Taylor Wessing | European Union, United Kingdom | 31 May 2023
The UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) has published a practice amendment notice (PAN) confirming its approach to the classification of NFTs…
Taylor Wessing | European Union, United Kingdom | 31 May 2023
The EU Board of Appeal has upheld an opposition against an EU trade mark application on the basis that the use of the sign for adult sex toys would…
Taylor Wessing | European Union, United Kingdom | 31 May 2023
The UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) has found indirect confusion between the well-known Asics swirl and a third-party application containing…
Taylor Wessing | European Union, United Kingdom | 31 May 2023
Although prudent to file all relevant and available evidence at first instance proceedings at the EU Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), a decision…
Gill Jennings & Every LLP | European Union, Global, United Kingdom | 30 May 2023
We regularly review changes to patent law and practice at the UK-IPO, EPO and in other jurisdictions so that we can keep abreast of the latest…
Stevens & Bolton LLP | United Kingdom | 26 May 2023
We are regularly consulted by clients who have received approaches from UK collective management organisations (CMOs), suggesting (in some cases very…
Duane Morris LLP | United Kingdom | 26 May 2023
On 3 May 2023, the Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) released a Consultation Paper which detailed proposed changes to the Listing Rules for…
Capital Law LTD | United Kingdom | 22 May 2023
This week it was reported that ice cream parlour, Fabio’s Gelato, received a request from Marks & Spencer concerning the use of one of M&S’s…
Marks & Clerk | European Union, United Kingdom | 22 May 2023
In 2016, the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 ("CDPA") was amended so as to extend the term of copyright protection for "industrially…
Gill Jennings & Every LLP | European Union, United Kingdom | 18 May 2023
Medical technology is a focal point for innovation in Europe, ranking second in the most common technical fields for European patent applications…