHEESE - a banquet of IP updates
Here at AAT we love food. Not only do we love eating food, we love cooking food, thinking about food and talking about food. We also love combining
AA Thornton | United Kingdom, European Union | 3 Jul 2019
The New SPC Manufacturing Waiver Regulation
Today, 1 July 2019, a new EU Regulation No 2019933 (the ‘Regulation’) amending the current SPC Regulation 4692009 comes into force. This introduces
AA Thornton | China | 28 Jun 2019
Welcome Changes to Chinese Trade Mark Legislation regarding bad faith
China’s revised trade mark legislation, effective from 1 November 2019, has a number of changes that will be welcomed by foreign companies operating
AA Thornton | United Kingdom, European Union | 25 Jun 2019
Biosimilars and patents
Biosimilars are biological products which are highly similar in structure, biological activity, efficacy, safety and immunogenicity profile to
